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Best Birmingham exhibitions to visit this Autumn

ByRuth Millington 25/10/2017

I love Autumn: wrapping up in warm jumpers, drinking ridiculously flavoured lattes (yes, I know it’s not real coffee if it tastes like pumpkin) and […]

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Arts careers | Meet Harriet Hathaway, Decorative Art Assistant Curator at Nottingham Castle

ByRuth Millington 24/10/2017

Harriet Hathaway was recently appointed as Decorative Art Assistant Curator at Nottingham Castle. She graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2015 with First Class […]

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Art fiction | A short story: ‘The Long Engagement’

ByRuth Millington 06/10/2017

The first time I saw her I didn’t realise that she was blind. I’d come to the museum with my sketchbook; she was sat, unmoving, […]

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Artist in focus | Paul Biddle: ‘Rearranging Reality’

ByRuth Millington 22/09/2017

Argentea Gallery’s latest exhibition is a cabinet of curiosities. Automata, dolls, swan sisters and hybrid creatures invite the viewer into the entrancing and mythical world […]

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Artist in focus | Jeremy Bournon: Journeys Into the Derbyshire Landscape

ByRuth Millington 27/08/2017

The Derbyshire landscape has long inspired artists and writers: there is ‘no finer county in England than Derbyshire’ declared Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. […]

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13 of Birmingham’s best museums & galleries

ByRuth Millington 26/08/2017

Birmingham is home to many museums and art galleries, which makes choosing the best ones tricky! From the Pre-Raphaelite art collection at Birmingham Museums to […]

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Exhibition review | Willard Wigan MBE: ‘In The Eye of The Needle’ | Museum of the Jewellery Quarter

ByRuth Millington 04/08/2017

Birmingham is the first city to see brilliant new microscopic artworks by the internationally renowned artist Willard Wigan MBE. His stunning solo show ‘In The […]