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The Barbican Centre, a vast concrete estate of 2,000 flats and a leading arts complex, is a prime example of brutalist architecture, softened a little by time and rectangular ponds of friendly resident ducks. The lakeside terrace and adjoining café are good spots to take a rest from visiting the art gallery, cinema, theatre, concert hall or library within the complex. The art gallery on the third floor stages exhibitions on design, architecture and pop culture, while on the ground floor, the Curve is a free exhibition space for specially commissioned works and contemporary art. At the core of the music roster, performing 90 concerts a year, is the London Symphony Orchestra (LSO). The annual BITE season (Barbican International Theatre Events) continues to cherry-pick exciting and eclectic theatre companies from around the globe. The Barbican regularly attracts and nurtures experimental dance, and the Pit Theatre is a perfectly intimate space.
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Cymbeline
Yukio Ninagawa brings his acclaimed Ninagawa Company back to the Barbican for a production of Shakespeare's romance. ...
Bauhaus: Art as Life
Imagine going to an art school where the godfather of abstraction, Wassily Kandinsky, is teaching a class in wall pai...
Song Dong: Waste Not
This 10,000-object strong result of the five-decade hoarding habit of Song Dong's late mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, fills ...
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What types of music are coming to the barbican in the near future, preferably more 1960's untill 1990's Thank-you.
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