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An example of a clay sculpture by Henrietta MacPhee
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Library

Oasis

Free

Delving into unexpected realms, Henrietta MacPhee re-imagines London’s Barbican as being an ‘oasis’ in the city.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Free

This free installation invites visitors to orient themselves in the buildings and their complex, fascinating histories in an exciting new display at the heart of the Barbican’s Foyers.

Installation view Barbican Art Gallery  14 September 2023 – 11 February 2024 © Eva Herzog / Barbican Art Gallery
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Art & design

Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight

Free

Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art.

RE/SISTERS install photo
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Art & design

RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology

A major group exhibition exploring the relationship between gender and ecology, highlighting the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet.

Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A young boy fixes the cuff link of another boy, both in black tie, in front of a grandiose building.
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Cinema

Saltburn

Barry Keoghan and Jacob Elordi star in this dark, delicious comedy thriller set in the grandeur of an upper class estate, from Academy Award-winning writer/director Emerald Fennell.

A black and white photograph of a man and a woman resting against each other's backs in a park, laughing together.
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Cinema

Maestro

The Barbican is one of the few cinemas in the world to screen this cinematic biography of American composer Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story) from Friday 24 November. 

A man looks at a woman who looks straight ahead whilst they sit in a dark cinema.
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Cinema

Fallen Leaves

A man and a woman begin to fall in love, in this hilarous deadpan romance, from Finland's filmmaking gem Aki Kaurismäki.

Guildhall School opera singers holding hands facing each other in period 1920s costume
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Classical music Theatre & dance

Autumn Opera Scenes

Outstanding performers from the first year of Guildhall School’s Opera Course present classical and contemporary operatic excerpts.

An illustration of the Totoro character with green watercolour washes of paint. Inside Totoro's face is the silhouette of two small characters holding a red umbrella.
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Theatre & dance

Royal Shakespeare Company/Joe Hisaishi: My Neighbour Totoro

Find your spirit with the “awe-inspiring” (Time Out) and “dazzling” (Guardian) My Neighbour Totoro, as this five-star, award-winning production returns for a strictly limited season.