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An example of work by the artist Olayanju Dada
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Library

Mudproof London by Olayanju Dada

Free

The exhibition is a series of curated narrative collages that highlights the paradoxical essence and influence of London in unlikely places, as an ideal, a dream, a barrier or even a destination. 

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.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
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Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
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Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

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.

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Cinema

Joker: Folie à Deux

Two years on from the rise of the Joker, Joaquin Phoenix cackles his way back onto the big screen as infamous villain Arthur Fleck. 

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Cinema

The Substance

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as a former A-lister suddenly fired from her fitness TV show and desperate to reclaim her youth.

Two men sit on a couch outdoors, surrounded by rumble
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Cinema

The Teacher

A Palestinian school teacher struggles to balance his political stance, his students, and the chance of love, from Farah Nabulsi.

Three headshot of guest speakers against a bright blue background.
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

Dance Umbrella: Moving with Equity

Join us for a panel discussion, designed to interrogate and move forward discussions around the body, its politics and movement practices, and the current discourse with colonial history.

A deer in a forest
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Actéon and Pygmalion

Charpentier’s Actéon and Rameau’s Pygmalion: two mythological mini-masterpieces of baroque opera, in an exuberant concert performance.

A group of dancers stand on point in a group. They wear red headdresses and white skirts that are decorated with pegs.
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Theatre & dance

Dance Umbrella: HATCHED ENSEMBLE

Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.

A woman with orange hair stands in front of a stormy sea.
Event
Cinema

The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan sails the waves of addiction and recovery in this gripping story about the healing powers of the ocean, set between Scotland and London.

An example of work by the artist Olayanju Dada
Event
Library

Mudproof London by Olayanju Dada

Free

The exhibition is a series of curated narrative collages that highlights the paradoxical essence and influence of London in unlikely places, as an ideal, a dream, a barrier or even a destination. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
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.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Event
Cinema

Joker: Folie à Deux

Two years on from the rise of the Joker, Joaquin Phoenix cackles his way back onto the big screen as infamous villain Arthur Fleck. 

A woman with orange hair stands in front of a stormy sea.
Event
Cinema

The Outrun

Saoirse Ronan sails the waves of addiction and recovery in this gripping story about the healing powers of the ocean, set between Scotland and London.

Event
Cinema

The Substance

Demi Moore gives a career-best performance as a former A-lister suddenly fired from her fitness TV show and desperate to reclaim her youth.

A group of dancers stand on point in a group. They wear red headdresses and white skirts that are decorated with pegs.
Event
Theatre & dance

Dance Umbrella: HATCHED ENSEMBLE

Urgent and subtly spectacular work from choreographer Mamela Nyamza featuring ten dancers, an opera singer and an African traditional multi-instrumentalist.

An example of work by the artist Olayanju Dada
Event
Library

Mudproof London by Olayanju Dada

Free

The exhibition is a series of curated narrative collages that highlights the paradoxical essence and influence of London in unlikely places, as an ideal, a dream, a barrier or even a destination. 

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
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.

I'm Not Okay (An Emo Retrospective) in black and pink colours
Event
Library

I'm Not Okay: An Emo Retrospective

Free

A pilot exhibition exploring the rise of Britain’s Y2K lost subculture: Emo. Focusing on the first-generation Emo scene from 2004 to 2009.

a painting of vibrant pink depicts two men stand in front of an indian landscape with a handcart.
Event
Art & design

The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998

A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum installation photography
Event
Art & design

Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears

Free

In her first solo exhibition at a major UK institution, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum fills The Curve with theatrical installations, building an imagined world in which to display her paintings.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Event
Cinema

Joker: Folie à Deux

Two years on from the rise of the Joker, Joaquin Phoenix cackles his way back onto the big screen as infamous villain Arthur Fleck.