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The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk image

The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk

In the first major exhibition devoted to the celebrated French couturier, we invite you to explore Jean Paul Gaultier's fashion world. With his avant-garde fashion creations and cutting-edge designs, Gaultier has shaped the look of fashion over the last 35 years.

Jean Paul Gaultier

Wednesday 09 April 2014 to Sunday 17 August 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

United Visual Artists: Momentum image

United Visual Artists: Momentum

This spring, United Visual Artists invite you to experience a new sound and light installation.

Thursday 13 February 2014 to Sunday 01 June 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Weekend Lab: Deborah Warner image

Weekend Lab: Deborah Warner

A unique opportunity to hear from award winning director and Barbican associate Deborah Warner.

Saturday 17 May 2014 to Sunday 18 May 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Mozart's Cosi Fan Tutte

Music Director James Levine returns to the Met podium to conduct Così Fan Tutte. Mozart’s beloved opera about the ties of love showcases the youthful rising talent of stars such as Susanna Phillips, Matthew Polenzani and Danielle de Niese. 5.55pm 26 April 2014 Cinema 1 (Silk St) Tickets: Members £28 Standard £35

Saturday 26 April 2014 to Saturday 26 April 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

Hitchcock's East End - The Lady Vanishes  image

Hitchcock's East End - The Lady Vanishes

This spring, Create London and the Barbican will be taking over the Grade II listed Vestry House Museum for a weekend of screenings, talks and events.

Sunday 02 March 2014 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Barbican Weekender: We Create
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Barbican Weekender: We Create Technology for self-expression

This March, the Barbican Weekender returns to explore image and identity through arts and technology. How have these shaped how we see ourselves?

Saturday 01 March 2014 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

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Pod

A humming, six-foot-diameter, blue sphere, ‘Pod’ is hard to miss! Translating sounds into a tactile, visual object, this installation allows you to touch the sounds around you. With its own physical presence, sound can be experienced in new ways, allowing it to be simultaneously seen, heard and felt.

Saturday 01 March 2014 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

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sketchPatch

sketchPatch.net is an online programming playground, somewhere to experiment with code, reuse and collaborate on existing code, share and learn. Come and collaborate on animations and interactive drawings, created by you from the code up!

Saturday 01 March 2014 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Technology for self-expression image

Technology for self-expression

Barbican Weekender invites you to explore image and identity through a unique combination of arts and technology.

Saturday 01 March 2014 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

The Photocopy Club image

The Photocopy Club

If you take lots of photos but never know what to do with them, then this is the workshop for you.

Matt Martin

Saturday 01 March 2014 to Sunday 02 March 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Betty Nansen Teatret
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Betty Nansen Teatret Mozart UndoneA Theatre Concert

This is Mozart deconstructed - his music played as a rock symphony complete with contemporary lyrics.

Tuesday 25 February 2014 to Saturday 01 March 2014
Opening: Monday 25 February 2013

Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

Circa & Debussy String Quartet
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Circa & Debussy String Quartet Opus

Suspended in midair, a solo acrobat moves beautifully to the passionate tones of Shostakovich’s music, played live on stage by the renowned Debussy String Quartet. Fourteen artists then tumble, spin and fly around the musicians in a delicate and savage dance.

Tuesday 18 February 2014 to Saturday 22 February 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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City Lights (U)

We celebrate the centenary of 'the tramp' costume with this masterpiece, which made Charlie Chaplin one of the greatest stars in film history.

Sunday 16 February 2014 to Sunday 16 February 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

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Pop Art Design

Brash, colourful and playful, Pop Art was a movement that signaled a radical change of direction in the postwar period. It shaped a new cultural identity, with a focus on celebrity, mass production, and the expanding industries of advertising, television, radio and print media.

Andy Warhol Claes Oldenburg Ray Eames Gaetano Pesce Richard Hamilton Roy Lichtenstein Peter Blake Joe Tilson Judy Chicago Charles Earnes George Nelson Achille Castiglioni Ettore Sottsass

Tuesday 22 October 2013 to Sunday 09 February 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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Cinderella

Featuring catchy songs such as Bibidi-Bobidi- Boo and a host of loveable characters, this classic animation from the Disney archives is a sparking delight and a must-see on the big screen.

Saturday 08 February 2014 to Saturday 08 February 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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Exhibition Tour with Catherine Ince

Catherine Ince is a member of the Barbican Gallery team and Curator for Pop Art Design. She was co-curator with Lydia Yee of the ground-breaking Bauhaus: Art as Life from 2012.

Friday 31 January 2014 to Friday 31 January 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

Student Event: Pop Art Design Exhibition Tour with Wallpaper* magazine image

Student Event: Pop Art Design Exhibition Tour with Wallpaper* magazine

Wallpaper* Editor-in-Chief Tony Chambers leads a tour of the exhibition, along with the magazine's Creative Director Sarah Douglas and Art Director Lee Belcher. They discuss the show's iconic pieces, as well as the role of graphic design in Pop era.

Wednesday 29 January 2014 to Wednesday 29 January 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

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Exhibition Tour with Simon Andrews

Simon Andrews works at Christies as International Specialist for the Department of Twentieth Century Decorative Art and Design. His areas of interest include Twentieth Century Italian designers with a special emphasis on the work of Carlo Mollino, Post-War British and American furniture and textiles and modern Nordic design.

Simon Andrews

Friday 24 January 2014 to Friday 24 January 2014
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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Frozen 2D (PG)

Disney's latest comedy adventure is one cool tale, sure to warm the spirits.

Saturday 18 January 2014 to Saturday 18 January 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Exhibition Tour with Sophie Persson image

Exhibition Tour with Sophie Persson

Join Sophie Persson Assistant Curator of Pop Art Design for a tour of the exhibition

Friday 10 January 2014 to Friday 10 January 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Ayse Erkmen: Intervals image

Ayse Erkmen: Intervals

This autumn, Turkish artist Ay?e Erkmen produces an ambitious new work for the Barbican, highlighting the artistry and craft of scenic painting.

Ayse Erkmen

Tuesday 24 September 2013 to Sunday 05 January 2014
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

In Conversation: Alex Seago with Nigel Waymouth image

In Conversation: Alex Seago with Nigel Waymouth

Cultural historian and author Alex Seago and graphic designer, artist and one half of influential design partnership 'Hapshash and the Coloured Coat', Nigel Waymouth discuss graphic design in the age of Pop and its on-going influence.

Friday 13 December 2013 to Friday 13 December 2013
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

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Exhibition Tour with Anne Massey

Join Anne Massey, Professor of Design at Middlesex University, for a special exhibition tour. She will explain how the Pop artists of London's Independent Group have become a model for creative practice today.

Anne Massey

Friday 06 December 2013 to Friday 06 December 2013
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

Architecture on Film: Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, MoMA, 1972 image

Architecture on Film: Italy: The New Domestic Landscape, MoMA, 1972+ ScreenTalk with Gaetano Pesce and Peter Lang

Experimental films from Italy's design vanguard (Joe Colombo, Ettore Sottsass Jr., Gaetano Pesce, Superstudio and more) gain a rare UK premiere showing on the big screen, accompanied by a special introduction from design historian and curator, Peter Lang, and a Q&A with designer Gaetano Pesce.

Gaetano Pesce Superstudio Joe Colombo Ettore Sottsass Jr. Peter Lang

Thursday 28 November 2013 to Thursday 28 November 2013
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

In Conversation: Gaetano Pesce and Tony Chambers image

In Conversation: Gaetano Pesce and Tony Chambers

Legendary Italian architect and designer, Gaetano Pesce, creator of iconic works such as UP 5/6, La Mamma/Donna, armchair and footrest, 1969, and the monumental Moloch lamp, 1970/1971, is in conversation with Tony Chambers, Editor-in-Chief of Wallpaper* magazine.

Gaetano Pesce

Wednesday 27 November 2013 to Wednesday 27 November 2013
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

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Animate

Drop by and learn stop-motion animation techniques with artist Reza Ben Gajra.

Reza Ben Gajra

Saturday 16 November 2013 to Sunday 17 November 2013
Art exhibition in City of London, United Kingdom.

Weekend Lab: Toneelgroep Amsterdam image

Weekend Lab: Toneelgroep Amsterdam

Ivo van Hove leads a two day intensive weekend lab (aimed specifically at actors and directors) to coincide with the UK premiere of Scenes from a Marriage at the Barbican. A unique opportunity to work practically with van Hove, participants will explore the complexities and possibilities of adapting and directing his latest production.

Saturday 16 November 2013 to Sunday 17 November 2013
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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Hyper-PopComics-Making Workshop

Step into the shoes of Pop artists like Roy Lichtenstein and go back to their favourite comic-book images to make your own brand new stories. Start from these panels and imagine what happens next, or what happened before.

Saturday 16 November 2013 to Saturday 16 November 2013
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

Exhibition Tour with Dominic Lutyens image

Exhibition Tour with Dominic Lutyens

Join freelance art, architecture, design and fashion writer Dominic Lutyens for a tour of Pop Art Design.

Dominic Lutyens

Friday 08 November 2013 to Friday 08 November 2013
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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Hungry Hearts

Screening as part of the UK Jewish Film Festival, Hungry Hearts is an adaptation of Ania Yezierska’s story of the Levin family, who escape Tsarist Russia in search of a better life in America. Shot on location on the New York’s Lower East Side, this bittersweet tale is a tragic and wonderfully comic portrait of the era, and captures the hopes and hardships of Jewish immigrants in the New World

Sunday 03 November 2013 to Sunday 03 November 2013
Art exhibition in United Kingdom.

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