Curatorial Assistant Michal Goldschmidt introduces four artists from the exhibition: Anwar Jalal Shemza, Franciszka Themerson, Kim Lim and Shirley Baker. Drawing from their own writings, she shines a light on their life and work.
Human Rights lawyer and poet Abbas Faiz has written a short essay for us covering his reflections on our current exhibition Postwar Modern, how it intersects with humanitarian issues and his involvement in Abbas Zahedi's Age of Many Posts project.
We invited multi-instrumentalist and songwriter, Rachel Aggs to write about Highlife music.
To mark 40 years since we first opened our doors, we've created a digital time capsule. What's inside? Only one way to find out...
Assistant Curator at The Noguchi Museum in New York, Kate Wiener introduces the life and work of Japanese American sculptor, Isamu Noguchi, drawing from Noguchi’s autobiographical writings and documents from The Noguchi Museum Archives.
Barbican Cinema curator Matthew Barrington, explores the history behind this classic of 70s African American cinema, directed by legendary director, Melvin Van Peebles.
A Little History of Art Beyond the (So-Called) Mainstream - Charlotte Flint explores the origins of Dubuffet’s phrase ‘Art Brut’, its impact on art history, the different artists whose work he collected, alongside the importance of ‘Art Brut’ today.
Explore a collection of activities and resources, co-produced by Headway East London, inspired by Jean Dubuffet.
The Barbican Young Poets cohort of 2020 was due to present a showcase at the Barbican just before COVID-19 changed everyday life and the ability to commune together safely in person.
This month, Young Creative Hector Dyer presents 'the sun sets' in collaboration with Jemima Yong, inspired by 'Operation Moonshot', the leaked document in the British Medical Journal in which the UK government planned to carry out 10m rapid Covid tests a day by early 2021.
Rediscover the excitement of the metropolis - this new cinema season explores cities across the world.
