The Curve Archives

The Top 5 Museum Exhibitions to see in London in December

5 December 2025 • Tabish Khan

A glowing globe, food, slavery, a maze and an explosion.

Lucy Raven transforms The Barbican’s Curve with a major new exhibition.

8 October 2025 • Mark Westall

The exhibition marks the premiere of a monumental kinetic light sculpture and a new moving image installation, Murderers Bar (2025)

THAT’s INTERESTING: Maria Gorodeckaya

5 August 2025 • Mark Westall

Maria Gorodeckaya artist, photographer and DJ – What’s Interesting?

Lucy Raven to transform The Curve with a monumental kinetic light sculpture.

28 July 2025 • Mark Westall

Lucy Raven to transform The Curve with a major new exhibition titled Rounds. The exhibition marks the premiere of a monumental kinetic light sculpture

Barbican announces major fashion exhibition ‘Dirty Looks’ and a new Curve commission by Lucy Raven.

21 March 2025 • Mark Westall

Major exhibition Dirty Looks marks the return of contemporary fashion to the Barbican and Lucy Raven presents a new commission for The Curve

The Top 5 Museums Exhibitions to see in London in October

13 October 2024 • Tabish Khan

Nuclear weapons, colonialism, Expressionism, a spinning teacup and a rock formation.

My week in the art world – Audio-visual experiences

10 April 2018 • Staff

This week I had the opportunity to experience contemporary music and art side-by-side through a series of events held at the Institute of Light, König London and the Barbican.

Yto Barrada’s first solo exhibition in a public gallery in London

30 January 2018 • Mark Westall

Barbican Art Gallery will present Yto Barrada’s first solo exhibition in a public gallery in London. She will transform the Curve with a dramatic site-specific installation.

EXHIBITIONS

Richard Mosse: Incoming The Curve, Barbican Centre

14 February 2017 • Mark Westall

Opening today in the Curve at the Barbican Art Gallery is conceptual documentary photographer and Deutsche Börse Photography Prize winner Richard Mosse’s immersive multi-channel video installation

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London over the Christmas season

19 December 2016 • Tabish Khan

Jackson Pollock, play some drums, an 18th century mystery, giant buttocks and expressive portraits.

GOSEE: Ayse Erkmen: Intervals in The Curve @Barbican

22 October 2013 • Mark Westall

In an ambitious new work for the Barbican, Turkish artist Ay?e Erkmen has produced a beautiful installation for The Curve, highlighting the artistry and craft of scenic painting in Intervals.