An interesting development in the plans for a new gallery of contemporary art for Birmingham reported here way back in January. A consortium composed of the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Ikon Gallery and Walsall’s New Art Gallery have won £1 million “to spend jointly on contemporary international art over the next five years” reports … [Read more…]
The photographer Simon Winnall came to my attention because he’s set up an iPhone specific version of his web gallery which I’m rather conflicted about (for nerdy reasons of cross-platform compatibility and the like – nothing for you normals to worry about) but saved himself from pretty much anything by having some serious concrete action … [Read more…]
A not-very-regular parsing of the Birmingham Post for relevant news items. Debt-ridden art firm closed down. You gotta love those headlines. It seems ArtSites, a community arts team based at the MAC and operating across the city, have had to close down after they found a £47,000 deficit in their accounts and funding from the … [Read more…]
Go read Dave Harte’s Why Music Matters article that was published in the Post today summarising the research they’ve been doing into the local music industry, specifically the dialogues they’ve been having for the Music Matters report. Here’s a paragraph that jumped out: The first thing we found was that many hadn’t been asked their … [Read more…]
Birmingham Music has a puff piece for Hot Damn, “a weekend club night for the underground hardcore and less mainstream rock fan” taking place at the Barfly. Which is nice and all but I have to wonder, what is this doing on Birminghamusic.com? Is it in their remit to promote all the non-live music club … [Read more…]
Roman Holiday’s Paraphernalia. More rantings using free internet services about the state of Birmingham’s arts and music scene. This is either woefully off base or so perfectly targeted that only a few will get it. I’m not one of them but I’m reliably informed you may, possibly, find it amusing. Or not.
The Graphic Auteur – Expressive Graphic Design is a show at the BIAD Department of Art on Margaret St curated by David Osbaldestin and Paul Slocombe. The Graphic Auteur presents a diverse range of creative approaches and graphic responses, to contemporary graphic design and politics. Through a series of personal issue-based communications and expressive graphic … [Read more…]
Birmingham: The Photogenic City is a nice appreciation of how, um, photogenic Birmingham is. What pleased me no end was this praise for the Birmingham Flickr group. Possibly a more reliable justification than the views of random French tourist can be found within the Birmingham Flickr Group. This is an open group, with the only … [Read more…]