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Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A duck holds some other birds in a bundle, as they all look startled and annoyed against a yellow background.
Event
Cinema

Family Film Club: Migration

A family of ducks are blown off course in a fantastic new madcap adventure from the director of The Big Bad Fox and Other Tales.

A man stands leaning against a wall with one arm. He is wearing a vest and sunglasses indoors. There are film posters behind him.
Event
Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling is a down-and-out stuntman tracking down a missing actress in David Leitch's action rom-com. 

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar

Free

Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.

Actress Isabelle Huppert poses as Mary Stuart in an old-fashioned gown against a purple background.
Event
Theatre & dance

Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said

Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.

A row of people stand on a blue stage in traditional formal wear.
Event
Cinema

Met Opera Live: Madama Butterfly

In her Met debut, Asmik Grigorian tackles the demanding role of Cio-Cio-San, the trusting geisha at the heart of Puccini’s tragedy.

Sona Jobarteh holding a kora
Event
Contemporary music

Sona Jobarteh

Multi-instrumentalist and esteemed kora player, Sona Jobarteh performs her expansive and ambitious sophomore album Badinyaa Kumoo as part of her tour.

Images of the composers in the concert arranged in six rows on the right side of the frame, with a black and white paintbrush stroke design on the left side.
Event
Classical music

Britten Sinfonia and the Marian Consort: Renaissance Moderns

The radical spirit of 16th-century composer Carlo Gesualdo is the point of departure for this programme of ancient and modern music.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
Event
Art & design Tours & public spaces

The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar

Free

Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.

Actress Isabelle Huppert poses as Mary Stuart in an old-fashioned gown against a purple background.
Event
Theatre & dance

Théâtre de la Ville–Paris: Mary Said What She Said

Academy Award nominee Isabelle Huppert and director Robert Wilson reunite on this breathtaking show charting the life and torments of Mary Stuart, the sovereign whose passions cost her a crown.

A group of excited young women walk down a street, wearing blue skirts.
Event
Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: Shorts Programme + ScreenTalk

A selection of British short films that interacts and intersects with the ideas in James Baldwin's Essay The Devil Finds Work.

Michael Tilson Thomas conducting
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Michael Tilson Thomas conducts Mahler’s magnificent vision of a world teeming with joyful life.

From the Caribbean to Coventry
Event
Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A man looks down to the side with a smile, holding his necklace.
Event
Cinema

Senior Community Screening: NT Live: Vanya

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.

A man stands leaning against a wall with one arm. He is wearing a vest and sunglasses indoors. There are film posters behind him.
Event
Cinema

Parent & Baby Screening: The Fall Guy

Ryan Gosling is a down-and-out stuntman tracking down a missing actress in David Leitch's action rom-com. 

A sax player gives it his all!
Event
Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Blue Giant

Highschool basketballer Dai Miyamoto’s life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz, in this charming anime feature from director Yuzuru Tachikawa 

An Evening with Nigella Lawson
Event
Talks & events

An evening with Nigella Lawson

Enjoy an evening in the company of award-winning food writer, TV cook and all-round legend, Nigella Lawson, brought to you by Ocado. 

From the Caribbean to Coventry
Event
Library

From the Caribbean to Coventry: Plotting the Rise of 2Tone

Free

An exhibition for the fans by the fans going some way to explain not just what 2Tone is but why and how we got there.

unravel install image
Event
Art & design

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art

Using textiles, fibre and thread, 50 international artists challenge power structures and reimagine the world in this major group exhibition.

14. Soufiane Ababri installation view, 2024, The Curve © Eva Herzog and Barbican Art Gallery
Event
Art & design

Soufiane Ababri

Free

Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri’s new commission, Their mouths were full of bumblebees but it was me who was pollinated, explores questions of desire, queerness, and diaspora.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.

A man looks down to the side with a smile, holding his necklace.
Event
Cinema

NT Live: Vanya

Andrew Scott (Fleabag) brings multiple characters to life in Simon Stephens’ radical new version of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.