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Into Eternal Land exhibition photograph. Long painted scrolls line concrete walls.
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Art & design

Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land

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The Indonesian artist transforms The Curve in her first solo UK exhibition. Via painting, installation, embroidery and scent, take a sensory journey exploring ancestral memory, ritual and migration. 

Noah Davis Pueblo del Rio
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Art & design

Noah Davis

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Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years.

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.

A group of people sit beside each other on the floor, drawing, colouring and collaging.
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Art & design Talks & events

Home: Figure and Portrait Drawing Workshops

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Express yourself freely and creatively at this figure and portrait drawing course that will encourage you to reflect on the themes of family and the home. 

40 Acres and a Unicorn 2007
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Art & design

Teacher's View: Noah Davis

Calling all teachers! Join us for an introduction to Noah Davis, our new exhibition in the Art Gallery. 

A view looking into Imitation of Wealth. In the centre is Noah Davis's imitation of Marcel Duchamp's Bottle Rack sculpture. On the right, three purple LED strip lights form his imitation of Dan Flavin.
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Art & design Talks & events

When Artists Curate: Noah Davis and the Artist-Curator

Join artists Alvaro Barrington and Allison Katz with writer and podcaster Helen Molesworth for a panel discussion moderated by art historian Dorothy Price, inspired by the work of Noah Davis. 

A photo of the Farmworker's House in Cornwall. It is a single storey, with a lime render and a pitched roof with three roof windows on the right side. On the left is a large chimney. It is surrounded by a large meadow of grass.
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Hugh Strange

Explore the work of Hugh Strange, whose buildings are rooted in the precise and economic use of low-carbon materials and a sensitivity to the particularities of their sites.

A painting of a man riding a white unicorn. The background is entirely black.
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Art & design

Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Kitty Gurnos-Davies

Join curatorial assistant Kitty Gurnos-Davies on a tour of the exhibition that highlights how Davis explored the emotional textures of everyday life through his artmaking. 

Bishop Edward King Chapel
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Niall McLaughlin

Join Stirling Prize-winning architect Niall McLaughlin in lecture Taking Time.

Learning from Colombia
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Art & design Talks & events

Architecture on Stage: Learning from Colombia

Watch leading Colombian architects and educators in conversation with one another, discussing contemporary issues in their field.

A painting of two teenage girls asleep on a sofa. One has her head leant against the arm of the sofa, the other is laying beside her. On the left, the legs of another figure can be seen sitting in an adjacent seat. There are a pair of black shoes on the floor.
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Art & design

Noah Davis: Curator Tour with Wells Fray-Smith

For this special evening, join curator Wells Fray-Smith as she selects some of her favourite works in the exhibition and how Davis referenced and defied his art historical heroes.

Claudia Rankine sitting on a sofa, resting her head in her hand.
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Art & design Talks & events

Claudia Rankine: New Approaches to Autobiography

Join American poet and playwright Claudia Rankine as she examines the shifting terms of autobiography in contemporary Black artmaking.

A Barbican Young Poet holds a piece of paper and reads into a microphone.
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Art & design Talks & events

Barbican Young Poets: In Response to Noah Davis

Young Barbican

Join Barbican Young Poets alumni at this special performance inspired by the work of Noah Davis, in collaboration with poet Claudia Rankine.

ND on sunday
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Art & design Cinema

Delusions of Grandeur: A response to Noah Davis

A series of films that explore the monumental within the everyday, confronting memory, community, and identity with intimacy and innovation taking inspiration from Noah Davis's Delusions of Grandeur.

A person lies on the floor on a large piece of white paper. A group of people draw around them using a range of pens and pencils.
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Art & design Talks & events

Home: Family Drawing Workshops

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Draw, paint and collage at these fun family workshop sessions that explore what home and family means to you and your loved ones.