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A Jean Dubuffet painting
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Art & design Cinema Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

Jean Dubuffet Public Programme

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Learn more about the life and work of French artist Jean Dubuffet, the subject of our summer exhibition Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beauty.

handmade film of a girl in the sea
Season
Cinema

Splash, Scratch, Dunk! Films Made by Hand

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There exists an alternative history of cinema, one quite apart from commercial mainstream film, but also a distinct subset of experimental cinema: films made not by using a camera, but by hand. 

Riley Keough and Taylour Paige look directly at each other in a hallway of mirrors with multicoloured lights above
Season
Cinema

Sundance London Tour

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This is your opportunity to see three of the most exciting independent films across the genres from the US, thanks to the Sundance Institute. 

A wide shot from above of the Outdoor Cinema on the Sculpture Court of the Barbican Centre, with a seated audience facing a screen
Season
Cinema

Outdoor Cinema

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This summer, come along to a week of open-air screenings, all set within our spectacular architecture.

A man iin a green field holds a mask of a face over his own face
Season
Cinema

Autism and Cinema: An exploration of neurodiversity

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This season debates new ideas arising from the relationship between autism and cinema.

sprinters running in a race
Season
Cinema

Japanese Avant-garde and Experimental Film Festival 2021

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JAEFF 2021 explores how we interact with other beings, spaces around us, and how expressions of the unutterable become vital means of communication and connection.