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

By Ruth 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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Art History | Cultural appropriation & the art of the steal

By Ruth Millington 04/11/2018

‘Good artists copy, great artists steal’ – Pablo Picasso Cultural appropriation, once discussed in debates amongst academics, has moved into the mainstream media. Teen Vogue […]

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Exhibition | Pato Bosich: Drawing antiquity with wine

By Ruth Millington 09/09/2018

Pato Bosich (b.1978) has an enchanting new exhibition of drawings created in dialogue with the British Museum’s collection of classical antiquity art. Working both on-site […]

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Breaking news from Birmingham Museums | New cultural centre in Yardley

By Ruth Millington 01/08/2018

Birmingham Museums has announced some big news today. A site in Yardley has been agreed as the potential location for a new collection and cultural […]

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Arts careers | Meet Harriet Hathaway, Decorative Art Assistant Curator at Nottingham Castle

By Ruth Millington 24/10/2017

Harriet Hathaway was recently appointed as Decorative Art Assistant Curator at Nottingham Castle. She graduated from the University of Birmingham in 2015 with First Class […]

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Art fiction | A short story: ‘The Long Engagement’

By Ruth Millington 06/10/2017

The first time I saw her I didn’t realise that she was blind. I’d come to the museum with my sketchbook; she was sat, unmoving, […]

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Arts careers | Meet a museum’s marketing officer

By Ruth Millington 25/09/2017

Want to know what’s in a museum marketing officer’s job description, the top skills needed for this role and how to get in to this […]

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13 of Birmingham’s best museums & galleries

By Ruth Millington 26/08/2017

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?

By Ruth Millington 09/08/2017

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 […]

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Arts careers | I want your job: Exhibitions Curator

By Ruth Millington 28/07/2017

Want to know how to become a museum curator in the UK? Everyone knows that securing a job in the museum sector is tough. So I […]

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Art historian, critic and writer

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