What’s on

31 Jan –7 Apr 2019

Artist and Jarman Award 2018 winner Daria Martin revisits dreams and memories from her personal family history to create a complex portrait of migration, loss and resilience.

6 Feb –20 Mar 2019

Ever wondered how your dreams connect with those of others? This interactive session invites you to share dreams and associated thoughts, with two experienced psychotherapists.

11 Feb –3 May 2019

Explore this surreal lost property office where you will uncover stories in the most unlikely places.

9 Mar –5 May 2019

In response to the seemingly impossible worlds of M C Escher, Ben Kreukniet creates an algorithmic installation which builds a tangled hierarchy between human, machine and architecture. 

19 Mar 2019, 8:30

Members are invited to come and explore our current Curve installation at this exclusive morning view.

23 Mar 2019, 20:00

Join the Barbican Young Programmers, Poets and Visual Artists to celebrate this year's Chronic Youth Film Festival with an evening of archive film, live poetry and music

28 Mar 2019, 18:30

Film images glide by. So too do dream phenomena, yet their fantastical machinations linger in our memories.

28 Mar 2019, 19:00

Gordon Benson, British architect and co-founder of Benson + Forsyth will talk about the historical and cultural influences that have shaped the practice

30 Mar 2019, 16:00

Stunning images enmeshed in a tapestry of sound offer a very different kind of road movie; a mesmeric, psychogeographic trip down 35 miles of blacktop through LA.

11 Apr 2019, 19:00

Hear from Swiss architecture practice Sauter von Moos