Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane 12 January – 9 March 2013 Preview Friday 11 January, 6-8pm (tonight!) Eastside Projects presents M6 a new commission by Mike Nelson, one of the most significant artists working in the UK today. M6 is Nelson’s first major exhibition in his home region and continues his singular investigation of political … [Read more…]
It was a few years ago when pottering around the lovely city of Bath that I first discovered Castle Galleries. In what was probably my late teens I was beginning to come out of the mind set that all art was boring and the welcoming experience I received whilst perusing the artwork displayed is something … [Read more…]
It’s been roughly 12 years since I last attended a dance performance, I have no idea what it was but at a guess I’d say it was some form of school trip as part of theatre studies. Tonight I am breaking that duck with my first visit to Birmingham Hippodrome and, based within it – … [Read more…]
I thought about making a Welcome to Birmingham post dedicated to this, and maybe one day I will. Last week Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery opened up their newly refurbished galleries dedicated to 500 years of Birmingham history. Visitors can explore the city’s global heritage from medieval times and the industrial revolution, through to the … [Read more…]
‘Abstract Possible: The Birmingham Beat’ is the latest iteration in a research project exploring notions of abstraction, taking contemporary art as its starting point. The art works in ‘Abstract Possible: The Birmingham Beat’ involve and complicate the three strands of abstraction: formal abstraction, economic abstraction and social abstraction, with an emphasis on economic abstraction. … [Read more…]
Monday 8th to Saturday 13th October Afrovibes is a thrilling biennial festival of contemporary theatre, dance, spoken word and music from South Africa and beyond that returns to The Drum for a second year. Highlights Include: Mother to Mother: Tue 9 Oct, 7.30pm: This personal testimony captures the soul of an ordinary woman, racked by guilt … [Read more…]
Following the success and critical acclaim for its 2010 production, 5 SOLDIERS, Birmingham based and nationally renowned Rosie Kay Dance Company is thrilled to announce its brand new production for 2012. There is Hope is a hard-hitting, contemporary dance piece exploring the relationship between faith and the body. There is Hope fuses Kay’s talent for … [Read more…]
Now one of the country’s fastest selling artists, John Myatt was involved in ‘the biggest art fraud of the 20th century’. His life is soon to be made into a Hollywood film and he has also featured in several TV series for Sky and the BBC. Provenance by John Myatt is an exhibition of over … [Read more…]