Birmingham Contemporary Art Forum will be hosting a silent auction of over thirty artworks from the 6 – 24 June 2011 for The Event’s third bi-annual visual art festival due to be held in Birmingham this Autumn. The bidding will close on the 24 June 2011 in Digbeth’s Bond Company, where the works will be available for viewing and final bids may be placed between 7 – 9pm.

Here’s a random smattering of what’s up for auction but you can see the whole lot here:

Victoria Jenkins

Sally Payen from a ‘series of case studies’

Juneau Projects – Emotional Modernism

Viv Sole – Barchan

Art of Ideas is a group exhibition curated by Matthew Collings and Matt Price, entitled ‘The Witching Hour’, which will be taking place in the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s Waterhall Gallery from 11 – 14 November.

The four day exhibition will explore darkness and the uncanny, featuring photography, painting, sculpture, printmaking, film and animation, from over 20 artists based in or hailing from the West Midlands.

The Art of Ideas publication is designed to encourage more people to start collecting contemporary art in the city and region. With its supernatural theme, The Witching Hour exhibition offers an opportunity for people who are interested in collecting art – whether individuals, businesses or arts institutions – to see and acquire works by leading and emerging artists from the West Midlands.

– Matt Price

Exhibiting artists include both internationally renowned names along with emerging talent, including: Hurvin Anderson, Richard Billingham, Graham Chorlton, Faye Claridge, Ravi Deepres, Tessa Farmer, Brian Griffin, Roger Hiorns, Harminder Singh Judge, Chris Keenan, Idris Khan, Karin Kihlberg / Reuben Henry, David Miller, Sally Payen, Juneau Projects, Ged Quinn, David Rowan, Liz Rowe, George Shaw, Toby de Silva, Gillian Wearing and Stuart Whipps.

]]> http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/08/26/artists-working-outside-birmingham/ http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/2008/08/26/artists-working-outside-birmingham/#comments Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:10:32 +0000 http://www.createdinbirmingham.com/?p=1987 [Read more...]]]> I tend to concentrate on stuff happening in Birmingham on CiB but Matthew Price has emailed with news of Birmingham artists getting recognition outside our fair city:

• Moseley’s Tessa Farmer has a work in the current show ‘Wrap your troubles in a dream’ at Lautom Contemporary in Oslo, curated by Power Ekroth. Looks like a great show.
  
• West Midlands-based artist Sally Payen for has been selected for the Shingle 22 Biennale in Rome – a biennale devoted this edition to the theme of war.
  
• West Midlands-based artist Janice Dale opened a show last weekend at The Courtyard in Hereford.
• Roger Hiorns has been awarded a major commission by Artangel in London this September which involves transforming “urban housing into large-scale immersive works of art”

I’m not so good at picking up on this stuff but it’s always good to hear about.  If you spot something then feel free to send it my way.