Barbican Centre
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Looking at people looking at art: inside the mind of a gallery attendant
Visitor experience workers at London’s Tate Modern, Serpentine, Barbican and V&A share what it’s like to watch people looking at art during a time of changing attention spans and rising vandalism
By Kyle MacNeill Published
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Ibrahim Mahama tells us why he has covered the Barbican in pink fabric
Ibrahim Mahama's 'Purple Hibiscus' has transformed the Barbican’s Lakeside Terrace
By Hannah Silver Published
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Politics, protest and potential: the Barbican explores the power of textiles in art
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’ at the Barbican Centre in London explores how far the medium has evolved in the last sixty years
By Emily Steer Published
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Finest fashion moments of London Frieze Week 2023
The best fashion moments of London Frieze Week 2023, from stylish new sponsors to happenings from Gucci, Thom Browne, Burberry and more
By Jack Moss Published
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Ranjani Shettar’s site-specific sculptures unveiled in Barbican Conservatory
Ranjani Shettar’s ‘Cloud songs on the horizon’ suspends sculptures amid the Barbican Conservatory’s plant life
By Francesca Perry Published
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A world in print: the Eames celebration continues with a new illustrative book
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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The Barbican’s latest show opens the doors to artists’ cabinets of curiosities
By Nick Compton Last updated
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London's Barbican celebrates Duchamp with 'The Bride and the Bachelors'
By Nick Compton Last updated
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'Building The Brutal': celebrating the construction of London's Barbican
By Sara Sturges Last updated
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The nuances of AI dissected at London's Barbican Centre
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Constructing Worlds: a new exhibition at the Barbican gives architectural photography the exposure it deserves
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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'OMA/Progress' exhibition at the Barbican, London
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Shilpa Gupta at the Barbican: social injustice, censorship and poetry
In the multipart show ‘Sun at Night’ at London’s Barbican, Mumbai-based artist Shilpa Gupta highlights the fragility of free expression and gives a voice to those silenced
By Cleo Roberts-Komireddi Last updated
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International photographers bring a ‘Strange and Familiar’ focus to Britain
By Jessica Klingelfuss Last updated
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Barbican apartment refurbished by Archmongers with colourful geometry
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Architect Laurence Quinn welcomes us to his renovated Barbican home
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Barbican Conservatory’s definitive guide on how to care for indoor plants
The Barbican Conservatory’s head gardener Marta Lowcewicz offers expert advice on how to maintain indoor plants
By Mary Cleary Last updated
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Life and times: the Barbican celebrates the world of Charles and Ray Eames
By Rosa Bertoli Last updated
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‘The Barbican Estate’ by Stefi Orazi celebrates 50 years of modernist living
By Harriet Thorpe Last updated
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Kam Bava breathes new life into the Barbican sunken bars
We visit the restoration and interiors refresh of the Barbican sunken bars by London architect Kam Bava
By Ellie Stathaki Last updated
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Forty years of the Barbican Centre: an art utopia made concrete
Building Utopia: The Barbican Centre, published to coincide with the institution’s 40th anniversary, explores the birth of the Barbican, its storied history and its unparalleled impact on contemporary arts and culture
By Harriet Lloyd-Smith Last updated
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From Anthropocene to Symbiocene: Barbican’s ‘Our Time On Earth’ exhibition
‘Our Time On Earth’ show at the Barbican in London imagines a future when humans and nature are in sync
By Malaika Byng Last updated
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The photographers who captured rebels, rejects and outcasts on the edges of society
By Charlotte Jansen Last updated
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Lip service: Ragnar Kjartansson sets tongues wagging at the Barbican
By Elly Parsons Last updated
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Modern music: London’s Barbican sways to the tune of mountains and waves
By Nick Compton Last updated
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Beautiful brutalism: Barbican’s Blake Tower debuts its first show apartment
Conran & Partners pair 'warm and soft' interiors with brutalist architecture in the Blake Tower's first show apartment
By Ali Morris Last updated
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Rolling thunder: Doug Aitken’s ’Station to Station’ arrives at the Barbican
By Tom Howells Last updated
Digital Revolution: the Barbican shows bits and bytes in a new light, from retro gaming to Will.i.am