Event05.03.202420.12.2024
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Exhibition02.10.202423.02.2025
FRIENDS IN LOVE AND WAR - L’ÉLOGE DES MEILLEUR·ES ENNEMI·ES.
Works from the British Council Collection and macLYON
Exhibition04.07.202402.11.2024
Exodus Crooks
We need 2 tlk. At The Exchange, Birmingham.
Event05.03.202420.12.2024
Support Ikon: 60 for 60
Exhibition02.10.202423.02.2025
FRIENDS IN LOVE AND WAR - L’ÉLOGE DES MEILLEUR·ES ENNEMI·ES.
Works from the British Council Collection and macLYON
Exhibition04.07.202402.11.2024
Exodus Crooks
We need 2 tlk. At The Exchange, Birmingham.
Event05.03.202420.12.2024
Support Ikon: 60 for 60
Exhibition02.10.202423.02.2025
FRIENDS IN LOVE AND WAR - L’ÉLOGE DES MEILLEUR·ES ENNEMI·ES.
Works from the British Council Collection and macLYON
Exhibition04.07.202402.11.2024
Exodus Crooks
We need 2 tlk. At The Exchange, Birmingham.

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Events

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Family05.10.2024 / 11.00am3.00pm
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Family Saturday
with Fabien Verschaere

Current Exhibitions

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Exhibition04.07.202402.11.2024
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Exodus Crooks
We need 2 tlk. At The Exchange, Birmingham.
Ikon and University of Birmingham present We need 2 tlk, a new moving image installation by Midlands-based artist Exodus Crooks as part of AI FUTURES at The Exchange.
Exhibition27.08.202430.03.2025
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Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora
Green Spaces, at grounded. Hall Green.
Ikon and Living Well Consortium collaborate to raise awareness of, and engagement with, topics centred on mental health and wellbeing. Birmingham-born artist Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora has worked with communities in Erdington, taking photographic portraits against the backdrop of the city’s green spaces, and exploring the benefits of nature to our health.   

Upcoming Exhibitions

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Exhibition31.10.202417.11.2024
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(Re)Coded
Vic Moyosola & Sadie Barnett
Ikon, in partnership with the Conjunctures strand of the Stuart Hall Archive Project, University of Birmingham, presents (Re)Coded, a collaborative research project with photographer Vic Moyosola and artist-educator Sadie Barnett. 

Latest News

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Creative Health20.06.2024
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Creative Health at Ikon
Ikon presents a programme of exhibitions and events that engage audiences in dialogue about health and wellbeing. Conversations range from infant feeding in public spaces and the medicalisation of maternal bodies to the impact of natural environments on our physical and mental health.
News21.05.2024
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Tom Hicks - Transport for West Midlands commission
Ikon, in partnership with Transport for West Midlands (TFWM), has commissioned Black Country artist Tom Hicks to co-create a new public sculpture with members of the local community at the Cross Street Local Travel Point in Halesowen – a public green space providing options for active and environmentally friendly local travel. We caught up with Tom Hicks for an update on the project.
HMP Grendon25.04.2024
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James Lomax: Art at HMP Grendon, artist in residence
Ikon is pleased to announce that artist James Lomax is undertaking a two-month residency at HMP Grendon in Buckinghamshire, funded by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
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