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Carrie Mae Weems, Untitled (Woman and Daughter with Make Up)
Art & PhotographyCarrie Mae Weems wants to shake us out of our bullshit
John Waters
Life & CultureJohn Waters thinks his new book would have got him the death penalty
BARBICAN GR 3
Art & PhotographySex, drugs and activism: a history of queer resistance
“Beverly Hills John” (2012)
Film & TVJohn Waters is hosting a spoken word show in London
In Bed With My Brother, Prime_Time
Life & CultureThe erotic SOPHIE-soundtracked play taking a chainsaw to Jeff Bezos’ head
“Imitation Lesson; Her Shadowed Influence” (2019)
Art & PhotographyArtist Toyin Ojih Odutola imagines a world ruled by powerful women
Octavia Butler’s Wild Seed
Life & CultureFive impactful feminist sci-fi books to expand your world
Yona by Ash Koosha at Barbican AI More Than Human
Art & PhotographyCome meet one of the world’s first AI popstars at our Barbican talk
Woman at festival
Music250 music organisations have pledged to achieve 50/50 gender split by 2022
FACEPRINT, Nexus Studios
Science & TechRead a future-facing fictional piece on technology by the late Mark Fisher
Ana Mendieta
Art & PhotographyEight female artists who should be as celebrated as their artist partners
AI: More Than Human Barbican
Art & PhotographyWhat you need to know about the Barbican’s epic AI exhibition
Barbican x AI: More than Human
Art & PhotographyAn immersive, interactive art show about AI is coming to the Barbican
Tamara de Lempicka Les deux amies, 1923
Art & PhotographySix progressive artist-couples who defined the 20th century
Screen Shot 2018-04-16 at 11.01.50
Film & TVWatch a documentary clip about the first black woman to run for president
Another Kind of Life: Photography on the Margins
Art & PhotographyThis exhibition celebrates society's outsiders
basquiat
Art & PhotographyBanksy debuts two murals in tribute to Basquiat
Into the Unknown: A Journey through Science Fiction
Arts+CultureEvery sci-fi geek’s wet dream arrives in London
Black Mirror
Arts+CultureA new exhibition is bringing Black Mirror to life
Charlotte Rampling The Night Porter
FashionNazi Chic: the stylistic legacy of The Night Porter
Jean-Michel Basquiat Downtown 81
Arts+CultureThe first major UK Basquiat exhibition is coming
Dior by John Galliano Haute Couture AW98
FashionLondon exhibition to celebrate ‘vulgar’ fashion
LR_TimNoakes
MusicActress talks making music inspired by London’s brutalism
Olaf Breuning’s Smoke Performance
Arts+CultureWhat to see at the Barbican’s Station to Station