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Art historian, critic and writer

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Exhibition | Ikon Gallery transformed into giant garden

By Ruth Millington 04/03/2020

Two new exhibitions have transformed Ikon Gallery into a giant garden. Through paintings, film, sculpture and letters, Birmingham-born John Newling and Australian, Aboriginal artist Judy […]

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Battle of the Sexes | 7 Contemporary Artists who look at Gender

By Ruth Millington 14/02/2020

Feature image: Pixy Liao, ‘It’s Never Been Easy To Carry You’, 2017 (Wiki Commons) One current trend taking over the art world is gender. Contemporary […]

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Why is ‘Outsider Art’ selling for thousands today?

By Ruth Millington 13/02/2020

Outsider Artists. Today, they are winning over the art world. Once relegated to the margins of the market, Outsider Art has been embraced by dealers, […]

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Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library wins Lottery Funding!

By Ruth Millington 13/02/2020

Birmingham Shakespeare Library wins Lottery funding! Did you know that Birmingham is a Shakespeare city? A major £1.7 million project, ‘Everything to Everybody’, is about […]

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Exhibition | Arthur Lockwood’s industrial watercolours at BMAG

By Ruth Millington 07/02/2020

A new exhibition of paintings by renowned Birmingham artist Arthur Lockwood (1934 – 2019) has opened at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG). The artist […]

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UK’s first art-tech gallery to open in Brum

By Ruth Millington 30/01/2020

The UK’s first Augmented Reality (AR) and street art gallery is soon to open in Birmingham. Thomas Crown Gallery will join over 40 galleries and […]

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Lost Lowry painting sells for £2.6 million

By Ruth Millington 21/01/2020

A recently discovered painting by L. S. Lowry, The Mill, Pendlebury (1943), has sold for more than £2.6 million, after 70 years hidden away in America! […]

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Artist in focus | Idris Khan: Blurred Lines

By Ruth Millington 08/01/2020

Birmingham-born Idris Khan OBE (b.1978) is internationally recognised for his signature style of layering images and text. In his work he explores the links between […]

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10 unmissable art exhibitions in Brum & the West Midlands in 2020

By Ruth Millington 20/12/2019

2020 is going to be a brilliant year for art in the West Midlands. Birmingham will host some blockbuster shows, from modern master Cézanne to […]

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Exhibition & Book | Eric Tucker: The Unseen Artist

By Ruth Millington 22/11/2019

When Warrington artist Eric Tucker died in 2018, he became the unlikely art sensation of the year. This former labourer, and self-taught artist, had hidden […]

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Art historian, critic and writer

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