What’s on

Fri 15 Jul –Fri 9 Sep 2022

Kay Rufai's photographic exhibition, S.M.I.L.E-ing Boys Experience, opens across Level G this summer. 

Wed 3 –Wed 31 Aug 2022

Join us inside the Conservatory with artist Sam Winston, who uses drawing and breathing to explore the relationship between air quality, environmental issues and mindful creative practice.

Mon 15 –Tue 30 Aug 2022

An exhibition exploring how a team of researchers traced the origins of a set of photographs of Bajuni people from the 1930s, offering new ways of interpreting Britain’s colonial archives.

Fri 9 Sep 2022, 9:45

This day-long symposium, co-organised with the Courtauld’s Gender and Sexuality Research Group, considers Carolee Schneemann’s work and legacy.

Sat 10 Sep 2022, 10:00

Explore the high walks and further afar to find inspiration within layers of nearby architectural history.

Wed 14 Sep 2022, 18:15

Mt. Unzen, Japan at 3.18pm on 3 June 1991, a pyroclastic flow – a cloud of superheated gases and particles descended at more than 100 mph from the peak of the volcano, consuming everything in its path

Wed 14 Sep 2022, 19:00

Historian and critic Kenneth Frampton discusses how his defining work on Modern Architecture has addressed the architecture of the twenty-first century.

Fri 16 Sep 2022, 19:30

For the first time ever, Melanie C, aka Sporty Spice, will tell her amazing life story in her own words, live on stage at the Barbican. “I never told my story before because I wasn’t ready. Now I am.”

Sat 24 Sep 2022, 16:00

Join artist, filmmaker, writer, activist and pamphleteer, Stewart Home for the first of an occasional film club inspired by the names of Barbican Estate buildings.

Sun 25 Sep 2022, 10:00

Recharge and connect with nature at a Yoga class in our Conservatory hosted in collaboration with Triyoga.