Selected press articles

Here is a small selection of key media articles that reported on Barbican Stories and followed up on what happened at the Barbican after its institutional racism was made public. This list has been compiled to give an idea of journalists that Barbican Stories have been in contact with and give some insight into what unfolded after the book was published.

• Barbican staff say it is ‘institutionally racist’ despite action plan 10 June 2021
  written by Lanre Bakare, published by The Guardian
  
  

• Welcome to the Barbican 10 June 2021
  written by Barbican Stories, edited by Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung, published by Decolonial Hacker
  
  

• The Barbican Centre is racist; here’s why we made a book about it 18 June 2021
  written by Barbican Stories, edited by Diyora Shadijanova and Niellah Arboine, published by gal-dem
  
  

• Barbican Stories: the arts centre’s lack of action against racism feels like a “punch in the gut” 21 June 2021
  written by Ellen Peirson-Hagger, published by The New Statesman
  
  

• Artists Are Cutting Ties With the Barbican After Employees Released a Dossier Exposing Its ‘Inherently Racist’ Work Culture 22 June 2021
  written by Naomi Rea, published by artnet news
  

• Barbican Centre workers call for change to 'inherently racist' management 24 June 2021
  written by Adele Redmond, published by Arts Professional
  
  

• Homepage residency at The White Pube throughout the month of July 2021
  hosted by Gabrielle de la Puente and Zarina Muhammad, published on The White Pube
  
  

• Barbican ‘in freefall’ – staff speak of 'mass exodus' ahead of racism review 28 September 2021
  written by Matthew Hemley, published by The Stage
  
  

• Barbican commits to ‘radical transformation’ after race allegations 10 November 2021
  written by Nadia Khomami, published by The Guardian