I had a poke around the new exhibition at Ikon yesterday afternoon. Now showing: Clare Rojas – We They, We They João Maria Gusmão and Pedro Paiva – On the Movement of the Fried Egg and Other Astronomical Bodies I always think the chalkboard in the resource room is worth an exhibition of its own.
stereographic » We are X Yet another 10th birthday – Sam and George from Stereographic are celebrating double figures 2009 in review: Art – The Observer Ikon supplies the only non-London shows on the list. Good work Brumcast 142 ‘Festival Strength’ I had a Brumcast binge on the way to Cornwall the other day (if … [Read more…]
This is for the Birmingham Art Zine (BAZ) launch night, 5 November at The White Swan in Digbeth, 6-9pm: BAZ are well aware that a room full of people reading a small pink text heavy magazine – looking to see if their names are mentioned – is not really a recipe for a great night … [Read more…]
I’m playing catch-up on this one. I’ve heard the idea of a contemporary art museum for Birmingham (or Tate Birmingham, as it’s been referred to in some quarters) mentioned in passing a few times but that’s it, so consider this a glorified links round-up as I try to find out what info has thus far … [Read more…]
Thanks for the thoughts and input into the future of CiB. I hope it didn’t seem I was suggesting it be disbanded – I wanted more to open up debate on how technology itself has moved on from when CiB began and that the direction/organisation/intention of CiB needs looking at. Your suggestions have been very … [Read more…]
The Ikon Gallery is running family workshops over the half-term holiday on 17 and 19 Feb from 2-4pm. That’s in addition to the regular ones they’re running on 7 Feb and 7 March from 2-5pm. Places are free but need to be reserved in advance. The themes for (and links to) these workshops are: 7 … [Read more…]
Kinda charming this is: From 12 – 30 August, Ikon is running a tailor shop in the old Salvation Army charity shop, 3 New Street, Erdington. Led by creative facilitator Jess Worley and local members of the Erdington Arts Forum, the shop will be making small fabric whales designed by pupils from Erdington Hall Primary … [Read more…]
A couple of good things from the Ikon. Firstly, every Wednesday over the summer the gallery and bookshop will be open until 8pm (cafe until 11pm). Coinciding with the late openings is a series of talks called ‘These are a few of my favourite things’ which will be loosely based on Desert Island Discs where … [Read more…]