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Art historian, critic and writer

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Behind the Scenes | Photoshoot at Ikon

By Ruth Millington 27/01/2020

What’s the first rule of being an art blogger? You’re going to need a gallery-based profile pic. I’ve taken a lot of selfies since starting […]

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The truth | Travel photography has a consent problem

By Ruth Millington 16/11/2019

I made a mistake last week. It left me questioning whether we need consent for the photos which we take while travelling abroad. I was […]

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Exhibition | Artist Colin Wilson turns still lifes sinister: ‘Memory of Touch’ at Argentea Gallery

By Ruth Millington 04/03/2019

The traditional still life takes a sinister turn in a new exhibition, called ‘Memory of Touch’, at Argentea Gallery in Birmingham. British photographer and artist […]

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Richard Battye: ‘PROJECT’ | Performers & projection art photography

By Ruth Millington 20/08/2018

Richard Battye is one of Birmingham’s best photographers. His new series, ‘PROJECT’, sees him casting original photographs of the everyday onto the naked human body […]

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Artist in focus | Tom Hicks: Black Country Type

By Ruth Millington 18/07/2018

Black Country Type is an ongoing photographic project by Tom Hicks. I first came across him on Instagram: like many artists Tom uses social media […]

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Exhibition review | Philip Singleton: ‘Birmingham Dust’ at Argentea Gallery

By Ruth Millington 01/07/2018

‘If we turn concrete to dust, where do those memories go?’ – Christopher Beanland ‘Birmingham Dust’ captures a city changing, physically and culturally, amidst rapid […]

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Art event | Reclaim Photography Festival | 3 May – 26 June

By Ruth Millington 29/04/2018

The third international Reclaim Photography Festival, Reclaiming Our Future, is coming back to the West Midlands from Thursday 3 May to Tuesday 26 June 2018. […]

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Exhibition review | ‘Fertile Ground’: Nilupa Yasmin and Madeleine Muir | Argentea Gallery

By Ruth Millington 21/01/2018

Currently on show at Birmingham’s Argentea Gallery is ‘Fertile Ground’. The exhibition features two young female artists from the Midlands – Nilupa Yasmin and Madeleine […]

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Artist in focus | Paul Biddle: ‘Rearranging Reality’

By Ruth Millington 22/09/2017

Argentea Gallery’s latest exhibition is a cabinet of curiosities. Automata, dolls, swan sisters and hybrid creatures invite the viewer into the entrancing and mythical world […]

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Artist in focus | Jeremy Bournon: Journeys Into the Derbyshire Landscape

By Ruth Millington 27/08/2017

The Derbyshire landscape has long inspired artists and writers: there is ‘no finer county in England than Derbyshire’ declared Jane Austen in Pride and Prejudice. […]

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Art historian, critic and writer

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