We sat down with artist Ibrahim Mahama to talk to him about our latest commission Purple Hibiscus, which sees 2000 square metres of vibrant, hand-woven fabric from Ghana envelop our Lakeside facade.
No pain, no gain in the pursuit of love
Our New Releases Curator Sonia Zadurian looks ahead to a film you must see on our big screen in May.
Get lost in this beautiful footage from Ghana, documenting how the fabric for Ibrahim Mahama’s Purple Hibiscus was created.
Watch the transformation of our Lakeside Terrace as Ibrahim Mahama’s Purple Hibiscus was installed over several weeks.
The Barbican Young Film Programmers, curators of this year's Chronic Youth Film Festival curated a playlist for NTS Radio with music inspired by this year’s programme.
In this Barbican Session, clarinettist Anthony McGill performs Three Smiles for Tracey by American composer Adolphus Hailstork, filmed in the Garden Room.
Ballet Black dancer Ebony Thomas reflects on the company’s latest show, called Heroes.
In an exclusive film produced by DEZEEN our Curator Lotte Johnson talks us through some of her highlights from ‘Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’.
A ScreenTalk with the iconic German director Wim Wenders and star Kôji Yakusho discussing their film Perfect Days, a beautiful, bittersweet drama set in Tokyo.
From creating work lying in bed to choosing drawing as a medium, artist Soufiane Ababri’s practice is all-encompassing.
From turning adult performers into young children using balloon sleeves and bloomers, to dressing puppeteers as wind spirits inspired by bunraku kurogo (traditional all black costumes), Kimie Nakano's Olivier award-winning costume design for My Neighbour Totoro helps to bring the animated film to life on stage.
A ScreenTalk with director and lead Bradley Cooper and co-star Carey Mulligan, hosted by Barbican curator Sonia Zadurian. Maestro is Cooper's Oscar-winning biography of the acclaimed American composer Leonard Bernstein (West Side Story).
