Exhibition Launch

Break the Mould & Angela de la Cruz: Upright

Join us to celebrate the launch of Ikon’s new exhibitions:

Break the Mould
The final chapter in a trilogy of exhibitions exploring craft, art school pedagogies and contemporary art practice. This concluding instalment centres on ceramics, celebrating clay as a medium of experimentation and process-based practice.

Angela de la Cruz: Upright
Guest curated by Carolina Grau, this exhibition focuses on de la Cruz’s concern with the human body and the realities of everyday survival.

FREE

Event Date

Tuesday 24 March 2026
5.00pm–7.00pm

Event Details

Free entry, donations welcome

No need to book, just drop in

First and Second Floor Galleries

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VENUE

Ikon Gallery

1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham B1 2HS

Image Credits

1. New exhibitions graphic (2025). Image courtesy Ikon. 2. Jack Ky Tan, A Dreaming of the Shires (Creamware Blue 3) (2023), glazed porcelain, 10.5 x 30 x 11 cm © Courtesy the artist. Photo: Dan Harper. 3. Angela de la Cruz, Still Life With Table (2000), oil on canvas, wood, 90 x 105 x 100 cm © Courtesy the artist. Image courtesy the artist and Galerie Thomas Schulte.

Exhibition 25.03.2026–06.09.2026

Break the Mould

Ikon presents Break the Mould – the final chapter in a trilogy of exhibitions exploring craft, art school pedagogies and contemporary art practice. This concluding instalment centres on ceramics, celebrating clay as a medium of experimentation and process-based practice.

Exhibition 25.03.2026–06.09.2026

Angela de la Cruz

Upright

Ikon presents a rarely seen works by acclaimed artist Angela de la Cruz alongside a new commission developed in collaboration with Birmingham Royal Ballet.

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