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Shanay Jhaveri—the Barbican Centre’s first non-British head of visual arts—reveals his plans for the London institution
The Indian curator, appointed a year after a racism dispute at the centre, hopes to diversify audiences and expand the presence of art across the Brutalist complex
Carrie Mae Weems: the photographer recreating and reframing famous historical moments
Ahead of her largest European show to date, the artist tells us why her early work focused on her family and how she grew to embrace large-scale installation
'Art world disillusionment led me to make art with memes': artist Cem A on his London exhibition
The man behind the infamous Instagram account @freeze_magazine shows his meme creations at the Barbican
The Big Review: Postwar Modern—New Art in Britain 1945-1965 at Barbican Gallery
A show shaped by refugees and immigrants who made new lives on British shores has a war-stained resonance with today
London show shines a light on lesser-known post-war artists
An exhibition at the Barbican Art Gallery explores the wealth of creativity that took place as Britain recovered from trauma and upheaval
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Shilpa Gupta's tribute to dissident writers to the UK debut of influential Georgian painter Karlo Kacharava
London's Barbican shakes up staff following racism allegations published in tell-all book
Former BBC culture editor Will Gompertz steps into joint managing director role with Sandeep Dwesar
What happens if you cross breast milk with celluloid? Enter the weird world of handmade film
A new season of experimental cinema has opened at the Barbican showing works made by drawing, painting, scratching and otherwise messing about with the surface of film
Brut force and influence: Jean Dubuffet's enduring impact on contemporary art
First UK survey in 50 years examines the artist's relationship with Art Brut and Brutalism, finding a fitting home at London's Barbican
Numbers game: UK cultural emergency funds in the spotlight
Despite a £1.57bn pot, an algorithm-based grant-making process and complex criteria have left some major institutions empty-handed
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Raisa Kabir's transcontinental textiles to Toyin Ojih Odutola's epic cycle of queer, Black drawings
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From David Hockney's portraits to a photography show radically rethinking masculinity
From trans to the Taliban: Barbican to explore the many sides of masculinity
Sweeping photography show will shine a light on the fluid and plural nature of what it means to be a man
Finally out of the shadows: the biggest exhibition trend in 2019
We look back at some of the best shows this year
Trevor Paglen on questioning the intelligence of AI
US artist’s new show at the Barbican continues his exploration into how artificial intelligence is shaping how organisations control us
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a major survey of Abstract Expressionist Lee Krasner at the Barbican, to rooftop sculptures at Bold Tendencies in Peckham
Barbican show in London aims to raise Lee Krasner’s profile
Exhibition continues the re-evaluation of the Abstract Expressionist who spent too long in the shadow of husband Jackson Pollock
How museums are stepping up exhibition design
A wave of innovative exhibition design has graced our museums in recent years. What are the keys to holding the viewer’s gaze?
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Anni Albers' textile masterclass at Tate Modern, to an exploration of artist couples at the Barbican
Francis Upritchard: the confessions of a magpie Kiwi
The New Zealand-born artist’s show at the Barbican Art Gallery reflects her diverse approach to materials, including a rare Brazilian rubber called balata
Three to see: London
From Christo’s huge floating sculpture in Hyde Park to the intimacy of Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe at the Victoria and Albert Museum
The power couples who shaped Modern art
New show explores 40 romantic and artistic partnerships of the 20th century
Basquiat: Boom for Real is most popular show in Barbican’s history
More than 7,000 visitors attended over the closing weekend in London, with overall figures expected to reach more than 215,000
Does Basquiat's work still burn with youthful energy or has it become a fossil of 1980s New York?
Kenneth Baker on the US artist's survey at the Barbican, which travels to Germany next month
Basquiat boom spreads with London show
Artist’s many influences explored in scholarly exhibition comprising more than 100 pieces at the Barbican
Barbican 'in discussion' to preserve Banksy murals inspired by Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition
British street artist’s latest works poke fun at the zero-tolerance approach to graffiti around the London gallery
What happens when artists step into buyers' shoes: New Barbican exhibition "Magnificent Obsessions" showcases curio owned by the likes of Warhol and Hirst
Cookie jars and seven-legged lambs invite us to consider how distinctive styles emerged from the building blocks of various visual languages
(Inter)facing the future at Barbican's 'Digital Revolution'
Exploring the impact of digital technology on art, music, film and design