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From performance footage, interviews and lectures, backstage access, short films and architecture - here's a taste of what to expect when you subscribe to the Barbican YouTube Channel.
Welcome to the Barbican Centre's YouTube channel. From exclusive trailers and specially commissioned interviews to concert recordings, behind the scenes tours and insights into the unseen areas of the Barbican, subscribe to our channel for all the latest Barbican videos.
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What is the next revolution? We catch up with The Oxford Samuel Beckett Theatre Trust Award winners, Mars.tarrab to talk feminism, revolution, power and roller derby ahead of their performance ROLL...
Curator Diego Cortez shares his reflections on knowing and working with Basquiat and guides us around the exhibition's partial recreation of Basquiat's first exhibition, 'New York / New Wave' at P....
Italian astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti (who holds a few spaceflight records — including being the first person ever to brew an espresso in space) shares her thoughts on Science Fiction and what t...
Artist and choreographer, Trajal Harrell, joins our curator Leila Hasham in conversation as he prepares to open the first major survey of his work in the UK, Trajal Harrell: Hoochie Koochie.
We caught up with Japanese architect Ryue Nishizawa (SANAA) to discuss one of the best-known projects of SANAA, the Moriyama House, now recreated inside our Gallery as part of The Japanese House ex...
We meet Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson to talk art, family and repetition as we welcome him into our Art Gallery for the first major retrospective of his work in the UK.
We meet the artist behind our latest commission in The Curve, Imran Qureshi as he introduces his new installation, 'Where the Shadows are so Deep', discusses the intricate art of miniature painting...
Ahead of their third International Associate Residency at the Barbican, the conductor's last UK visit as Gewandhauskappelmeister, Riccardo Chailly talks about the history of the great orchestra and...
For his new commission in The Curve, London-based artist Eddie Peake combines live performance with sculpture, video, installation and painting to cre...
We meet Irish performers Patrick O'Kane and Camille O'Sullivan, the central characters of 'Woyzeck in Winter', to talk about adapting Büchner's dramatic masterpiece to songs from Schubert's 'Winter...
After hours concerts in the Barbican... Each month, we invite artists to perform a live session in our spaces, from our Conservatory to our highwalks and beyond.
Our shows, their voices... Each Monday, we hear from from our Young Reviewers as they explore our programme, develop their skills as arts critics and learn how to film and edit video
Learn more about the artists, themes and inspirations of our exhibition programme and expand your knowledge about art, design, architecture, film and photography in our full length lectures.