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A man and a woman look at each other on the subway
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Cinema

Past Lives

Past event

Celine Song's beautiful drama about childhood friends reconnecting years later in New York City, where past and present collide.

A man wearing a black cap looks down a long road in South Carolina.
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Cinema

Silver Dollar Road

Past event

Raoul Peck's latest documentary on a Black family in North Carolina streams into a larger conversation about legal Black land theft, both ongoing and throughout history.

A Vampire in black and white looks forward
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Cinema

Visions of Haiti: Une forteresse + White Zombie

Past event

These two films explore, in vastly different ways, the ghosts of Haiti’s colonial past, screened together they form duelling cinematic presentations of a resurrection.

Viktoria Mullova playing her violin
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Classical music

Mullova Ensemble: Transfigured Night

Past event

Through music, poetry and dance, Viktoria Mullova and her ensemble take us on an immersive journey into a nocturnal forest, setting the scene for Schoenberg’s profoundly moving ode to love.

Fireworks
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Classical music

Academy of Ancient Music: Music for the Royal Fireworks

Past event

Let's party like it’s 1749! Music of pure celebration as Laurence Cummings and the Academy of Ancient Music ignite their 50th anniversary season with Handel’s Fireworks Music and Water Music. 

A woman washes her back in a sauna
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Cinema

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Past event

Anna Hints' Sundance-winning Estonian documentary about the healing properties of saunas, about women, community and relief.

Two men look smug in a smoky 1970s New York bar.
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Cinema

Mean Streets 4K Restoration

Past event

Scorsese's classic returns to cinemas in celebration of its 50th Anniversary, and coinciding with the release of Killers of The Flower Moon, in a glorious 4K Restoration.

A sample of the semi-abstracted paintings of artist Stephanie Wilkinson
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Library

Colour Burst - Stephanie Wilkinson

Past event

Fired by the love of strong colour, Stephanie creates semi-abstracted paintings from her imagination, as well as exciting new work in stained glass, mosaic, and enamels.

In The Moment: The Art of Photography
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Library

In The Moment: The Art of Music Photography

Past event

This exhibition chronicles the evolution of music photography over the last 70 years. It showcases iconic rock and roll images and the photographers who shot them.

Installation view Barbican Art Gallery  14 September 2023 – 11 February 2024 © Eva Herzog / Barbican Art Gallery
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Art & design

Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight

Past event

Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art.

RE/SISTERS install photo
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Art & design

RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology

Past event

A major group exhibition that explored the relationship between gender and ecology, and highlighted the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
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Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Past event

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 soldier holds a gun in his hand whilst lying on the floor, ready to shoot.
Event
Cinema

The Creator

Past event

From the director of Rogue One comes an epic sci-fi battle between humans and AI that asks: what does it really mean to have humanity? 

A man and a woman look at each other on the subway
Event
Cinema

Past Lives

Past event

Celine Song's beautiful drama about childhood friends reconnecting years later in New York City, where past and present collide.

A woman washes her back in a sauna
Event
Cinema

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Past event

Anna Hints' Sundance-winning Estonian documentary about the healing properties of saunas, about women, community and relief.

Men sit around in a table
Event
Cinema

Visions of Haiti: Outsider Lenses

Past event

Spanning almost 90 years, this programme brings three formally different works by filmmakers based in the US, who approach the country as outsiders.

Headshot of Caroline Walker and Olga Ravn
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Art & design Classical music Contemporary music Talks & events

Caroline Walker and Olga Ravn: narrative and motherhood

Past event

Join one of Denmark’s leading contemporary novelists, Olga Ravn and painter Caroline Walker, as they explore motherhood, narrative, self-care and how this manifests in their creative practice.

Performer Julene Robinson stands against a blue floral background. She wears cream and blue chains around her head and shoulders.
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Theatre & dance

Julene Robinson: The Night Woman

Past event

A compelling new play about the power of Black womanhood, darkness and the redemptive power of self-love, told through captivating fusion of dance, singing and music.

A man wearing a black cap looks down a long road in South Carolina.
Event
Cinema

Silver Dollar Road

Past event

Raoul Peck's latest documentary on a Black family in North Carolina streams into a larger conversation about legal Black land theft, both ongoing and throughout history.

A man holds a microphone out to the camera on a dark stage.
Event
Cinema

Stop Making Sense

Past event

The incredible 4k restoration for the 40th anniversary of the iconic Talking Heads concert film.

A sample of the semi-abstracted paintings of artist Stephanie Wilkinson
Event
Library

Colour Burst - Stephanie Wilkinson

Past event

Fired by the love of strong colour, Stephanie creates semi-abstracted paintings from her imagination, as well as exciting new work in stained glass, mosaic, and enamels.

In The Moment: The Art of Photography
Event
Library

In The Moment: The Art of Music Photography

Past event

This exhibition chronicles the evolution of music photography over the last 70 years. It showcases iconic rock and roll images and the photographers who shot them.

Installation view Barbican Art Gallery  14 September 2023 – 11 February 2024 © Eva Herzog / Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight

Past event

Poet, artist and filmmaker Julianknxx explores themes of inheritance, loss and belonging as he crosses the boundaries between written word, music and visual art.

RE/SISTERS install photo
Event
Art & design

RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology

Past event

A major group exhibition that explored the relationship between gender and ecology, and highlighted the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet.

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

Concrete and Clay: Archiving the Barbican

Past event

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.

Two prospectors look eye-to-eye
Event
Cinema

Killers of the Flower Moon

Past event

Murderous ambition causes chaos in the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma, after the discovery of oil by the Indigenous population. 

A man and a woman look at each other on the subway
Event
Cinema

Past Lives

Past event

Celine Song's beautiful drama about childhood friends reconnecting years later in New York City, where past and present collide.

A man in a suit sits in a chair.
Event
Cinema

The Pigeon Tunnel

Past event

In an interrogation of the line between fact and fiction, a deep dive into the mind of the Secret Intelligence Agent turned novelist John le Carré, writer of the world's most loved spy novels.

A man wearing a wide brimmed hat smokes a cigarette and stares directly into the camera
Event
Cinema

Visions of Haiti: Haiti: The Way To Freedom

Past event

Said to be the first Haitian feature length film, Arnold Antonin's compelling and powerful documentary delves into the rich and tumultuous history the first independent black republic in the world.

Elizabeth Watts
Event
Classical music

Britten Sinfonia with Elizabeth Watts

Past event

‘One of the most beautiful voices Britain has produced in a generation’ (International Record Review), soprano Elizabeth Watts joins Britten Sinfonia in two orchestral song cycles.