Feature image: Pixy Liao, ‘It’s Never Been Easy To Carry You’, 2017 (Wiki Commons) One current trend taking over the art world is gender. Contemporary artists who look at gender are being platformed by galleries[…]
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Why is ‘Outsider Art’ selling for thousands today?
Outsider Artists. Today, they are winning over the art world. Once relegated to the margins of the market, Outsider Art has been embraced by dealers, collectors, auction houses and fairs over the last few years.[…]
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Birmingham’s Shakespeare Library wins Lottery Funding!
Birmingham Shakespeare Library wins Lottery funding! Did you know that Birmingham is a Shakespeare city? A major £1.7 million project, ‘Everything to Everybody’, is about to reconnect Brummies with their hidden heritage. It’s a project[…]
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Ballet | ‘The Red Shoes’ at Birmingham Hippodrome
Matthew Bourne is a master of storytelling. And he tells tales through modern dance. Last night’s production was a dark, fantastical and magical re-telling of ‘The Red Shoes’ at Birmingham Hippodrome. Set to the music[…]
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Exhibition | Arthur Lockwood’s industrial watercolours at BMAG
A new exhibition of paintings by renowned Birmingham artist Arthur Lockwood (1934 – 2019) has opened at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery (BMAG). The artist is known for his urban and industrial watercolours of Birmingham[…]
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UK’s first art-tech gallery to open in Brum
The UK’s first Augmented Reality (AR) and street art gallery is soon to open in Birmingham. Thomas Crown Gallery will join over 40 galleries and museums in the city, which is leading the way in[…]
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Behind the Scenes | Photoshoot at Ikon
What’s the first rule of being an art blogger? You’re going to need a gallery-based profile pic. I’ve taken a lot of selfies since starting my blog. Hundreds, if I’m honest. But, I had NEVER[…]
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Lost Lowry painting sells for £2.6 million
A recently discovered painting by L. S. Lowry, The Mill, Pendlebury (1943), has sold for more than £2.6 million, after 70 years hidden away in America! Tonight, the hammer went down at Christie’s London during the[…]
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Selfie-expression | Art history’s long search for identity
It’s never been easier to take a self-portrait. Instagram is full of them. But why are we all so obsessed with taking selfies? Art History might just have the answer (and be to blame). That’s[…]
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Britney Spears & the rise of bad celeb art
The internet is going wild for a new, emerging artist. Her solo show has already been featured by major papers and publications around the globe. Normally, this would make me very happy. But, on this[…]
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