Barbican Art Gallery

Silk Street, London 🇬🇧

Located within the Barbican Centre, London's landmark Brutalist arts complex in the City, the Barbican Art Gallery stages major thematic exhibitions spanning art, design, photography, and film. Known for ambitious, cross-disciplinary programming, it has hosted some of the most attended exhibitions in the UK. The Barbican's architecture, a celebrated example of 1970s Brutalism, is itself a draw.

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ZifzafaEnded
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Zifzafa

Ended Sep 26

FreeSound ArtVideo & Moving ImageInstallationContemporary Art

Video works on sound, wind turbines and resistance in the Golan Heights

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of PanafricaEnded
Barbican Art Gallery

Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

Ended Sep 6

Mixed MediaVideo & Moving ImagePrintsInstallationPainting

First major survey of Pan-Africanism's influence on visual art, 1920s–now

2.7/5 from 3 ratings

"But the exhibition does not sing. It spits out theory instead. Every section is framed as an essay, with artworks chosen to illustrate an argument: one bay is based around the ideas of sociologist Stuart Hall, which the works don't seem to illustrate anyway. This is a show that wants to conjure up a utopian place, Panafrica, and make it real, which would be a powerful piece of political enchantment."

The Guardian
Delcy Morelos: origoEnded
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Delcy Morelos: origo

Ended Jul 31

FreeMixed MediaInstallationContemporary Art

Morelos' first major UK show: a monumental immersive soil installation

3/5 from 1 rating

"Inside, you are plunged into near-total darkness, feeling your way along softly curving corridors lined with compact, hair-like roots. And unlike the dank, musty odour one might expect from a mound of soil, Morelos' beast smells unexpectedly good: infused with clove and cinnamon and softened by the cool scent of earth after rain."

TimeOut
Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda BenglisEnded
Barbican Art Gallery

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis

Ended May 31

SculptureSurrealismAlberto Giacometti

Lynda Benglis and Alberto Giacometti displayed together for the first time

Beatriz GonzálezEnded
Barbican Art Gallery

Beatriz González

Ended May 10

PaintingContemporary ArtBeatriz González

First UK retrospective of Colombian artist: 150+ works spanning six decades

4/5 from 3 ratings

"There is a Warholian quality to much of her work, which uses images of figures from mainstream media and pop culture."

TimeOut
Julia Phillips: Inside, Before They SpeakEnded
Barbican Art Gallery

Julia Phillips: Inside, Before They Speak

Ended Apr 19

CeramicsDrawing & Works on PaperSculpture

Phillips's first UK institutional solo: ceramic and metal sculptures on the body