Noah Davis: Talks and Events

Sun 11 May 2025

Grammy Award-winning artist and director Jenn Nkiru joins Alberta Whittle and Phoebe Boswell to talk about intersectional creativity and "Black Worlding", introduced and moderated by Tina Campt.

Fri 9 May 2025, 19:30

Join acclaimed pianist Jason Moran for a special one-off concert inspired by Noah Davis's paintings.

Thu 8 May 2025, 19:00

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.

Thu 24 Apr 2025, 18:30

Join curator Wells Fray-Smith on this exhibition tour, highlighting Davis’s use of found photography and images of friends and family as source material for his exuberant paintings of everyday life.

Wed 23 Apr 2025, 19:45

Poet and sound artist MA.MOYO (Belinda Zhawi) and friends, Roxanne Tataei & Marysia Osu, respond to the radical work of artist Noah Davis through poetry, vocal textures, and music.

Tue 22 Apr 2025

Our Relaxed Viewings are dedicated to visitors who'd benefit from a more informal approach to noise and movement in the space, or who feel more comfortable knowing that they can enter and exit freely.

Tue 15 Apr 2025, 19:00

Led by Hannah Catherine Jones, Chiron Choir present a live set of somatic chants, vocal improvisations and compositions. 

Thu 10 Apr 2025, 18:30

Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on this tour of the exhibition that charts Davis’s work as a painter, curator and community builder.

Mon 7 Apr 2025, 11:00

An Audio Described tour of the exhibition, for blind and partially sighted visitors, led by Lisa Squirrel, who will describe key works on display.

Mon 7 –Sat 12 Apr 2025

Draw, paint and collage at these fun family workshop sessions that explore what home and family means to you and your loved ones.

Thu 3 Apr 2025, 18:30

A series of films that explore the monumental within the everyday, confronting memory, community, and identity with intimacy and innovation taking inspiration from Noah Davis's Delusions of Grandeur.

Tue 1 Apr 2025

Join us for a special late opening of the Noah Davis exhibition in the art gallery, the first major institutional exhibition of this groundbreaking LA painter.

Fri 28 Mar 2025, 19:00

Join Barbican Young Poets alumni at this special performance inspired by the work of Noah Davis, in collaboration with poet Claudia Rankine.

Thu 27 Mar 2025, 19:00

Join American poet and playwright Claudia Rankine as she examines the shifting terms of autobiography in contemporary Black artmaking.

Wed 26 Mar 2025, 18:30

A British Sign Language tour of the exhibition, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks.

Sat 22 Mar 2025, 15:20

Douglas Sirk's 1959 melodrama based on Fannie Hurst's 1933 novel about two single mothers, one black, one white, striving together in a man's world.

Thu 20 Mar 2025, 18:30

For this special evening, join curator Wells Fray-Smith as she selects some of her favourite works in the exhibition and how Davis referenced and defied his art historical heroes.

Wed 12 Mar 2025, 18:15

Prince’s 1984 cultural touchstone blending music, drama, and bold visual storytelling.

Thu 6 Mar 2025, 18:30

Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on a tour of the exhibition that highlights how Davis explored the emotional textures of everyday life through his artmaking. 

Wed 26 Feb 2025, 19:00

Join artists Alvaro Barrington and Allison Katz for a panel discussion moderated by art historian Dorothy Price, inspired by the work of Noah Davis.