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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Arts careers | How do I get a job in museum education?
Jon Sleigh works as a Learning Officer at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, where he has been hired to deliver an educational programme in national […]
Exhibition review | Willard Wigan MBE: ‘In The Eye of The Needle’ | Museum of the Jewellery Quarter
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 […]
Exhibition review | Birmingham’s magical ‘Museum of the Moon’ | Thinktank
As an art historian, I usually spend my weekends in Birmingham’s best art galleries. However, I had heard that there was a gigantic moon recently […]
Artist in focus | West meets East in Samin Ahmadzadeh’s cross-cultural photography
“I am the sum total of everything that went before me, of all I have been seen done, of everything done-to-me. I am everyone everything […]
Exhibition review | Horace Panter brings his American road trip to Birmingham | RCFA
A brilliant new series of paintings by artist (and musician) Horace Panter is currently on show at Reuben Colley Fine Art. The collection ‘American Urban’ […]
Artist in focus | Suzie Hunt’s ‘Universe of Oddities’
Birmingham-based artist Suzie Hunt is about to embark on an exciting residency at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery. A top emerging Fine Art graduate, she […]
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Art event | ‘Wine & Watercolours’: RBSA & Artisan Alchemy
An email in my inbox reads: ‘Would you like to come to a ‘Wine and Watercolour event’ in two Birmingham galleries next week’? My answer […]
Exhibition review | Mat Collishaw: ‘Thresholds’ | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery
‘Thresholds’ is a new virtual reality artwork by the renowned British artist Mat Collishaw, which is currently, and significantly, on show at Birmingham Museum & Art […]
Artists in focus | YBAs: Young Birmingham Artists
This week I visited Birmingham School of Art to view (and review) the BA Fine Art degree show. Having moved to Birmingham not too long […]