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 & designCinema
Rewriting the Rules: India Cabaret & Maid Servant
A double bill of documentaries by women and focussing on women’s rights and perspectives.
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Art & designTours & 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.
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Art & designTalks & 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.
Rahaab Allana
Pablo Bartholomew
Zarina Bhimji
Shanay Jhaveri
Jyoti Mistry
Mark Sealy
Charan Singh
Charmaine Toh
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Art & designTalks & 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.
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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 & designTalks & 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.
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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 & designTours & 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.
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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.
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Art & designTalks & 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.
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Art & designTalks & 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.
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Art & designCinema
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.