Ikon Director prepares to open Guangzhou Triennial
Ikon Gallery Director Jonathan Watkins is to co-curate the Fourth Guangzhou Triennial alongside Jiang Jiehong, Director of the Centre for Chinese Visual Arts at Birmingham City University.
Floating forest to tour Birmingham & Black Country canals
A mini-forest made of real trees and soil planted onto a converted canal hopper is due to travel the canals of Birmingham and the Black Country.
And Europe Will Be Stunned
Ikon presents And Europe Will Be Stunned (2007-2011), the film trilogy by Israeli artist Yael Bartana.
Ikon takes the Slow Boat to London
This July, Ikon’s floating exhibition space Slow Boat makes its longest journey to date, travelling from Birmingham to London’s Chisenhale Gallery along the Grand Union Canal.
The hunt for a “real Birmingham family”
The judging panel to find a ‘real Birmingham family’ to be immortalised into a new civic sculpture has been announced.
Ikon awarded £240,000 to support development
Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery has been awarded a significant grant from Arts Council England to boost its fundraising and development work.
Deepest Sympathy at Ikon
Ikon presents Deepest Sympathy (2011), a digital animation by British video artist David Theobald.
Ikon presents Boyd & Evans’ first major survey exhibition
Ikon presents Boyd & Evans’ first major survey exhibition, comprising painting and photography drawn from the artist couple’s 40 year career.
Bedwyr things at Ikon
Ikon and Glynn Vivian Art Gallery present a new exhibition by Bedwyr Williams
Ikon teams up with Fierce Festival for an alternative Easter
Ikon will team up with Fierce, Birmingham’s premier live art and performance festival, this Easter.