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.
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Art & design
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It will end in tears
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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
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A landmark group exhibition of art made in response to India’s changing cultural-political landscape during pivotal years.
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Art & designTours & public spaces
The Imaginary Institution of India: Relaxed View
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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.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Jan de Vylder and Inge Vinck
Flemish architects Jan de Vylder and Inge Vinck present the work of their Ghent-based practice AJDVIV.
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Art & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: 27 Down
The train is a potent image and over time has become iconographic to the visual lexicon of Indian cinema.
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Art & designTalks & events
Architecture on Stage: Dyvik Kahlen
The latest in our series of talks by the most exciting architectural practices working across the world.
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Art & designCinemaClassical musicTalks & eventsTours & public spaces
Open Gallery: a free Art Gallery weekend
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On the eve of Diwali and Bandi Chor Divas, take a moment to immerse yourself in our programme of Indian arts and culture, with free entry to our major exhibition of Indian contemporary art.
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Art & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: This Bit of India + Introduction
A programme of experimental films that map the post-colonial experience through the artist’s lens.
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Art & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: The Circus Tent
A visually stunning and poetic exploration of the inner lives of a travelling circus trope in which old age, loneliness and regret becomes magnified through Govindan Aravindan’s salient observation.
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Art & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: Duvidha
A ghost falls in love with a new bride in this virtuoso blend of folklore and avant-garde cinema, anchored in an evocative feminist perspective.
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Art & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: India Cabaret + Maid Servant + Intro
A double bill of documentaries by women and focussing on women’s rights and perspectives.
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Art & designCinemaTours & 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.
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Art & designTours & 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.
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Art & designCinema
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.