Barbican - Hackney Citizen

Death Note: The Musical review— all belt, no beckoning

A long-promised staging of the manga phenomenon reaches the Barbican with vibrant visuals and a punishing score — but its death gods barely haunt

Author: Hackney Citizen

An ensemble on stage. A young man is lit up in the centre, people stand around him in black clothes with umbrella's under a f

'Protest, resistance and revolution': Barbican announces Project a Black Planet

A summer-long season highlighting Pan-Africanism's influence on the arts

Author: Michelle Tonta

Abstract painting of two people in suits.

An homage to soil: Delcy Morelos returns the Barbican to its origins

Colombian artist Delcy Morelos will feature at the Barbican with a massive, scented earthen installation that explores our primal connection to the land

Author: Julia Silverberg

Artist Delcy Morelos holding a lump of earth standing next to a huge earthen sculpture

Beatriz González at Barbican Art Gallery – a harrowing history in pop art hues

The late Colombian artist's six-decade career is laid out in a vibrant retrospective this spring

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Beatriz González at Barbican Art Gallery – a harrowing history in pop art hues

Vincenzo Latronico: 'There are writers whose main theme is love or revolution — mine is real estate'

The Milanese author will discuss his widely-acclaimed novel 'Perfection' at the Barbican Centre next month

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Vincenzo Latronico: 'There are writers whose main theme is love or revolution — mine is real estate'

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter

Artists Lynda Benglis and Alberto Giacometti may not be a natural pair on the surface, but in an exhibition at the Barbican, the parallels are plain to see

Author: Sarah Birch

Encounters: Giacometti x Lynda Benglis – earthy dialogue with a pop of glitter

Inside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips' visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds

The German-American artist’s first solo show in the UK is a haunting experience, but it is well worth it

Author: Sarah Birch

Inside Before They Speak: Julia Phillips' visceral Barbican exhibition explores the body and human bonds

Pulitzer winner Alison Killing on the split second that forged her career

Alison Killing is best-known for her award-winning research into detention camps in Xinjiang, China, but the story that made her career could easily have passed her by

Author: Lizzie McAllister

Pulitzer winner Alison Killing on the split second that forged her career

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum, Barbican, exhibition review: 'Escape the headlines you will not'

The latest pairing of modern art with the Italian sculptor's work explores 'the various ways the human form can come to harm'

Author: Sarah Birch

Encounters: Giacometti x Mona Hatoum, Barbican, exhibition review: 'Escape the headlines you will not'

Fashion's obsession with decay spearheads major exhibition at the Barbican

Dirty Looks, which features more than 100 garments from the past 50 years, chronicles the industry's infatuation with grime

Author: Hackney Citizen

Fashion's obsession with decay spearheads major exhibition at the Barbican

Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha, Barbican, exhibition review: 'A temporal and cultural journey'

The first in a trio of shows combining the work of sculptor Alberto Giacomettit with that of other artists 'engages thoughtfully with what we are made of'

Author: Sarah Birch

Encounters: Giacometti x Huma Bhabha, Barbican, exhibition review: 'A temporal and cultural journey'

The Imaginary Institution of India, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Sure to open eyes and touch hearts’

This collection of 150 works by 30 Indian artists is impressive in its ‘sheer variety’

Author: Sarah Birch

The Imaginary Institution of India, Barbican, exhibition review: ‘Sure to open eyes and touch hearts’