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Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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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.

A shot of the gallery, showing sculptures by Giacometti and Huma Bhabha.
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Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

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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.

Two terracotta sculptures that resemble human feet, sitting on a concrete plinth.
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Relaxed View of Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

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.

Shahed Saleem
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Architecture on Stage: Shahed Saleem & Neal Shasore

Shahed Saleem leads a conversation, unpacking the themes and ideas of his latest published collection of essays and photographs, Building Futures: The Counter Architecture of the British Mosque.

Architecture on Stage
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Architecture on Stage: Owen Hatherley

Coinciding with the publication of his major new book, The Alienation Effect, Owen Hatherley discusses the influence of central European émigrés on British cultural life. 

A cast iron sculpture that loosely resembles a head and shoulders, with a twisted form in the head cavity.
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BSL Tour of Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha

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

Mona Hatoum sitting on a radiator on the wall of her studio. On the wall next to her is Untitled (Bed Springs), one of her lithograph print depicting a structure made of bed springs, curved and crumpled.
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Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

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Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

Robert Wun's yellow rose, with exaggerated proportions and singed details
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

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Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion in a bold new exhibition that questions what is beautiful, and what the future of fashion can be. 

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

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North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

Lynda Benglis standing next to one her sculpture titled Ghost Dance/Pedmarks. It is a large, gold, torso-like form hanging on a white wall.
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Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis

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Works by contemporary artist Lynda Benglis and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are displayed together for the first time in this major new exhibition, the third in Encounters: Giacometti.