The Barbican Centre has unveiled a £230 million plan for the biggest overhaul of its famous Brutalist concrete spaces since its was opened in 1982. The arts complex in the heart of the City has ...

In the mid-2000s, young people on both sides of the Atlantic were swept up in a subculture of melancholy. Its driving force was bands with names like Bring Me the Horizon, My Chemical Romance, and ...

Ahead of the Toast the City 2026 Awards, we spotlight the venues to put on your radar this spring. Here, we look at the ...

The Barbican Centre will carry out a review after a furious row was sparked by its decision to scrap some male and female toilets in favour of "gender neutral" loos. Signs outside the London art ...

An urban utopia of concert halls, fountains and art galleries at the heart of a housing estate in London? Peter Bloomfield reveals his cache of photographs charting the construction of a British ...

Mark your calendars because Warp Records will be taking over the the Barbican with an all-day creative showcase on 14 June. The event, 'A Warp Happening' marks the label's first London event in over a ...

The Barbican Centre in London has teamed up with the Fondation Giacometti in Paris on a series of three exhibitions due to open next year called Encounters: Giacometti. In the shows, which are to be ...

Barbican Centre will be subject to a renewal project that seeks to make it more accessible and sustainable. (Dion Barrett) The Barbican Centre is officially on track for its most consequential ...

For an organisation that is trying to be more inclusive, more involving, the name "Barbican" – a defensive structure, a fortification to keep the hordes out – is possibly not ideal. "I say 'watchtower ...

Diedrick Brackens and Mounira al Solh have joined artists Yto Barrada and Cian Dayrit and three other lenders in requesting their work be removed from an exhibition at the Barbican in London in ...