Steve McQueen, the actual winner of the Turner Prize in the year best remembered for Tracey Emin’s bed, has created a remarkable memorial to members of the British armed forces who lost their lives in Iraq.Read
Birmingham-based graffiti artist PoSh oNe will be joining the ranks this year at the world’s most popular electronic dance festival GlobalGathering. He will be injecting his art into the jam-packed weekend schedule and in true graffiti tradition his artwork will adorn some of the abandoned relics that reside at Long Marston Airfield. Party-goers can catch him donning his work in real time on the vintage railway carriage which will simultaneously house top hiphop artists and DJs. PoSh oNe will also be treating Global fans to customised festival apparel free of charge throughout the weekend.Read
Birmingham photographic agency Rhubarb-Rhubarb is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a retrospective exhibition and a high profile, with two other exhibitions running in the city centre.Read
An artwork commemorating British service men and women killed in Iraq, including several from the West Midlands, will go on display at Wolverhampton Art Gallery from July 18 until September 26.Read
Two rare wallpaper designs created and inscribed by William Morris have been acquired at auction by the Victoria & Albert Museum with help from independent charity The Art Fund.Read
Coinciding with the events to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Birmingham entrepeneur Matthew Boulton, a painting of one of his closest friends is coming up for sale at Sotheby’s.Read
Six commissions have been announced to create artworks for the new £14.8 million redevelopment of MAC in Cannon Hill Park, which is due to reopen next year.Read
