Level G

Everyone's journey starts on Level G. Experience free installations, commissions and events in our public spaces, whatever time you visit.

Following recent government guidance, we’ll be closing our doors until they say it’s safe to do so. We hope to welcome you back very soon.

Free events & performances

Event

Art & design Tours & public spaces

Ling Tan: Playing Democracy

Free

Playing Democracy is a giant two player game of Pong, exploring the principles of democracy.

Event

Art & design Tours & public spaces

INSULAE [Of the Island]

Free

A video installation by Nye Thompson contemplating the impact of island geography on national identity in the age of Brexit.

Event

Art & design Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

How We Live Now

Mon 17 May –Thu 23 Dec 2021

An installation exploring two important social questions: who are our buildings and shared spaces for and how do they affect us?

Tangerine Dream Exhibition at the Barbican

Event

Library

Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer

Past event

The exhibition is currently suspended due to COVID-19 - we hope to reopen the exhibition at a later date and will update this page with more information when available.

Event

Art & design

Yto Barrada: Agadir

Past event

Wed 7 Feb –Sun 20 May 2018

For her first major London commission, artist Yto Barrada weaves together personal narratives and political ideals to create a complex portrait of a city and its people in a state of transition.

Event

Art & design

The Hull of a Large Ship

Past event

Fri 18 May –Sun 11 Nov 2018

Five contemporary architects respond to the original Barbican plans.

Event

Tours & public spaces

Borders

Past event

Tue 24 Jul 2018, 19:00

A panel discussion with authors Teresa Thornhill & Daniel Trilling. Programmed in partnership with Verso.

Event

Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

The Price of Admission

Past event

Mon 13 Aug 2018, 19:00

A panel discussion with the English Cricket Board's Head of Strategy, Vikram Banerjee, and the Barbican's Head of Music, Huw Humphreys.

Event

Cinema

Alternate Realities: Terminal 3

Past event

Mon 20 Aug –Sun 16 Sep 2018

Experience contemporary Muslim identities in the USA through the lens of an airport interrogation.

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Cinema Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

Alternate Realities: Members' Preview

Past event

Mon 20 Aug 2018

Join us on the opening night of Alternate Realities and hear Asad J. Malik, creator of documentary Terminal 3, in conversation with Senior Producer Sidd Khajuria.