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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
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Tours & public spaces

Architecture Tours

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

Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
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Cinema

Challengers

Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. 

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).

Two men lie naked in bed together, kissing and embracing tenderly.
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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.

Leonidas Kavakos looking at the camera while holding his violin
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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.

Two hands reach towards each other towards a swirling black circle with the word 'cycles' in the middle
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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.

A man in a dark room stares directly forward.
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Cinema

Stephen

A semi-fictional film-within-a-film on the lived experience of addiction and mental health, by visual artist Melanie Manchot.

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.

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
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.

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.

Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
Event
Cinema

Challengers

Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. 

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).

Gold Medal winner Alexandra Achillea Pouta receiving prize from Roberta Alexander
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Classical music

The Gold Medal 2024

The final of Guildhall School's most prestigious music prize returns with a concert at Barbican Hall, offering the chance to enjoy three concertos by outstanding Guildhall instrumentalists.

Two hands reach towards each other towards a swirling black circle with the word 'cycles' in the middle
Event
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Two hands reach towards each other towards a swirling black circle with the word 'cycles' in the middle
Event
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.

Two young men sit on either side of a young woman, on a bed, touching each other's legs and laughing.
Event
Cinema

Challengers

Tension builds on the courts in Luca Guadagnino's tennis menage-a-trois between Zendaya, Josh O'Connor and Mike Faist. 

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.

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.

TBC
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Talks & events Theatre & dance

Boy Blue: Cycles Pre-Show Talk

Members' event

Learn more about award-winning hip-hop dance theatre company Boy Blue and their new show Cycles at this free talk.

A man and a woman stand in an urban American street, looking forward.
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Cinema

The Devil Finds Work: If Beale Street Could Talk +...

We kick off this cinema season with a screening of Barry Jenkins' adaptation of James Baldwin's novel, with a ScreenTalk, plus an exclusive recorded intro & commentary by Barry Jenkins.

Leonidas Kavakos looking to his right and smiling
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Classical music

Kavakos Plays Bach: Part 1

In the first of two concerts, Leonidas Kavakos performs three works from J S Bach’s Six Solo Violin Sonatas and Partitas, each one an intimate, intricate masterpiece.