The Barbican
‘One of a kind’: Barbican and Fondation Giacometti to collaborate on 2025 exhibition series
Historic pieces by the acclaimed Swiss sculptor Giacometti will be brought together with works by three leading contemporary artists at the Brutalist London venue
Comment | The Barbican’s survey of Indian art avoids the pitfalls that plague so many political shows
This exhibition successfully traverses the terrain of art and geopolitics—an area often littered with clunkiness and earnest failure
Collectors withdraw works from Barbican show after centre pulls its support for talk on Israel-Hamas war
Quilts by Loretta Pettway have been removed from a major textile survey at the London institution over accusations of “censorship and repression”
Eleanor Nairne joins the Philadelphia Museum of Art as head of Modern and contemporary art
The former curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London hops the pond
At London's Barbican, the female body's link to nature isn’t just lyrical—it's hardcore political
And a new show opens at the city's William Morris Gallery with a focus on radical landscapes
Barbican arts chief Will Gompertz appointed director of London's Sir John Soane’s Museum
In a surprise move, the former BBC arts editor will replace Bruce Boucher who will retire after almost eight years at the eclectic institution
Barbican exhibition cancelled in wake of 'anti-Palestinian censorship' row
Resolve Collective has accused staff at the London arts centre of censoring a talk and for showing “hostility towards close family and friends at the exhibition opening”
Turkey-Syria earthquake: the race to save damaged heritage sites
Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket
Soheila Sokhanvari: the former scientist using ‘alchemy’ to bring together Iranian and Western culture
The Shiraz-born artist tells us how she became an artist after a bad cycling accident and why what is happening in Iran is “no longer a protest, it’s a revolution”
Raw meat and vagina scrolls: Carolee Schneemann’s body politics laid bare in first UK survey
The Barbican Art Gallery is staging a survey of the late pioneering performance artist, including more than 300 works ranging from early paintings and sculptural assemblages to films and installations
'Art world disillusionment led me to make art with memes': artist Cem A on his London exhibition
The man behind the infamous Instagram account @freeze_magazine shows his meme creations at the Barbican
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Shilpa Gupta's tribute to dissident writers to the UK debut of influential Georgian painter Karlo Kacharava
London's Barbican shakes up staff following racism allegations published in tell-all book
Former BBC culture editor Will Gompertz steps into joint managing director role with Sandeep Dwesar
Basquiat: Boom for Real is most popular show in Barbican’s history
More than 7,000 visitors attended over the closing weekend in London, with overall figures expected to reach more than 215,000