Birmingham

Diaryblog

Alfresco photography show honours Brummie giant of poetry, Benjamin Zephaniah

Public art display in Birmingham commemorates the city’s cultural icon

The Art Newspaper

Cultural policynews

‘Cease funding for cultural projects’: arts institutions in Birmingham, UK, face 100% cuts

Ikon contemporary art gallery among organisations at risk

Gareth Harris

Museums & Heritagenews

Commissioners appointed to oversee Birmingham city council as debt crisis puts museums in firing line

The group, brought in by UK housing secretary Michael Gove, will oversee the council's accounts following the announcement earlier in September that it was facing serious financial difficulties

Richard Franks

Museums & Heritagenews

As the Commonwealth Games open, Birmingham’s museum sector contends with the legacy of colonialism

The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is pursuing a project of mass participation in an attempt to fully involve the city’s many communities in the future of the museum

Tom Seymour

Public artblog

Hew Locke reimagines Birmingham's controversial Queen Victoria statue for an anti-imperialist age

A number of artists—including Amy Ching-Yan Lam and Rajni Perera—have created work that challenges the city's colonial legacy as it gears up to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Louisa Buck