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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.
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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.
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Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
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Art & designTours & public spaces
The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar
Free
Our Conservatory hosts a spectacular new site-specific commission by Indian sculptor Ranjani Shettar.
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Cinema
Members' Screening: Preview: Love Lies Bleeding
Members' event
Rose Glass directs a steamy tale of love and revenge with Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian, Dave Franco and Ed Harris, in a preview screening exclusively for Barbican Members!
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Cinema
ROH Live: Swan Lake
Classical ballet's most powerful tale of love, treachery and forgiveness returns to the Royal Opera House stage.
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Contemporary music
Adrianne Lenker With Friends
American indie-folk singer, songwriter and musician Adrianne Lenker (of Big Thief) performs solo material from her forthcoming album and catalog.
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Cinema
Chronic Youth Film Festival Shorts: Joyful Lands,... + Q&A
A collection of shorts exploring transgressive acts of reclamation, from land to gazes, followed by a live Q&A with Laisul Hoque and Maz Murray.
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Cinema
Civil War
In a near-distant future, a group of photo-journalists try to navigate American during the outbreak of Civil War, by Alex Garland (Ex-Machina).
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Cinema
Chronic Youth Film Festival: Nowhere + Discussion
Follow Araki’s apathetic, eccentric, and sexually uninhibited teens as they traverse Los Angeles to get to the hottest party of the year!
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Cinema
Perfect Days
Kôji Yakusho teaches the art of appreciating the everyday in this meditative drama from Wim Wenders.
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Cinema
Back to Black
Marisa Abela brings to life the story of the one and only, London girl, Amy Winehouse, in Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic.
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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.
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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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
Event
Cinema
Senior Community Screening: Sweet Sue
Director Leo Leigh directs Maggie O'Neill in this tender comedy-drama about a women, who delves back into the dating game after some time away.
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Cinema
Io Capitano
Two young boys who leave Senegal for Europe are faced with the horrific reality that immigrants experience in the desert and beyond, in Matteo Garone's deeply moving masterpiece.
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Cinema
Back to Black
Marisa Abela brings to life the story of the one and only, London girl, Amy Winehouse, in Sam Taylor-Johnson's biopic.
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Cinema
Open City Documentary Festival: Restored Shorts
Discover the groundbreaking shorts of Nicolás Guillén Landrián (1938-2003), Afro-Cuban filmmaker, painter, and poet.
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Cinema
Open City Documentary Festival: Landrián
"Landrián" is a revealing documentary uncovering the lost narrative of Nicolás Guillén Landrián, Cuba's pioneering black filmmaker.
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Cinema
Civil War
In a near-distant future, a group of photo-journalists try to navigate American during the outbreak of Civil War, by Alex Garland (Ex-Machina).
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.
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.
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.
Event
Tours & public spaces
Architecture Tours
Discover the vast, bold and brutal Barbican estate on our 90 minute Architecture Tours.
Event
Cinema
Civil War
In a near-distant future, a group of photo-journalists try to navigate American during the outbreak of Civil War, by Alex Garland (Ex-Machina).
Event
Cinema
Gay Men’s Guide to Safer Sex 97 Director’s Cut + ScreenTalk
Time travel back to 1997 and see a new cut of Rob Falconer’s landmark film, a frank and unapologetically erotic guide to enjoying safe same-sex when resources for gay men were hard to access.
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Classical music
Masterclass with Leonidas Kavakos
'A great violinist at the top of his game' (Gramophone), Leonidas Kavakos shares his expertise with burgeoning young musicians from Guildhall School.
Leonidas Kavakosviolin
Guildhall School musicians
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Theatre & dance
Boy Blue: Cycles
The Olivier award-winning dance theatre company returns with a world premiere that celebrates change and the beauty of perpetual motion.
