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Modern Couples

Community View

A woman looks at a selection of art, they're from the exhibition Modern Couples. She seems to be enjoying herself, encouraging the viewer to book tickets

A free evening of art, performance, tours and workshops for community groups.

Join us for a special view of our current exhibition, Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde. Exploring modern art and modern love; this major exhibition reveals how relationships can become a playground for creativity.

Along with a visit to the Art Gallery, you can attend a workshop curated and led by members of Headway East London, immerse yourself in performances, installations and workshops from the Barbican Young Creatives. Alongside this we will also be running short introductory architecture tours of the Barbican from 5pm. 

Our free Community Views are open to community groups, charities and neighbourhood centres. Please check eligibility and register by emailing [email protected].

The event will start at 5pm and finish at 9pm.

The exhibition contains some nudity. There are works of an adult nature in one sign-posted room. Parental guidance advised. Children under 14 must be accompanied at all times.

The average amount of time spent in the exhibition is approximately 1hr 30mins. Please also bear in mind that the exhibition runs across two floors. Tickets are valid all day, allowing visitors to break up their visit and use their ticket for same-day re-entry

No photography, food or drink is permitted in the gallery. All bags are subject to search and large bags, all backpacks, rucksacks and luggage must be deposited in the free cloakroom. You can find full details in our safety policy.

Explore our Modern Couples event programme bringing the exhibition to life through curator tours, talks and more.

Download the Large Print Exhibition Guide

Exhibition organised by Centre Pompidou-Metz in collaboration with Barbican Centre, London.

About the exhibition

Featuring the biggest names in Modern Art, Modern Couples explores creative relationships, across painting, sculpture, photography, design and literature. Meet the artist couples that forged new ways of making art and of living and loving. The exhibition illuminates these creative and personal relationships, from the obsessional and fleeting to the life-long.

Including Dora Maar & Pablo Picasso; Salvador Dalí & Federico García Lorca; Camille Claudel & Auguste Rodin; Frida Kahlo & Diego Rivera; Emilie Flöge & Gustav Klimt – plus many more.

Barbican Young Creatives

 

Join our Barbican Young Creatives for a series of 'happenings' in response to the exhibition. They will invite you to look at chosen artworks, themes or ideas within the exhibition in a new light by encouraging you to watch, participate or interact with their work. 

Our Barbican Young Creatives have participated in one of our young creative programmes. Open to any member of Young Barbican, the programmes are led by Barbican Guildhall Creative Learning.

Discover

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W5eYqA9Wt8&t=122s

Curator Jane Alison & Katy Hessel on Modern Couples

Curator Jane Alison and Katy Hessel (from The Great Women Artists) discuss some of creative and romantic couples featured in our exhibition 'Modern Couples: Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde'.

Art Gallery

Location
The Art Gallery is located on Level 3 and can be accessed by stairs and lifts from Level G or via the Sculpture Court if coming from outside. 

Address
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London
EC2Y 8DS

Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.