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Out & About: Art activities for older people

ByRuth Millington 27/11/2024

When we entered Ikon Gallery and saw our work on the walls, there was a whoop of joy!”, says Diane. She’s one of 25 older […]

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Birmingham Royal Ballet stages The Lunar Society’s female history

ByRuth Millington 25/09/2024

By the light of the full moon, between 1765 and 1813, the Lunar Society would meet monthly at Handsworth’s Soho House. Its members included Birmingham’s […]

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Festival of Voices at Birmingham Cathedral

ByRuth Millington 30/07/2024

Birmingham’s writers and spoken word artists are being inspired by some of the city’s greatest treasures: the recently restored stained-glass windows at the Cathedral. On […]

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Barber Institute of Art reopens with contemporary vision

ByRuth Millington 19/07/2024

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts is back, after almost a year of closure for refurbishment work. With anticipation, I stepped through the Art Deco […]

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A creative day inspired by the Birmingham Qur’an

ByRuth Millington 05/07/2024

Before artists applied paint from tubes, they created pigments from the natural world. Plants, flowers and rocks inspired the colour palettes and materials they used […]

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Birmingham’s 100 Days of Creativity

ByRuth Millington 14/06/2024

Birmingham is a creative city. It’s also a resilient city, in the face of council cuts, as this summer is proving. Running until 26 August, […]

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Digbeth’s artists: “There is room for us all”

ByRuth Millington 10/05/2024

Behind a thick black curtain at Birmingham’s Grand Union is an immersive new exhibition ‘Love is Real, and it’s Inside Of My Computer’, created by […]

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Great Birmingham Run: A Route Through Culture

ByRuth Millington 20/04/2024

“You never regret a run”, I tell myself at 8am. Not only am I gearing up for the morning’s exercise but training for 2024’s Great […]

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Cultural events launched at Birmingham’s Botanical Gardens

ByRuth Millington 20/04/2024

Creatives have always taken inspiration from great gardens and, here in Birmingham, the green spaces of Edgbaston’s Botanical Gardens have sparked imaginations for almost 200 […]

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Stryx: New Birmingham Gallery Sells Contemporary Art

ByRuth Millington 19/03/2024

Birmingham has a new art gallery! On April 13 2024, Stryx Gallery will open its doors in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter. The female-led space will sell […]

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Ruth Millington

Ruth Millington

Art writing, curating & consulting