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Carolyn Blake: ‘Preserving the Memory’ at Malvern Library

ByRuth Millington 04/06/2024

This week, I took the train to Malvern to see a mesmerising new exhibition of paintings by Birmingham-based artist, Carolyn Blake. ‘Preserving the Memory’ at […]

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Reimagining Redditch: Art in everyday places

ByRuth Millington 03/06/2024

One of the Midlands’ most impressive masterpieces doesn’t hang inside a museum or art gallery but can be found, instead, in Redditch town centre. Kingfisher […]

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Hugh Mendes: Painting Famous Artists’ Obituaries

ByRuth Millington 12/01/2023

Meet Hugh Mendes, the contemporary artist taking famous obituary examples of great artists as his haunting modern muses… Where does an artist’s creative inspiration come […]

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Exhibition | Roberto Pagliarulo: ‘An Amalfi Dream’

ByRuth Millington 17/08/2020

In his 3rd solo show at Highgate Contemporary Art in London, Roberto Pagliarulo will exhibit 20 Italian landscape oil paintings and ink drawings, inspired by […]

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Brutiful Brum: Q & A with painter Elliott Packham

ByRuth Millington 12/06/2020

After studying architecture, Elliott Packham turned to painting. Today, he depicts the ‘concrete jungle’ that is Brutalism, celebrating and capturing the simple block-like geometry of […]

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Art History’s Heroes: from Hercules to hospital workers

ByRuth Millington 04/06/2020

This week my friend’s 5-year-old daughter drew him a picture. She was standing on a beach, and next to her was a nurse waving an […]

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SUPA DIP! Art postcard lottery for Women’s Aid

ByRuth Millington 07/05/2020

Have you heard? SUPA Gallery is launching an exciting ‘SUPA dip’ art postcard lottery. Supporters will have the opportunity to own a mini-masterpiece by some […]

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Exhibition | Arthur Lockwood’s industrial watercolours at BMAG

ByRuth 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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Review |William Blake at Tate Britain: Heaven or Hell?

ByRuth Millington 03/11/2019

300 artworks by William Blake. Heaven or hell? I headed to Tate Britain to see their colossal retrospective and find out. Here’s my review. Tate […]

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Exhibitions | 10 female solo shows in London

ByRuth Millington 28/10/2019

I recently discovered gowithYamo, one of the best free art apps on the market. It allows you to find exhibitions, art fairs & events nearby […]

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Ruth Millington

Ruth Millington

Art writing, curating & consulting