This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Art & design
Noah Davis
Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
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Cinema
Sinners
Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.
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Cinema
One to One: John & Yoko
A captivating documentary about John Lennon and Yoko Ono's time in 1970s New York, and the Beatles star's final full-length performance.
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Cinema
Open City Documentary Festival Opening Night: Siticulosa
Join us for the opening night of Open City Documentary Festival 2025 featuring the UK premiere of Maeve Brennan’s latest film Siticulosa.
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Classical music
London Symphony Orchestra/Sir Simon Rattle
Janáček’s hilarious satire about art, lunar travel, nationalism – and sausages.
Leoš JanáčekThe Excursions of Mr Brouček
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Simon Rattleconductor
Peter HoareBrouček
Aleš BrisceinMazal/Blankytný/Petřík
Lucy CroweMálinka/Etherea/Kunka
Gyula Orendt Sakristán/Svatopluk/Lunobor/Domšík
Lukáš ZemanWürfl/Čaroskvoucí/Ratsherr
Doubravka NovotnáČíšníček/Wunderkind/Student
Hanna HippKedruta
Arttu KatajaBásník/Oblačný/Vacek
Stephan RügamerArtist/Dohuslav/Vojta
Linard VrielinkSkladatel/Harfoboj/Miroslav
Tenebrae
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Gort Scott
London-based architects Jay Gort and Fiona Scott discuss their diverse portfolio in the UK and beyond.
Event
Cinema
Parthenope
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Art & design
Noah Davis
Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Cinema
Parthenope
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
Event
Cinema
Sinners
Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.
Event
Art & design
Members Preview: Encounters
Be the first to visit our latest exhibition in our intimate new gallery space before it opens to the public, as Alberto Giacometti's sculptures are met by new works by contemporary artist Huma Bhabha.
Event
Classical music
Handel: Jephtha with Il Pomo D’oro and Joyce DiDonato
Joyce DiDonato and Michael Spyres star in Handel’s Jephtha – the composer's valedictory oratorio.
George Frideric HandelJephtha
Il Pomo d'Oro
Francesco Corticonductor
Michael SpyresJephtha
Joyce DiDonatoStorge
Mélissa PetitIpihis
Anna Piroli Angel
Cody QuattlebaumZebul
Jasmin WhiteHamor
Il Pomo d'Oro Choir
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Classical music
Her Ensemble: The Three Dancers
Three beautifully-conceived 21st century works inspired by the visual arts, culminating in a celebration of Balkan folk tunes herald the return of Ellie Consta’s pioneering Her Ensemble.
Caroline ShawThousandth Orange
Dobrinka Tabakova Insight
Elena Kats-CherninThe Three Dancers
Ezo Dem Sarici Balkan folk tunes
Her Ensemble
Laura Van Der Heijdencello
Jess Gillamsaxophone
Junyan Chenpiano
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Cinema
Björk’s Cornucopia
A ground-breaking concert film blending live music from Björk's Utopia album and innovative technology as only she can.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
Event
Art & design
Noah Davis
Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.
Event
Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha
Within a new, intimate gallery in the Barbican, contemporary artist Huma Bhabha's monumental sculptures forge new dialogues with works by 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti.
Event
Cinema
Sinners
Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler reunite in a heart-pounding thriller where brothers return home for a fresh start - only to confront a chilling secret that refuses to stay buried.
Event
Cinema
Parthenope
A sweeping romantic tale from Academy Award-winning filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, starring Celeste Dalla Porta and Gary Oldman.
Event
Cinema
Warfare
Alex Garland's latest thriller is a collaboration with veteran Ray Mendoza, telling the story of the Iraq War from a US troop's perspective, following on from his research on Civil War.
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Cinema
Sanrizuka - Heta Village + Introduction
One of the great films of Ogawa Productions, the culmination of a long cycle of documentaries on the conflicts at Sanrizuka in Japan, and a meditation on peasant life in the village.
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Art & designTalks & events
Talk: Jason Moran on Noah Davis and music making
Join American jazz pianist and composer Jason Moran in the Art Gallery as he explores different contexts for music making, taking inspiration from the paintings of Noah Davis.
Event
Classical music
The Gold Medal 2025
The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize, offering the chance to enjoy songs and arias performed by three outstanding Guildhall vocalists in front of an esteemed panel of judges.
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Cinema
Ocean with David Attenborough
Join David Attenborough in this breath-taking documentary, showing there is nowhere more vital for our survival, more full of life, wonder, or surprise, than the ocean.
Event
Library
Black Sound: The Story of British Black Music
Free
This spring, the Barbican Music Library hosts Black Sound London, a groundbreaking exhibition that demonstrates the outsized impact British Black music has had on the world stage.
