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Barbican Art Gallery

Barbican Art Gallery

Upcoming

Exhibition

Julia Phillips

30 Jan-19 Apr 2026

Exhibition

Lynda Benglis | Encounters: Giacometti

5 Feb-24 May 2026

Exhibition

Beatriz González

25 Feb-10 May 2026

Past

2025
Talks & Events
Mona Hatoum: Artist Talk
28 Nov 2025
Talks & Events
An Evening with Annie Leibovitz
24 Nov 2025
Talks & Events
Don McCullin in conversation by Jeremy Bowen
17 Nov 2025
Talks & Events
Charlie Mackesy: An evening of drawing, music and stories
1 Nov 2025
Exhibition
Lucy Raven: Rounds
9 Oct 2025-4 Jan 2026
Exhibition
Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion
25 Sep 2025-25 Jan 2026
Exhibition
Mona Hatoum | Encounters: Giacometti
3 Sep 2025-11 Jan 2026
Exhibition
Feel the Sound: An exhibition experience on a different frequency
22 May-31 Aug 2025
Talks & Events
Jason Moran on Noah Davis and music making
8 May 2025
Exhibition
Encounters: Giacometti
8 May-24 May 2025
Exhibition
Huma Bhabha | Encounters: Giacometti
8 May-10 Aug 2025
Talks & Events
Claudia Rankine: New Approaches to Autobiography
27 Mar 2025
Talks & Events
Panel discussion: When Artists Curate
26 Feb 2025
Exhibition
Noah Davis
6 Feb-11 May 2025
Talks & Events
Artist Talk: Citra Sasmita
4 Feb 2025
Exhibition
Citra Sasmita: Into Eternal Land
30 Jan-20 Apr 2025
2024
Talks & Events
Chris Gollon: Life in Paint
29 Oct 2024
Exhibition
The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975–1998
5 Oct 2024-5 Jan 2025
Exhibition
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It Will End In Tears
19 Sep 2024-5 Jan 2025
Talks & Events
Soufiane Ababri: Performance
30 Jun 2024
Exhibition
Francis Alÿs: Ricochets
27 Jun-1 Sep 2024
Talks & Events
Tristan Garcia: Keynote Lecture
27 Jun 2024
Exhibition
The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar
24 May-16 Jun 2024
Exhibition
Ibrahim Mahama: Purple Hibiscus
10 Apr-18 Aug 2024
Exhibition
Soufiane Ababri
13 Mar-30 Jun 2024
Exhibition
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art
13 Feb-26 May 2024
2023
Talks & Events
Conference: Resist, Persist: Gender, Climate and Colonialism
7 Dec-8 Dec 2023
Talks & Events
Sarah Schulman and Sunil Gupta in Conversation: Art & Queer Resistance
18 Nov 2023
Talks & Events
Sin Wai Kin and Planningtorock: manifesting alternate realities
16 Nov 2023
Exhibition
The Conservatory x Ranjani Shettar
4 Nov 2023-31 Mar 2024
Exhibition
RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology
5 Oct 2023-14 Jan 2024
Exhibition
Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight
14 Sep 2023-11 Feb 2024
Exhibition
Architecture on Stage
14 Sep-13 Dec 2023
Exhibition
Carrie Mae Weems
21 Jun-3 Sep 2023
Talks & Events
Pull My Daisy: Looking at Alice Neel’s relationship to the poetic
18 May 2023
Talks & Events
Seeing and Being Seen: A Trio of Films
11 May 2023
Talks & Events
Audio Described Tour of Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle
10 May 2023
Talks & Events
Alice Neel: A Romantic Bohemian-Type Communist: A tour with Dr Matthew James Holman
27 Apr 2023
Talks & Events
BSL Tour | Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle
25 Apr 2023
Talks & Events
Bringing the archives to life: Curatorial tour with Annabel Bai Jackson
20 Apr 2023
Talks & Events
Alice Neel's New York on Film + Introduction
13 Apr 2023
Talks & Events
A Human Comedy: Curatorial tour with Eleanor Nairne
6 Apr 2023
Exhibition
RESOLVE Collective: them's the breaks
30 Mar-16 Jul 2023
Exhibition
Alice Neel: Hot Off The Griddle
16 Feb-21 May 2023
2022
Exhibition
Soheila Sokhanvari: Rebel Rebel
7 Oct 2022-26 Feb 2023
Exhibition
Carolee Schneemann: Body Politics
8 Sep 2022-8 Jan 2023
Exhibition
Our Time on Earth
5 May-29 Aug 2022
Exhibition
Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-1965
3 Mar-26 Jun 2022
2021
Exhibition
Shilpa Gupta
7 Oct 2021-6 Feb 2022
Exhibition
Noguchi
30 Sep 2021-23 Jan 2022
Exhibition
Claudia Andujar: The Yanomami Struggle
17 Jun-29 Aug 2021
Exhibition
How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaceswith Matrix Feminist Design Co-op
17 May-23 Dec 2021
Exhibition
Jean Dubuffet: Brutal Beuty
17 May-22 Aug 2021
2020
Exhibition
Michael Clark : Cosmic Dancer
7 Oct 2020-3 Jan 2021
Exhibition
Masculinities : Liberation through Photography
13 Jul-23 Aug 2020
Exhibition
Toyin Ojih Odutola : A Countervailing Theory
26 Mar 2020-24 Jan 2021
Exhibition
Masculinities : Liberation through Photography
20 Feb-17 May 2020
2019
Exhibition
Into the Night : Cabarets & Clubs in Modern Art
4 Oct 2019-19 Jan 2020
Exhibition
Trevor Paglen and Anthony Downey
26 Sep 2019-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Trevor Paglen : From ‘Apple’ to ‘Anomaly’
26 Sep 2019-16 Feb 2020
Exhibition
Painting Now : Lee Krasner: Living Colour
29 Aug 2019-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Brilliant Corners : Lee Krasner: Living Colour
25 Jul 2019-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Ninth Street Women : Lee Krasner: Living Colour
4 Jul 2019-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Lee Krasner: A Biography
20 Jun 2019-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
On Nature : Lee Krasner: Living Colour
30 May 2019-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Lee Krasner : Living Colour
30 May-1 Sep 2019
Exhibition
AI: More than Human
16 May-26 Aug 2019
Exhibition
Daria Martin : Tonight the World
31 Jan-7 Apr 2019
2018
Exhibition
Modern Couples : Art, Intimacy and the Avant-garde
10 Oct 2018-27 Jan 2019
Exhibition
Francis Upritchard : Wetwang Slack
27 Sep 2018-6 Jan 2019
Exhibition
Dorothea Lange / Vanessa Winship
22 Jun-2 Sep 2018
Exhibition
Another Kind of Life : Photography on the Margins
28 Feb-27 May 2018
Exhibition
The Curve | Yto Barrada : Agadir
7 Feb-20 May 2018
2017
Exhibition
JOHN AKOMFRAH : Purple
6 Oct 2017-7 Jan 2018
Exhibition
Basquiat : Boom for Real
21 Sep 2017-28 Jan 2018
Exhibition
Art Gallery | Trajal Harrell : Hoochie Koochie
20 Jul-13 Aug 2017
Exhibition
The Japanese House : Architecture and Life after 1945
23 Mar-25 Jun 2017
Exhibition
Richard Mosse : Incoming
15 Feb-23 Apr 2017
2016
Exhibition
The Gulch: An Amateur Symposium
26 Nov 2016
Exhibition
The Vulgar : Fashion Redefined
13 Oct 2016-5 Feb 2017
Exhibition
Bedwyr Williams : The Gulch
29 Sep 2016-8 Jan 2017
Exhibition
Ragnar Kjartansson
14 Jul-4 Sep 2016
Exhibition
Strange and Familiar
16 Mar-19 Jun 2016
Exhibition
Imran Qureshi : Where the Shadows are so Deep
18 Feb-10 Jul 2016
2015
Exhibition
With Lotte Johnson : The World of Charles and Ray Eames
3 Dec 2015
Exhibition
The World of Charles and Ray Eames
21 Oct 2015-14 Feb 2016
Exhibition
The Forever Loop : Eddie Peake
9 Oct 2015-10 Jan 2016
Exhibition
Aaron Koblin and Ben Tricklebank : Light Echoes
27 Jun-6 Sep 2015
Exhibition
Station To Station : A 30 Day Happening
27 Jun-26 Jul 2015
Exhibition
The Barbican Exhibition : Building a Landmark
25 May-29 Nov 2015
Exhibition
London Historic Collections
22 May 2015-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Exhibition Tour with Sophie Perrson
21 May 2015-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Edmund de Waal In Conversation with Andrew Graham-Dixon
22 Apr 2015-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Roman Signer : Slow Movement
3 Mar-31 May 2015
Exhibition
Magnificent Obsessions: The Artist as Collector
12 Feb-25 May 2015
2014
Exhibition
In Conversation : Walead Beshty with Brian Dillon
26 Nov 2014
Exhibition
In Conversation : Simon Norfolk & Julian Stallabrass
20 Nov 2014
Exhibition
Walead Beshty
9 Oct 2014-8 Feb 2015
Exhibition
Constructing Worlds : Photography and Architecture in the Modern Age
25 Sep 2014-11 Jan 2015
Exhibition
Digital Revolution
3 Jul-14 Sep 2014
Exhibition
The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier
9 Apr-25 Aug 2014
Exhibition
United Visual Artists Momentum
13 Feb-1 Jun 2014
2013
Exhibition
Leandro Erlich at Dalston House
27 Jun 2013-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Leandro Erlich : Dalston House
26 Jun-4 Aug 2013
Exhibition
The Bride and the Bachelors
14 Feb-9 Jun 2013
2012
Exhibition
everything was moving : photography from the 60s and 70s
13 Sep 2012-13 Jan 2013
Exhibition
Bauhaus : Art as Life
3 May-12 Aug 2012
Exhibition
Geoffrey Farmer : The Surgeon and the Photographer
26 Mar 2012-28 Jul 2013
Exhibition
Song Dong : Waste Not
15 Feb-12 Jun 2012
2011
Exhibition
Air as Architecture With Yuki Sumner
10 Oct 2011-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
OMA/Progress
6 Oct 2011-19 Feb 2012
Exhibition
Junya Ishigami : Architecture as Air
28 Jun-16 Oct 2011
Exhibition
Watch Me Move : The Animation Show
15 Jun-11 Sep 2011
Exhibition
Anderson, Brown, Matta-Clark : The Downtown Scene
3 Mar-22 May 2011
Exhibition
Cory Arcangel: Beat the Champ
10 Feb-22 May 2011
2010
Exhibition
Damián Ortega
15 Oct 2010-23 Jan 2011
Exhibition
Future Beauty: 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
15 Oct 2010-6 Feb 2011
Exhibition
John Bock : New commission for The Curve
10 Jun-12 Sep 2010
Exhibition
The Surreal House
10 Jun-12 Sep 2010
Exhibition
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot : New Commission for The Curve
27 Feb-23 May 2010
Exhibition
Ron Arad : Restless
18 Feb-16 May 2010
2009
Exhibition
The Free Art Fair
12 Oct-18 Oct 2009
Exhibition
SYMMETRY : A JOURNEY INTO THE PATTERNS OF NATURE
1 Oct 2009-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Robert Kusmirowski : Bunker
30 Sep 2009-10 Jan 2010
Exhibition
JOSEPH BEUYS : THE FREE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
24 Sep 2009-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
DESIGNING FOOTPRINTS
17 Sep 2009-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
The Directorspective : Werner Herzog
12 Sep-27 Sep 2009
Exhibition
ART MEETS FARMERS MARKET
10 Sep 2009-1 Jan 2000
Exhibition
Radical Nature
19 Jun-18 Oct 2009
Exhibition
Clemens von Wedemeyer : The Fourth Wall
29 May-30 Aug 2009
Exhibition
Le Corbusier : The Art of Architecture
19 Feb-24 May 2009
Exhibition
Peter Coffin
11 Feb-10 May 2009
2008
Exhibition
ON THE SUBJECT OF WAR
17 Oct 2008-25 Jan 2009
Exhibition
GERDA TARO
17 Oct 2008-25 Jan 2009
Exhibition
THIS IS WAR! ROBERT CAPA AT WORK
17 Oct 2008-25 Jan 2009
Exhibition
RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER
9 Oct 2008-18 Jan 2009
Exhibition
HUANG YONG PING
25 Jun-21 Sep 2008
Exhibition
THE HOUSE OF VIKTOR & ROLF
18 Jun-21 Sep 2008
Exhibition
MARTIAN MUSEUM OF TERRESTRIAL ART
6 Mar-18 May 2008
Exhibition
Hans Schabus : Next Time I'm Here, I'll be there
1 Mar-1 May 2008
2007
Exhibition
SEDUCED (please note-over 18s only)
12 Oct 2007-27 Jan 2008
Exhibition
Shirana Shahbazi
4 Oct 2007-20 Jan 2008
Exhibition
Panic Attack! Art in the Punk Years
5 Jun-9 Sep 2007
Exhibition
Marjetica Potrc
24 May-2 Sep 2007
Exhibition
ALVAR AALTO
22 Feb-13 May 2007
Exhibition
JEPPE HEIN
9 Feb-29 Apr 2007
2006
Exhibition
in the face of history
13 Oct 2006-28 Jan 2007
Exhibition
richard wilson
27 Sep 2006-14 Jan 2007
Exhibition
Future City
15 Jun-17 Sep 2006
Exhibition
Tomas Saraceno
11 May-16 Jul 2006
2005
Exhibition
Lucy Orta
15 Sep-30 Oct 2005
2003
Exhibition
GALLERY CLOSED FOR RENOVATION
21 Jul 2003-1 Jan 2004
Exhibition
The Poetics Project 1977- 97 Mike Kelley/Tony Oursler
15 May-20 Jul 2003
Exhibition
EXODUS:PHOTOGRAPHS BY SEBASTIÃO SALGADO
13 Feb-1 Jun 2003
Exhibition
Denis Masi: Power and Glory
30 Jan-2 May 2003
2002
Exhibition
ELECTRIC DREAMS
11 Jul-26 Aug 2002
Exhibition
GAME ON
16 May-15 Sep 2002
Exhibition
XAVIER VEILHAN
1 May-23 Jun 2002
Exhibition
BARBICAN : THIS WAS TOMORROW
14 Feb-14 Apr 2002
Exhibition
TRANSITION
31 Jan-14 Apr 2002
Exhibition
MARTIN PARR
31 Jan-14 Apr 2002
2001
Exhibition
The Americans - New Art
25 Oct-23 Dec 2001
Exhibition
Andres Serrano
5 Oct-23 Dec 2001
2000
Exhibition
THE CURVE | Into the Unknown : A Journey through Science Fiction
1 Jan 2000-1 Sep 2017
Exhibition
Future Beauty : 30 Years of Japanese Fashion
1 Jan 2000-6 Feb 2011
Exhibition
ANDREW CROSS: some trains in America
1 Jan 2000-23 Jun 2002
Exhibition
Fay Godwin: Landmarks
1 Jan 2000-30 Sep 2001
Exhibition
Reporting the World
1 Jan 2000-30 Sep 2001

Accessibility & facilities

Art Gallery & Gallery Shop:

Daily 10am-7pm (last entry 6pm), Bank Holidays 12-7pm

The Curve: 

Daily 10am-7pm (last entry 6pm), Bank Holidays 12-7pm

Nearby

Sabrina Bockler: Impending Rapture
BEERS London
until 28 Feb
Group Show
Modern Art, Helmet Row
until 21 Feb
Katy Sayers Green: Noah's Woods
Felstead Art | Threadneedle
until 20 Feb
Condo 2026— Hosting Air De Paris and Take Ninagawa Gaëlle Choisne | Ketty La Rocca | Gozo Yoshimasu
Amanda Wilkinson
until 15 Feb
Mark Manders
London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE
until 4 Jul
The Shape of Time
Vivienne Roberts Projects
until 5 Mar
Nostalgia
Vestry St
until 21 Feb
Migratory Movements
Elizabeth Xi Bauer, Exmouth Market
until 15 Feb
I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies
Autograph
until 21 Mar
Máret Ánne Sara
Tate Modern
until 6 Apr
Condo 2026— Hosting ATHR
Union Pacific, E1
until 14 Feb
Condo 2026— hosting Chris Sharp Gallery, Los Angeles
Kate MacGarry
until 14 Feb
Basil Beattie: Another Place: Paintings from the 90s
Hales
until 28 Feb
STEPHEN DUNN: Time Pieces
Benjamin Rhodes Arts
until 7 Mar
JULIA FARRER :: VISUAL MISCHIEF - Etchings from 2001 to 2025
Art Space Gallery - Michael Richardson Contemporary Art
until 6 Mar
Agosto Machado: CONDO — Hosting Gordon Robichaux
Maureen Paley: Studio M
until 21 Mar
DEATH HOPE LIFE FEAR
The Gilbert & George Centre
until 1 Feb
A Formula For How To Find Love - Victoria Cantons
Mimosa House
until 28 Mar
Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey
Whitechapel Gallery
until 1 Mar

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