Level G

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

Free events & performances

Event

Art & design Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

How We Live Now

Mon 17 May 2021 –Mon 31 Jan 2022

A multi-layered project comprising an installation, publication and events programme exploring a series of important questions about our public spaces and designed environments.

An image of the Shilpa Gupta: Sun at Night exhibition

Event

Art & design

Shilpa Gupta: Sun at Night

Free

Thu 7 Oct 2021 –Sun 6 Feb 2022

The first major London exhibition by Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta highlights the fragility of one’s right to expression whilst raising urgent questions of censorship, confinement and resistance.

Event

Tours & public spaces

Visit the Conservatory Akari Cloud

Free

Sat 22 –Sun 30 Jan 2022

Explore the Conservatory under a magical cloud of Akari light sculptures by Isamu Noguchi, an immersive experience combining art and nature in the heart of the city.

Group of Young Barbican members at workshop

Event

Art & design Contemporary music Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

Young Barbican Holiday Party

Cancelled

Sun 12 Dec 2021, 13:00

We are sorry to announce this event has been postponed due to the rising number of Covid cases. The new dates for this event will be announced in January 2022.

A caption box showing some orange captions from a Romeo and Juliet production

Event

Theatre & dance Tours & public spaces

Stagetext: Captions Speak Louder

Past event

Mon 15 Nov 2021 –Thu 6 Jan 2022

Come and explore this first of its kind exhibition, mapping the growth of theatre captioning through the work of deaf-led charity Stagetext.

Event

Tours & public spaces

Welcome Tour

Past event

Mon 20 Sep –Sun 31 Oct 2021

Discover the Barbican Centre on one of our free 20 minute tours.

Tangerine Dream Exhibition at the Barbican

Event

Library

Tangerine Dream: Zeitraffer

Past event

Mon 19 Jul –Wed 15 Dec 2021

Join us on an analogue journey through unseen footage, unpublished articles and original synthesizers with one of electronic music's pioneering groups.

Audiences enjoying a socially distanced performance by the Mithras Trio on Barbican Level G

Event

Classical music

Live at Lunchtime

Past event

Fri 2 Oct –Wed 4 Nov 2020

Live music returns to Level G with a series of twice-weekly, free lunchtime concerts given by outstanding musicians from Guildhall School of Music & Drama.

Event

Art & design

Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Countervailing Theory

Cancelled

Mon 10 Aug 2020 –Sun 24 Jan 2021

The first-ever UK exhibition by Nigerian-American artist Toyin Ojih Odutola, this epic cycle of new work will explore an imagined ancient myth, with an immersive soundscape by artist Peter Adjaye.

Event

Art & design Talks & workshops Tours & public spaces

Private View

Cancelled

Tue 28 Apr 2020, 18:00

Come experience a free private view of STORE STORE x Barbican.

Photo of the BTHVN on Tour exhibition display cases

Event

Classical music Tours & public spaces

BTHVN on Tour

Past event

Mon 27 Jan –Thu 6 Feb 2020

Take a fascinating look at the life and work of Ludwig van Beethoven in this free touring exhibition created by DHL and Beethoven-Haus Bonn.

A black and white photograph of a black man and a white woman are pieced together in a digital glitch

Event

Cinema

Echo

Past event

Mon 13 –Sun 19 Jan 2020

Step into another's shoes through a virtual mirror, select a shared story and discover layers of yourself echoed back to you in this personal exploration of human experience, identity and empathy.

A pink wardrobe with cartoon white hangers

Event

Cinema

Through the Wardrobe

Past event

Mon 13 –Sun 19 Jan 2020

Discover a wardrobe where the possibilities of gender are endless. You are invited to explore the belongings of others and play with gender expression.