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
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 […]
Why is ‘Outsider Art’ selling for thousands today?
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, […]
Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library wins Lottery Funding!
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 […]
Exhibition | Arthur Lockwood’s industrial watercolours at BMAG
A new exhibition of paintings by renowned Birmingham artist Arthur Lockwood (1934 – 2019) has opened at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG). The artist […]
UK’s first art-tech gallery to open in Brum
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 […]
Lost Lowry painting sells for £2.6 million
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! […]
Artist in focus | Idris Khan: Blurred Lines
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 […]
10 unmissable art exhibitions in Brum & the West Midlands in 2020
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 […]
Exhibition & Book | Eric Tucker: The Unseen Artist
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 […]