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Dirty Looks: Desire and Decay in Fashion at the Barbican review — bury me here

5/5 Couture is ripped, stained, buried, exploded and dragged through the mud in an intelligent blockbuster fashion exhibition for the ages

Evening Standard · Sep 28, 2025

How to buy art: the accessible new market

Thanks to a growing pool of art advisers, digital intelligence and collector groups, buyers are better equipped than ever

Wallpaper · Oct 10, 2024

The Imaginary Institution of India at the Barbican review: A fascinating look at life during political upheaval

Pivotal political moments in three decades are portrayed through an array of hard-hitting artworks

Evening Standard · Oct 7, 2024

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Francis Alÿs plots child play around the world at the Barbican

In Francis Alÿs' exhibition ‘Ricochets’ at London’s Barbican, the artist explores the universality of play, even in challenging situations

Wallpaper · Jul 17, 2024

Looking at people looking at art: inside the mind of a gallery attendant

Visitor experience workers at London’s Tate Modern, Serpentine, Barbican and V&A share what it’s like to watch people looking at art during a time of changing attention spans and rising vandalism

Wallpaper · Jun 1, 2024

Politics, protest and potential: the Barbican explores the power of textiles in art

Unravel: The Power and Politics of Textiles in Art’ at the Barbican Centre in London explores how far the medium has evolved in the last sixty years

Wallpaper · Mar 5, 2024

Heads up: art exhibitions to see in January 2024

Start the year right with the Wallpaper* pick of art exhibitions to see in January 2024

Wallpaper · Dec 27, 2023

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Julianknxx: Chorus in Rememory of Flight at the Barbican review – transcendent and poignant

The artist pulls off the rare feat of combining moods of elegy and resistance

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2023

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