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Artist prodigy Dante Lamb matures as an eight-year-old

Talented youngster Danté Lamb astounded the art world when he sold his first painting at the age of three. Alison Jones meets the former record breaker who is now exhibiting in Birmingham. Read

Final masterpiece of Burne-Jones returned to UK

The last work of Birmingham-born Edward Burne-Jones, The Sleep of Arthur in Avalon, has returned to the UK for the first time in more than 40 years. Read

Pigskin, noodles and cocaine turned into jewellery

Europe’s leading exhibition of contemporary jewellery is paying its first visit to Birmingham, writes Terry Grimley. Read

Partenheimer brings first one-man show to the UK

Terry Grimley reviews exhibitions by Jurgen Partenheimer and Ruth Claxton at Ikon Gallery. Read

Birmingham arts scene hidden under a bushel

The Art of Ideas, a three-day event taking place at Birminham Hippodrome this week, has commissioned two keynote essays. Freelance art journalist Matt Price here gives an upbeat assessment of the West Midlands visual art scene. Read

Birmingham's character lies in its loose ends

The Art of Ideas, a three-day music and art event taking place at Birmingham Hippodrome this week, has commissioned two keynote essays. Award-winning novelist Catherine O'Flynn speaks up for the in-between, non-utopian city. Read

Spark uses art to take on fear

Fear is a subject many try to avoid, but not Birmingham artist Spark Deeley. She tells Jo Ind about the picture book she has made about being terrified. Read

Textile art goes on display at the Waterhall

Terry Grimley samples a survey of contemporary textile art at the Waterhall. Read

New York's artistic soul caught on camera

Washington may be the capital, but New York is the heart of America. There's something about the city that has kept it at the top of the cultural pile. Read

From Westphalia to Welsh Mountains

Terry Grimley on the return of globetrotting watercolours from Birmingham's collection. Read

Indian art hits the big time

Terry Grimley reviews an exhibition of recent art from India Read

Happy accident results in a fine collaboration

Composer Kevin Volans talks to Terry Grimley about an unusual art and music collaboration at Ikon Gallery. Read

Bringing banknotes back into the fold

Terry Grimley looks at exhibition exploring the often-overlooked art of the banknote. Read

Sticks, stones and human isolation

Terry Grimley reviews exhibitions devoted to one of the 20th century's greatest sculptors, Alberto Giacometti, and contemporary artist James Coleman. Read

Art making inroads into the business community

Arts & Business is launching a new service for the region's business community to help them gain maximum advantage from the burgeoning contemporary art market. Read

Japan's new artistic generation

Terry Grimley enjoys the humour in an exhibition of new Japanese art in Wolverhampton. Read

Jazz music scene through the lens

Terry Grimley meets a photographer dedicated to documenting the city's burgeoning jazz scene. Read

New Horizons at RBSA Gallery, St. Paul's Square

The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists has established a niche in its spring exhibition programme in recent years to show off work by students from various colleges around the West Midlands. Read

Sweet taste of success

A sculptor, glass artist, photographer and print artist have been shortlisted from more than 50 local applications to create permanent artworks for Cadbury's £30 million new office development in Bournville. Read

Birmingham gallery puts powerful Lenkiewicz painting on the market

A large painting by controversial artist Robert Lenkiewicz is being offered for sale by a Birmingham gallery. Read

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