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Barbican architecture
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

A man and a girl sit on a bench in a park, looking up to the sky and smiling.
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Cinema

Perfect Days

Kôji Yakusho teaches the art of appreciating the everyday in this meditative drama from Wim Wenders.

Amy Winehouse stands about to perform
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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.

A journalist in a bullet  proof vest looks out in the night, standing in front of yellow lights.
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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).

A young boy stands at a school chalkboard in front of his teacher, with complicated mathematics written in chalk.
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Cinema

If Only I Could Hibernate

In Mongolia's capital city, a gifted student dreams of academic success, but has to look after his family, in Zoljargal Purevdash’s touching debut.

sculptures hang from the ceiling of the Conservatory
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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.

A longhaired woman in business and trainers wear lies back against a skyscraper in front of a city skyline.
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Cinema

Fantastic Machine

Dive deep into society's obsession with image, where it came from, and the monster it has grown in to, in this documentary by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck. 

Jader Bignamini turning his head to look at the camera, with orange swirls surrounding him
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Classical music

BBC Symphony Orchestra/Bignamini: Fantastic Symphony

Severed heads, demonic orgies and obsessive love. Jader Bignamini pairs Berlioz’s Symphonie fantastique with the equally colourful imaginations of Poulenc and Camile Pépin. 

A woman stands awkwardly at the door of an office, whilst a room full of people have a birthday party.
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Cinema

Sometimes I Think About Dying

The very particular Fran (Daisy Ridley) gets close to her new colleague Robert, in this surreal dead-pan character study by Rachel Lambert.

A young, tired man looks ahead in the desert, in the glaring sun.
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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.

From the Caribbean to Coventry
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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.

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

unravel install image
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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.

Barbican architecture
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

A group of colourful people dance happily down a street, in a pencil sketch animation.
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Cinema

Family Film Club: Chicken for Linda! + Intro from Wendy Ide

Winner of the Cristal Prize at Annecy International Animation Festival – this zany romp also packs an emotional punch.

Amy Winehouse stands about to perform
Event
Cinema

Parent and Baby Screening: 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.

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.

Amy Winehouse stands about to perform
Event
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.

A journalist in a bullet  proof vest looks out in the night, standing in front of yellow lights.
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).

A man and a girl sit on a bench in a park, looking up to the sky and smiling.
Event
Cinema

Perfect Days

Kôji Yakusho teaches the art of appreciating the everyday in this meditative drama from Wim Wenders.

A young boy stands at a school chalkboard in front of his teacher, with complicated mathematics written in chalk.
Event
Cinema

If Only I Could Hibernate

In Mongolia's capital city, a gifted student dreams of academic success, but has to look after his family, in Zoljargal Purevdash’s touching debut.

A man reads whilst a woman stands against a column on an ornate blue set on stage
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Cinema

MET Opera Live: La Rondine

Puccini’s bittersweet love story makes a rare MET appearance, with soprano Angel Blue opposite tenor Jonathan Tetelman. 

A longhaired woman in business and trainers wear lies back against a skyscraper in front of a city skyline.
Event
Cinema

Fantastic Machine

Dive deep into society's obsession with image, where it came from, and the monster it has grown in to, in this documentary by Axel Danielson and Maximilien Van Aertryck. 

Brian Eno disrupted by a pattern of geometric shapes
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Cinema Contemporary music

Gary Hustwit's ground breaking Live Documentary on Brian Eno

The UK premiere of Eno with live generative film screening and post-film conversation with Brian Eno, Gary Hustwit and Brendan Dawes.

A woman stands awkwardly at the door of an office, whilst a room full of people have a birthday party.
Event
Cinema

Sometimes I Think About Dying

The very particular Fran (Daisy Ridley) gets close to her new colleague Robert, in this surreal dead-pan character study by Rachel Lambert.

Tschabalala Self, Koco at the Bodega, 2017.
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Art & design

Relaxed View: Unravel

We'll host a small number of relaxed viewings for anyone who'd prefer a more informal approach to noise and movement in the space, or who feels comfortable knowing that they can enter and exit freely.

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

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.

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.