Posts Tagged ‘Barbican’
Brazilian photographer and activist Claudia Andujar set for major Barbican retrospective
Summer show will focus on Andujar’s work with Brazil’s Yanomami people, as curator says arts audiences must ‘take on ethical responsibility’
Read MoreShabaka Hutchings and the Britten Sinfonia, Barbican, music review: ‘Jazz’s untamed spirit resonates in 2020’
Hutchings’ ‘dazzling’ clarinet, backed by the talents of a chamber orchestra, is ‘transcendent’
Read MoreBBCSO/Oramo, Barbican, live music review: ‘A concert for the modern world’
The first completely live-streamed performance from the venue’s new series of shows is ‘brave and divine’
Read MoreThe Divine Comedy, Barbican, live music review: ‘An evening drenched in nostalgia’
Neil Hannon and the band offer up a sharp experience of ‘memory and music’ as part of the Barbican’s programme of live shows
Read MoreErland Cooper: Live at the Barbican, music review: ‘A rare and wild talent’
The multi-talented maestro brings the sounds of the Orkney Islands to life as part of the Barbican’s new programme of live shows
Read MoreIsadora Now, Barbican, dance review: ‘Mesmerising showcase of an extraordinary woman’s legacy’
A triple bill celebrating the life and work of choreographer Isadora Duncan was ‘unexpected, layered and challenging’
Read MoreGut, Barbican, stage review: ‘Thrilling, inquisitive and well-acted’
Frances Poet’s ‘razor-sharp’ family drama, performed by Guildhall graduates, avoids ‘black and white simplicity’
Read MoreBoy Blue, Barbican Theatre: ‘Hip-hop dance troupe lacking its usual punch’
The Olivier Award-winning company’s latest show, REDD, deals with grief and betrayal, but ends up feeling ‘flat and emotionless’
Read MoreNinth Street Women, Barbican, book presentation: ‘Rewriting male-dominated art history’
Pulitzer Prize nominee Mary Gabriel discusses her exploration of the lives of five women who revolutionised modern art
Read MoreThe Knight of the Burning Pestle, Barbican Theatre, review: ‘Like Dario Fo on speed’
Cheek by Jowl reunites with Moscow Pushkin Theatre for a ‘fanciful romp through culture clashes’
Read MoreLee Krasner: Living in Colour, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Smorgasbords of shape, movement and colour’
Nearly 100 works by the late American artist, who ‘came into her own’ following the death of husband Jackson Pollock, are on display in a major retrospective spanning her 50-year career
Read MoreMemorial, Barbican Centre, theatre preview: ‘the biggest challenge is learning all the Greek names!’
The Citizen chats to Martina Schwarz, whose Hackney-based community choir will perform in the upcoming war drama
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for February 2018
In our recurring feature, we cast an eye over the top art exhibitions this month, in the borough and beyond
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for August
Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features sci-fi, Italian family dynamics and “all manner of erotic mania”…
Read MoreBarbican’s Sound Unbound weekender set to give classical music a festival feel
The event running 29-30 April will feature Anna Meredith, Chilly Gonzales, the London Symphony Orchestra and more
Read MoreEast End exhibitions – five of the best for April
Our regular look at the best exhibitions to be found in and around the borough in the coming month ranges from Japanese architecture to Lebanese film – with a dose of London ‘realness’
Read MoreRichard Mosse, Incoming at Barbican Curve: a shattering view of humanity and the inhumane
In the wake of the current migrant crisis, Richard Mosse’s new exhibition at the Barbican Curve gallery shares a new look at refugees, ‘through the eye of a missile’
Read MoreThe Barbican: who lives on an estate like this?
Photographer gives a rare insight into what it is like to live on the iconic estate
Read MoreLondon International Animation Festival comes to the Barbican
Festival to showcase a medley of styles, materials, techniques and productions used by today’s animators
Read MoreWorld musicians to descend upon Barbican for Transcender festival
James Holden and Iranian singer Parisa among the performers at weekend event where diffuse musical traditions exist in harmony
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