Controversial West Bromwich arts centre The Public is to appeal for more Government cash to keep it going after the Arts Council announced it was allowing new organisations to bid for funds.Read
The Barber Institute Of Fine Arts Transport improvements and a war with France in the middle of the 18th century meant Britain’s middle classes increasingly journeyed to the wild regions of their own country.Read
Ahead of an event aiming to get more people interested in collecting the work of artists from the West Midlands, Anna Blackaby looks at the reasons people buy contemporary artRead
One of the city’s most recognisable business figures has been appointed to the Arts Council board in the West Midlands – and says he is just relieved there is still an organisation to be appointed to.Read
Birmingham’s arts organisations will lose out to London when they are forced to bid for private investment to keep afloat amid Government cuts, Culture Minister Ed Vaizey said.Read
Birmingham’s corporate world is set for a spooky encounter with the region’s leading artists at an event promoting the value of collecting contemporary art.Read
While their new exhibition is called Recollect, Lisa Travers and Kelly Washbourne’s upcoming show at The Vaults could easily have been entitled Reconnect.Read
Herbert Art Gallery & Museum in Coventry is seeking artist donations for a one-off event this weekend that igives visitors the chance to pick up a piece of artwork for free.Read
A Birmingham artist is courting controversy with a collection of ‘scandals’ that includes a picture of Tony Blair made up of the hand-written names of soldiers who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan.Read
