East End exhibitions – five of the best for August
Our regular look at the best exhibitions in and around the borough in the coming month features sci-fi, Italian family dynamics and “all manner of erotic mania”…
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Barbican’s Sound Unbound weekender set to give classical music a festival feel
The event running 29-30 April will feature Anna Meredith, Chilly Gonzales, the London Symphony Orchestra and more
East End exhibitions – five of the best for April
Our regular look at the best exhibitions to be found in and around the borough in the coming month ranges from Japanese architecture to Lebanese film – with a dose of London ‘realness’
Richard Mosse, Incoming at Barbican Curve: a shattering view of humanity and the inhumane
In the wake of the current migrant crisis, Richard Mosse’s new exhibition at the Barbican Curve gallery shares a new look at refugees, ‘through the eye of a missile’
The Barbican: who lives on an estate like this?
Photographer gives a rare insight into what it is like to live on the iconic estate
London International Animation Festival comes to the Barbican
Festival to showcase a medley of styles, materials, techniques and productions used by today’s animators
World musicians to descend upon Barbican for Transcender festival
James Holden and Iranian singer Parisa among the performers at weekend event where diffuse musical traditions exist in harmony
World musicians to descend upon Barbican for Transcender festival
James Holden and Iranian singer Parisa among the performers at weekend event where diffuse musical traditions exist in harmony
Ragnar Kjartansson, Barbican, review: ‘ethereal and endearingly dorky’
The work of Icelandic performance artist Ragnar Kjartansson is hypnotic and strange but enormously engaging
Green Film Festival screens a global selection of eco-cinema at the Barbican
The event is back until 8 May with an array of new independent documentary films that highlight worldwide environmental struggles
Strange and Familiar exposes Britain through outsiders' lenses
A fascinating exhibition at the Barbican captures a changing nation as well as charting the evolution of photography
Strange and Familiar exposes Britain through outsiders’ lenses
A fascinating exhibition at the Barbican captures a changing nation as well as charting the evolution of photography
Kinoteka Film Festival set to showcase best of Polish film history
This month East London venues will be showing films by some of the defining figures of Polish cinema
London International Mime Festival comes to the East End
Visual and physical theatre festival is a unique event in the cultural calendar
Fringe! festival returns with special emphasis on Brazil
East London’s queer film and arts festival returns with a bumper programme of work from across the globe
Jem Cohen: 'By some standards I'm kind of invisible'
Veteran New York filmmaker Jem Cohen talks about the meaningless of the word ‘indie’, the resilience of cities and having a poor sense of direction