Rebecca Fons, the Director of Programming at the Siskel Film Center in Chicago, has been hired as the Barbican Centre's new Head of Cinema. Fons replaces Cary Sawhney, who was the arts centre's ...

Three years later than originally planned, London Brew made it to the Barbican stage. The star studded ensemble's concert tribute to Miles Davis' Bitches Brew (Columbia, 1970) had been intended to ...

The City of London Corporation has given the green light to a substantial £231 million renewal plan for the iconic Barbican Centre, aiming to modernise the multi-arts venue and significantly enhance ...

The beloved lakeside terrace at the Barbican, the most iconic example of midcentury Brutalism in London, has been given a surprising makeover courtesy of Ghanaian artist Ibrahim Mahama. The ...

Three key British theatre companies are commissioned on hellish themes: Julian Crouch’s Improbable in The Devil and Mister Punch, Complicite in a new production of Bulgakov’s infernal story The Master ...

On Saturday, hundreds of protesters occupied the Barbican Centre in London to oppose censorship of critics of Israeli mass murder in Gaza. They raised banners with slogans, such as “Stop the cultural ...

The City of London Corporation has formally announced a major international design competition seeking teams to revamp and reenergize the Barbican Centre, the beloved Brutalist icon and ...

For many people, the Barbican is a place to visit, to catch a show, enjoy some food or just hang out. For others, like Jo Davis (Head of Retail) and Oluwatoyin Odunsi (Senior Producer for Learning & ...

Art collectors Lorenzo Legarda Leviste and Fahad Mayet have withdrawn quilt works by Loretta Pettway from an exhibition at London’s Barbican Centre in protest of the arts organization’s alleged ...

Rebecca Fons, the Director of Programming at the Siskel Film Center in Chicago, has been hired as the Barbican Centre’s new Head of Cinema. Fons replaces Cary Sawhney, who was the arts centre’s ...