Read, Watch & Listen

We talk to the creatives behind this year's Barbican Box, international theatre company, Toneelgroep Amsterdam

We meet printmaker James Brown in his studio to learn more about his practice and his commission for the Barbican Shop. 

Founder and editor of Electric Sheep, the online magazine for transgressive cinema, Virginie Sélavy explores the value of shock in film.

Look back at our 2016 exhibition, The Vulgar: Fashion Redefined in this virtual exhibition tour. 

We asked Amber Massie-Blomfield for some of her top tips when it comes to writing a marketing strategy for your play.  

Getting your music out to audiences has never been easier, but how do you make sure you’re promoting yourself as a musician in the best way? 

We visit print-maker and designer, Lindsey Lang at her studio to learn more about her Barbican commission.

Barbican associate curator Sinéad McCarthy talks to Judith Clark and Adam Phillips about the inherently challenging but utterly compelling territory of taste in fashion in 'The Vulgar' exhibition. 

We investigate how the world of Steve Reich, Philip Glass and John Adams transformed the American musical landscape

Acclaimed Welsh artist, Bedwyr Williams reflects on his former years in London with a series of curious anecdotes about the city

We visit illustrator Daniel Clarke in his studio to find out more about the his Barbican commission, celebrating the Barbican Estate and Conservatory. 

Writer and silent film enthusiast, Pamela Hutchinson and composer Neil Brand look back at the making of Douglas Fairbanks and Allan Dwan’s 1922 silent classic, Robin Hood. Could this have been one of the first Hollywood ‘blockbusters’?