Event 22.09.2023–22.12.2023
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Friday Spotlight Tour
Ikon is an internationally acclaimed contemporary art venue located in Birmingham, UK. Free entry.
IKON SHOP
Browse books, prints, stationery, jewellery, homeware and gifts.
All profits support Ikon’s charitable artistic and educational programme.
HIRE IKON FOR YOUR EVENT
Housed in a beautiful Victorian building, Ikon Gallery has versatile spaces, accommodating 10 to 500 guests.
Get in touch today to discuss your event with a member of our team.
ART AT HMP GRENDON
With a focus on the development of the prisoners’ artistic practice, Ikon has opened the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Studio at HMP Grendon – a dedicated space for workshops, in printing and painting, and a changing programme of exhibitions, art historical and contemporary.
Funded by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
IKON YOUTH PROGRAMME
Over three years (2021-24) Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) navigates the waterways on board Slow Boat, a converted narrow boat. IYP are collaborating with creative thinkers and makers to reimagine Slow Boat as a local art school.
Funded by Freelands Foundation.
Events
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Event 24.09.2023–17.12.2023
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Sunday Spotlight Tour
Family 07.10.2023 / 11.00am–3.00pm
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Family Saturday with Polly Brant
Current Exhibitions
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Exhibition 28.11.2021–22.10.2023
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Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce. Exhibition in Australia.
Judy Watson and Yhonnie Scarce’s Looking Glass exhibition tours venues in Australia.
Exhibition 15.04.2023–01.04.2024
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Mit Jai Inn
Dreamworld. Exhibition in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Following Mit Jai Inn’s exhibition at Ikon Gallery (15 September – 21 November 2021), Dreamworld now travels to MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai for a year-long presentation.
Exhibition 20.09.2023–22.12.2023
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Banners
At Ikon Gallery and regional art schools
Ikon presents Banners by Mali Morris, an off-site installation organised to coincide with Calling, her solo exhibition of paintings at the gallery.
Exhibition 20.09.2023–22.12.2023
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Mali Morris
Calling
Ikon presents a major solo exhibition by British artist Mali Morris. Calling includes nearly 30 works from the last 25 years and documents a notable change in Morris’ artistic practice from the late 1990s when she considered new painterly directions.
Exhibition 20.09.2023–22.12.2023
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DEAN KELLAND
IMPOSTER SYNDROME
Ikon’s exhibition features a number of Dean Kelland’s new films, prints and sketchbooks that reimagine the psychoanalytic dialogue that has occurred between Pop Art and Prison Art since the 1960s.
Upcoming Exhibitions
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Exhibition 13.10.2023–31.03.2024
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Maryam Wahid
Dreams of Brum. At Handsworth Library.
Ikon tours Dreams of Brum, an exhibition of photographic portraits by Birmingham-based photographer Maryam Wahid, taken at Handsworth Library during a series of creative community workshops with printmaker Haseebah Ali.
Exhibition 27.10.2023–28.10.2023
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Seungwon Jung and IYP
Coventry Biennial Showcase. At Herbert Art Gallery & Museum.
Join Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) at the Coventry Biennial 2023 for a showcase of weaving made in collaboration with artist Seungwon Jung.
Latest News
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HMP Grendon 27.09.2023
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Notes from HMP Grendon
RACING THOUGHTS NO.19
Racing Thoughts No. 19 – the latest post by Dean Kelland, Ikon’s artist residence at HMP Grendon.
Slow Boat 29.08.2023
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Slow Boat Journeys 2
In June, Slow Boat was moored up in Stourbridge, a West Midlands town renowned for its integral role in the glass industry during the industrial revolution.
News 23.08.2023
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Interview: Maryam Wahid
As part of The Migrant Festival 2023
Redbrick Culture Editor Ilina Jha interviews Maryam Wahid about her upcoming exhibition Dreams of Brum, which will be presented at Ikon Gallery as part of The Migrant Festival 2023.
Reproduced with kind permission from Redbrick.
Schools 20.07.2023
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Schools Showcase: Creative Connections
This showcase is a celebration of artworks made by pupils from thirteen Birmingham primary schools during Spring/Summer 2023, as part of Creative Connections, the regional schools’ consortia.
Slow Boat 29.06.2023
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Slow Boat Journeys
Slow Boat began its Year 2 tour of Birmingham and the West Midlands in Walsall, moored up outside The New Art Gallery Walsall.