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.
Ikon is an internationally acclaimed art gallery situated in central Birmingham.
Housed in a magnificent Grade II listed neo-gothic school building, the gallery features temporary exhibitions over two floors, alongside Ikon Shop and Café.
IKON GALLERY
Entry to Ikon is free. The gallery shows work by artists from around the world and a variety of media is represented, including sound, film, mixed media, photography, painting, sculpture and installation. Donations welcome.
OPENING TIMES
Wednesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays
11am – 5pm
PHONE
0121 248 0708
IKON SHOP
Ikon Shop is Birmingham’s only specialist art bookshop, stocking a range of books, cards, artists’ limited editions and gifts. All profits support Ikon’s charitable artistic and educational programme. Shop online.
OPENING TIMES
Wednesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays
10.30am – 5pm
PHONE
0121 248 0711
Yorks Café at Ikon
Visit our café and enjoy all day brunch and speciality coffee inside or or out on the large terrace area. Yorks offers a wide range of house-baked cakes, loose leaf teas, craft beers and wine.
OPENING TIMES
Visit yorkscafe.co.uk for current opening times
PHONE
0121 828 5060
ACCESS & SAFETY
Ikon is fully accessible with a range of facilities to make your visit enjoyable. We have guidelines for all our activities to ensure a safe experience for everyone who visits, offering hand sanitisers throughout and enhanced cleaning of the building.
WANT TO HIRE IKON?
Ikon has versatile spaces, accommodating up to five hundred guests. Get in touch today to discuss your event with a member of our team.
CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
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Exhibition 07.03.2023–17.06.2023
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FOKA WOLF
Why Are We Stuck in Hospital? At The Exchange, Birmingham.
An impossible maze, with no end, forms the basis of a new artwork by Birmingham artist and activist Foka Wolf. Produced by Ikon and exhibited at The Exchange (South Entrance), Why Are We Stuck in Hospital? illustrates the invisibility of people with learning disabilities and / or autistic people in long-stay hospitals.
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 17.05.2023–03.09.2023
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MELATI SURYODARMO
Passionate Pilgrim
In summer 2023, Ikon transforms its galleries into a platform for performance art, with the first UK exhibition by acclaimed Indonesian performance artist Melati Suryodarmo (b.1969).