Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see this Spring in London
19 April 2026 • Tabish Khan
Red threads, inventive art history, mental health, Samurai and shadows.
Tag: Barbican Art Gallery
New Beatriz González Monograph Published to Accompany Barbican Retrospective
5 March 2026 • Mark Westall
Bringing together more than 150 works and over 300 images, the volume charts González’s bold engagement with power, memory and political history
Beatriz González at the Barbican: Six Decades of Art, Memory and Political Image-Making
23 February 2026 • Mark Westall
The Barbican presents a landmark retrospective of Colombian artist Beatriz González, her first solo exhibition in the UK and the largest ever staged in Europe
The Top 5 Exhibitions to see over the Festive Season
21 December 2025 • Tabish Khan
Fashion, sculpture, maps, water and a winter world.
Feel the Sound, a bold new multi-sensory exhibition experience exploring our personal relationship to sound
3 April 2025 • Mark Westall
Embracing a world of listening that goes beyond the audio. Through a series of eleven commissions and installations –
the Barbican hosts the UK’s first institutional survey of the late American artist Noah Davis.
6 February 2025 • Mark Westall
the Barbican hosts the UK’s first institutional survey of the late American artist Noah Davis (1983 – 2015)
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in December
6 December 2024 • Tabish Khan
Van Gogh, India, photography, money and a giant body.
Francis Alÿs: Ricochets, Barbican Art Gallery
8 July 2024 • Marta Bogna-Drew
Entering the Barbican art gallery, you’re immediately immersed in a world of noise and sounds, humming, laughter, chatting of children engaged in various playful activities.
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in May
6 May 2024 • Tabish Khan
Sculpture, figures, performance, textiles and William Blake.
Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art at Barbican Art Gallery.
12 February 2024 • Mark Westall
Opening tomorrow Tuesday 13th February 2024 at Barbican Art Gallery, Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art shines… Read More
7 museum exhibitions & 2 Art Fairs* to see early 2024.
1 January 2024 • Mark Westall
We are getting ready for Christmas and New Year and starting to look forward to 2024 so before we go here are 7 Museum exhibitions and two Art Fairs*s you should visit in early 2024.
RE/SISTERS, A Lens on Gender and Ecology REVIEW
14 December 2023 • Camille Moreno
Reading the exhibition text at Barbican’s RE/SISTERS, A Lens on Gender and Ecology, one could get the impression that environmentalism and feminism were cut from the same collateral cloth
Barbican announces new commission from Soufiane Ababri.
11 December 2023 • Mark Westall
In March 2024, the poignant and exuberant works of Moroccan-born artist Soufiane Ababri will transform the Barbican’s Curve gallery for his first solo exhibition… Read More
Barbican to present Francis Alÿs’s largest institutional solo exhibition in the UK for almost 15 years.
4 December 2023 • Mark Westall
This summer, the Barbican will present a major new exhibition by internationally renowned, Mexico-based artist Francis Alÿs (b. 1959, Antwerp, Belgium), his… Read More
6 Museum shows Frieze Week London
9 October 2023 • Mark Westall
Frieze Week 2023 has officially begun, and the art fairs are set to open this Wednesday in London. Whether you’re… Read More
RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology
5 October 2023 • Mark Westall
Barbican Art Gallery presents RE/SISTERS: A Lens on Gender and Ecology, a major group exhibition surveying the relationship between gender and ecology to identify the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet.
Barbican Art Gallery announces Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight
15 June 2023 • Mark Westall
Barbican Art Gallery announces Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight. Following on from Julianknxx recent performance at Art Basel it… Read More
The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in Feb
5 February 2023 • Tabish Khan
Iranian women, children of colour, Hieroglyphs, horror and Japan.
What’s Right With Art: Pay what you like
30 December 2022 • Tabish Khan
The perfect response to the cost of living crisis.
The Top 5 Museums shows to see in London this Autumn
1 October 2022 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite top 5 museum shows to see in London this Autumn. Each one comes with a concise review to help you decide whether it’s for you.
Body Politics: The Radical Realities of Carolee Schneemann
12 September 2022 • Meike Brunkhorst
Body Politics is much more than an overdue retrospective and is a must-see not just for existing fans of Carolee Schneemann.
“Postwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945 -1965” Barbican Art Gallery – The Procession of Catharsis
17 March 2022 • Jasper Spires
“Postwar Modern” collects not only some of the most impactful artwork produced following the Second World War, but draws crucial focus to the impact that trauma can have on the subjectivity of the artist.
Barbican marks 40th birthday with an exciting programme of music, art, theatre, dance and cinema.
27 January 2022 • Mark Westall
On 3rd March 2022, the Barbican will celebrate its 40th birthday with an eclectic and vibrant programme of events, exhibitions, films,… Read More
One of the most experimental and important artists of the 20th century Noguchi now at Barbican Art Gallery.
29 October 2021 • Mark Westall
Barbican Art Gallery’s Noguchi exhibition opened on 30 September, the first European touring retrospective of Japanese American sculptor Isamu Noguchi’s work in 20 years.