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A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
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Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
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Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

Architecture Tour
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
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Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

Two monsters, Godzilla and Ebirah, locked in combat in the sea
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Cinema

Ebirah, Horror of the Deep + introduction by Alex Davidson

A group of young men become shipwrecked and face the dangers of a terrifying sea creature and a terrorist group. Can Godzilla – and Mothra – save the day?

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
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Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.

Image of Cate Le Bon with her hands on her head
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Contemporary music

Cate Le Bon

Welsh multi-disciplinary artist and producer Cate Le Bon’s work has long defied categorization—an architect of sound who builds emotional landscapes from abstraction, texture, and tone.

Blondie in Camera 1978
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Library Tours & public spaces Art & design

Blondie in Camera 1978

Free

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
Event
Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
Event
Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

People standing with their tools in hand.
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Cinema

Land Cinema: Our Voice of Earth, Memory and Future + Intro

Haunting and expressive, this experimental documentary from Colombia portrays a landscape haunted by centuries of colonialism and reanimated by Indigenous resistance.

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.

Camilla George, SHABAKA and Jason Yarde
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Contemporary music

The Evolution of UK Jazz—20 Years On

An evening of pioneering jazz celebrating 20 years of Serious' Take Five programme for a world premiere collaboration of two revolutionary voices of British Jazz.

Don McCullin – War and Peace
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Talks & events

Don McCullin – War and Peace

Don McCullin survived the Blitz and braved bullets in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Now Britain’s greatest photo journalist joins us to celebrate his 90th birthday.

Blondie in Camera 1978
Event
Library Tours & public spaces Art & design

Blondie in Camera 1978

Free

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
Event
Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
Event
Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.

Maxime Pascal conducting the London Symphony Orchestra at the Barbican
Event
Classical music

London Symphony Orchestra/Maxime Pascal

An evening celebrating music at the forefront of composition, as we hear three world premieres, alongside Pierre Boulez’s magnetic memoriam to fellow composer Bruno Maderna.

Omri Kochavi gilufim (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere)
Sasha Scott Sly (LSO Panufnik commission, world premiere)
Donghoon Shin Piano Concerto (world premiere)
Pierre Boulez Rituel in memoriam Bruno Maderna
London Symphony Orchestra
Maxime Pascal conductor
Seong-Jin Cho piano
Don McCullin – War and Peace
Event
Talks & events

Don McCullin – War and Peace

Don McCullin survived the Blitz and braved bullets in Vietnam and Afghanistan. Now Britain’s greatest photo journalist joins us to celebrate his 90th birthday.

Blondie in Camera 1978
Event
Library Tours & public spaces Art & design

Blondie in Camera 1978

Free

An exhibition celebrating Martyn Goddard’s most famous images of Blondie taken during their breakthrough year

A model stands in front of a blue door and red wall, wearing earth toned distressed clothing
Event
Art & design

Dirty Looks

Rebel against conventional beauty and take a look at the dirty side of fashion. 

A mountainous landscape, with a reservoir and dam in the foreground and a river winding through the hills beyond.
Event
Art & design

Lucy Raven: Rounds

North American artist Lucy Raven brings together moving image and sculpture to examine themes of cyclical violence and unrelenting force in the formation of the Western United States. 

Architecture Tour
Event
Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

Step into the heart of London’s Brutalist legacy.

A woman looks at a sculpture of a globe, the outlines of the countries lit in neon orange strip lights.
Event
Art & design

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum

Works by contemporary artist Mona Hatoum and 20th century sculptor Alberto Giacometti are seen together for the first time in this ground-breaking exhibition, part of Encounters: Giacometti.

A person starts to fly in the air, levitating above their bed
Event
Theatre & dance

RSC: Wendy & Peter Pan

An exhilarating new take on a beloved classic myth of love, loss, redemption – and pirates.