Director of Commercial at the Barbican, Jackie Boughton, said: “This decision marks a transformative moment for the Barbican Centre and its ability to host world-class conferences and events.

2/2 Colin Davis conducts the LSO in Beethoven's Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat (Emperor).

He's the octogenarian jazz legend whose six-decade career takes in working with Miles Davis and composing a string of standards. At 84, Herbie Hancock hasn't given up tickling the ivories, and ...

Whether you love or loathe the concrete geometry of the iconic Barbican estate, it tends to inspire strong feelings: for every Londoner charmed by its sharp Brutalist architecture, you’ll find another ...

A hangover from a post-war era of concrete construction, heritage site, or, as described by the Londonist, the “world’s largest broken flight departures board”, Bastion House in the City of ...

In the heart of London, the Barbican Centre’s Conservatory – a 1980s brutalist oasis filled with tropical plants – is hosting an immersive and site-specific exhibition from Indian artist Ranjani ...

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London's Barbican Centre has revealed initial plans to renovate three of its most well-known spaces. The Grade-II listed cultural destination is publicly consulting on proposals to restore and ...

The Barbican’s Into the Unknown: A Journey Through Science Fiction exhibition is an ambitious undertaking. How to present a history of science fiction that honours its foundation in the written word, ...

Two of the City of London’s most important cultural venues will promote the area at a New York travel show later this month. The Barbican and the Ned will attend SMU International, an event that ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Antonio Pappano has gone underground since leaving The Royal Opera for the London Symphony Orchestra ... home in Hampstead to the LSO's Barbican Centre base. He is leading the ...