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Elizabeth & Stanhope Forbes: A Marriage of Art

ByRuth Millington 14/04/2025

Art history has been built on the myth of individual geniuses who have, according to the canon, worked tirelessly and alone in their studios. But […]

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Su Richardson: ‘In Stitches’ at MAC

ByRuth Millington 31/03/2025

“Time was short, so we made little bits on the kitchen table”, says Su Richardson, who spent the 1970s juggling her creative practice with domestic […]

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Alan Reullier: The Art Of A Second Life

ByRuth Millington 19/03/2025

At Birmingham’s RBSA Gallery, the region’s manufacturing history is being celebrated in a new exhibition of classic motor vehicle drawings, which have been reimagined as […]

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Birmingham half marathon: a historic route

ByRuth Millington 13/03/2025

“You never regret a run”, I tell myself while pulling on my pair of muddy trainers. But what about 13 miles? I am feeling somewhat […]

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Surreal Solihull: Bringing Surrealism’s Bird Woman Back to Life

ByRuth Millington 07/03/2025

Surrealism has arrived on the streets of Solihull. A new public realm exhibition, which I have curated, is celebrating the borough’s links to this strangest […]

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‘Mothership’: Stryx Gallery exhibition celebrates artist-mothers’ creativity

ByRuth Millington 19/02/2025

For too long, women artists have been told they must choose between a successful career and motherhood. But a new exhibition at Birmingham’s Stryx Gallery […]

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Curating art in the suburbs: ‘Surreal Solihull’

ByRuth Millington 05/02/2025

Surrealism is most associated with Salvador Dalí, who painted melting clocks and suspended a lobster on a telephone, calling it art. In 1936, a pioneering […]

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From Street Art to Studio: How Urban Aesthetics Influence Contemporary Art

ByRuth Millington 03/02/2025

Urban aesthetics have long been an undercurrent in the art world, shaping everything from color palettes to composition techniques. What was once considered rebellious—graffiti, murals, […]

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The Importance of Birmingham’s Being Human Festival

ByRuth Millington 15/12/2024

From painting at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery to decorating biscuits at the Library and learning about Stuart Hall’s legacy on a walking tour, this […]

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15 Inspirational Quotes from Vincent van Gogh

ByRuth Millington 08/12/2024

When Vincent van Gogh tragically ended his life at the age of 37, he left behind around 2000 artworks which, thanks to his sister-in-law, finally […]

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Ruth Millington

Ruth Millington

Art writing, curating & consulting