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

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

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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.

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.

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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.

Women stand infront of a protest banner marching down the street.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: India Cabaret & Maid Servant

A double bill of documentaries by women and focussing on women’s rights and perspectives.

a person sits on a bench in front of two paintings
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Imaginary Institution of India: Tour with Rahaab Allana

Join curator and publisher at Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, Rahaab Allana, for a special tour of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998, focusing on lens-based media in the exhibition.

A black and white photo by Pablo Bartholomew, showing a group of people dancing at a party in New Delhi in 1975
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Art & design Talks & events

Lensing the Global (South Asia +) – Panel Discussion

Join us for a panel discussion organised in collaboration with Autograph, responding to and expanding beyond the themes and contexts of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.

A photo of some of Pablo Bartholomew's photographs on the wall in the Barbican Art Gallery
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Art & design Talks & events

Pablo Bartholomew: Artist Talk – Photographing the 1970s

Join us for a talk by renowned photographer Pablo Bartholomew, artist featured in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998

Madhvi Parekh, Village Opera-2, 1975. © Madhvi Parekh. Courtesy DAG.
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Art & design Cinema Tours & public spaces

The Imaginary Institution of India: BSL Tour

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

Lynch Architects architecture image
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Lynch Architects

Founded by Patrick and Claudia Lynch in 1997, Lynch Architects has realised a series of significant buildings on and around London's Victoria Street.  

1_C. K. Rajan, Mild Terrors-II, 1991–96. Courtesy the artist and Kiran Nadar Museum of Art, New Delhi.
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Imaginary Institution of India: Audio Described Tour

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

sculpture of a man surrounded by tools, in a gallery
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Imaginary Institution of India: Tour with Diva Gujral

Join scholar Diva Gujral for a tour of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998, focusing on the sociopolitical movements that the exhibition's artists participated in and responded to.

A group of men walk down a street in an aged photograph.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: Report to Mother + Introduction

Embedded in the socio-political contexts of Kerala in the 1980s, this road movie-come-political chronicle explores themes of grief, solidarity, and the cost of political revolution.  

A building in construction, with cement blocks forming the frame and a partial timber frame roof. There are large piles of sand on the floor.
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Ken De Cooman

Co-founder of BC Architects & Studies and BC Materials, Ken De Cooman’s work focuses on the decarbonisation of the construction industry. 

A photo of some of Pablo Bartholomew's photographs on the wall in the Barbican Art Gallery
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Art & design Talks & events

Pablo Bartholomew: Artist Talk – The Bhopal Gas Tragedy

Join us for a talk by renowned photographer Pablo Bartholomew, artist featured in The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998

A statue of a folder stands with a flag in its head.
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Art & design Cinema

Rewriting the Rules: In the Name of God

This provocative documentary by Anand Patwardhan explores the intense and turbulent socio-political landscape of India in the early 1990s.