If you’re like me, sometimes the best bit about a trip to a museum or gallery is the shop (closely followed by the café). I […]
Month: March 2018
Art History | Emmy Bridgwater: Surrealist swans & strange lands
Swans, ravens, hybrid bird-women: these are the creatures of Emmy Bridgwater’s enigmatic, Surrealist artworks. Bridgwater (1906 – 1999) was one of the five founding members […]
Interview | Meet Danny Howes: Portrait Artist of the Year Finalist 2018
Danny Howes is one of Birmingham’s best realist painters. His large-scale canvases document contemporary life and people from the region, reflecting the vibrant, diverse and […]
Happy Birthday | Ikon Gallery turns 20!
Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery is turning 20! To celebrate, the gallery is opening its new exhibitions on 21st March, exactly 20 years to the day since the […]
Artist in focus | Georgina Gaskin: in the English garden
During the late 19th and early 20th century Birmingham was at the centre of the jewellery trade in the UK. It was also a centre […]
Artist in focus | Percy Shakespeare: Dudley’s dreamer?
Percy Shakespeare (1906 – 1943) is Dudley’s most notable artist. His paintings – many of which belong to Dudley Museum – depict Black Country life […]
Exhibition review | James Byrne: ‘Between The Islands’
I always look forward to exhibitions at Reuben Colley Fine Art, a gallery that celebrates local artists, and particularly painters. Last night I battled through […]