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Barbican Session: Tai Murray

In our latest Barbican Session, Tai Murray plays Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson's Louisiana Blues Strut: A Cakewalk in our Theatre Stalls Left.

An illustration of a boat sailing towards a city. The water is midnight blue and the city in a hazy pink light.
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Our Time On Earth shorts: Green Feet on Concrete

As part of our exhibition Our Time On Earth, we commissioned three short films that explore the climate crisis in different ways. Here, we speak to the team behind the second mini-series, Green Feet on Concrete, and learn more about the purpose, ambition, and creative process behind their film.

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Postwar Modern: Artist on Artist

We asked three female contemporary female artists (Clare Twomey, Kate Malone and Pheobe Cummings) to speak about the life and work of three of the female artists in the our Postwar Modern exhibition (Elisabeth Frink, Kim Lim and Lucie Rie).

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Watch: Transpose JOY Pit Party

Following its sold out run in spring 2022, you can now enjoy this filmed performance of the latest edition of Transpose. Curated by filmmaker and writer Campbell X, this electric film features live music, theatre, rap and unbelievable twerking from some of the UK’s most exciting trans artists.

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Barbican Session: Shards

Reinventing the modern choir, Shards perform live in the FrobisherTunnel ahead of their gig at Milton Court this may.

archive image of the barbican conservatory, there are a few plants but they are not all grown
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Celebrating 40 years

We're turning 40! Take a look over the last four decades as we explore our history with a cut-and-paste journey as seen in news, music videos, TV dramas and motion pictures.