It’s been a while since I heard anything about the mooted Birmingham Museum of Contemporary Art, but then I spotted this: With a £1million grant from the Art Fund, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and partners New Art Gallery Walsall and Ikon Gallery have been creating a major collection of international contemporary art. Which is … [Read more…]
Birmingham Big City Culture – City of Culture Bid 2013 There’s an official website for the bid. I’m always the last to know about this kind of thing £1.285million National Heritage Memorial Fund grant saves the Staffordshire Hoard “The grant, awarded to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (BMAG) and Potteries Museum and Art Gallery (PMAG) … [Read more…]
I’m not about to do a full on ‘best of’ thing, but there was plenty of goodness about in 2009: Birmingham Opera Company’s ‘Othello’ Birmingham Royal Ballet’s ‘Quantum Leaps’ ‘Birmingham Seen’ at BMAG Zena Edwards’ ‘Security’ at The Rep Tom Dale Company’s ‘Roam’ at DanceXchange The Event Kindle Theatre’s ‘All You Can Eat’ And plenty … [Read more…]
Shooters in the Pub (Birmingham) Timely this, seeing as how Film Forum WM seems to have gone a little quiet. “‘Shooters in the Pub’ is a new casual, but productive networking night for Shooting People members”. First one will be from 6-9pm on 4 Jan. Birmingham Seen – Birmingham Museums & Art Gallery Now extended … [Read more…]
The picture above is Boundary II by Barbara Walker. Looking at it on screen really doesn’t do it justice though and I wholeheartedly recommend you go along to Birmingham Seen at BMAG to see it nice and big. It’s a great exhibition with a fair few highlights – the early photography of the city is … [Read more…]
Home By Six is a new project from Multistory: Whatever it is about your journey, if you can tell it in six words we want to hear it. Stories will be featured in an exhibition called ‘Home by Six’ which will take place at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery in the Community Gallery from 21 … [Read more…]
Another Birmingham institution makes it into double figures this month – Brilliantly Birmingham, the international contemporary jewellery festival, is celebrating its first decade from 21 November to 28 February. There’ll be two exhibitions at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: FLUX, the annual selling show which attracts international entries from new and emerging designers, and A … [Read more…]
Ian from 7 Inch Cinema correctly guessed that this video might be up my street – a collection of images they’ve compiled for Birmingham Seen which opens at BMAG today and runs until 3 January 2010. Ian also sent over a biog of Derek Fairbrother (1931-99), whose images they are. The following is an extended … [Read more…]