What’s on

Thu 26 May 2022, 19:30

Postwar Modern features the work of many artists who moved to Britain as refugees from Nazism, in the bloody aftermath of India's Partition or as part of the 'Windrush Generation'.

Sun 29 May 2022, 10:00

Join us for an energising yoga class in our Conservatory hosted in collaboration with Triyoga. 

Tue 31 May 2022, 19:00

Join Strange Attractor Press as we celebrate their mission to produce ‘popular books on unpopular culture’ and peer into their world of folklore, counterculture and high weirdness.

Wed 1 Jun 2022, 19:00

On the publication of his new book On Bramante, Pier Paolo Tamburelli (Baukuh Architects) considers the work of the celebrated Italian Renaissance architect Donato Bramante.

Sat 4 –Sun 5 Jun 2022

Associate Artist Abbas Zahedi presents a weekend of activities taking place across the Conservatory and Garden Room inspired by Postwar Modern and its resonances with our current age.

Tue 14 Jun 2022, 18:30

Members are invited to get behind-the-scenes of Our Time on Earth and Postwar Modern at an evening of art, crafts, talks, and drinks. 

Tue 14 Jun 2022, 19:00

Salma Samar Damluji discusses the work of the Daw'an Mud Brick Architecture Foundation.

Wed 15 Jun 2022, 19:00

Marking the publication of a major new monograph, one of Britain's most singular and adventurous architects, John Outram, discusses the work of the practice that he founded in 1974.

Thu 16 Jun 2022, 9:00

This one-day symposium uses the themes and works included in Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain, 1945-1965 to explore the 'strange universe' of British art in this period.

Sat 18 Jun 2022, 10:00

Depart the Barbican for an architecture photo walk that contrasts some of London’s newest modern architecture within the historic Square Mile.