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 interior

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 Cafe at Ikon

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.

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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.

Ikon is a charity and by choosing us for your event you directly support the gallery’s future.

CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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Exhibition15.04.202301.04.2024
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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.
Exhibition20.09.202322.12.2023
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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.
Exhibition20.09.202322.12.2023
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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.
Exhibition20.09.202322.12.2023
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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.
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IKON GALLERY
1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace
Birmingham, B1 2HS

GALLERY: +44 (0)121 248 0708
SHOP: +44 (0)121 248 0711

Ikon is supported using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council England, and Birmingham City Council.

Copyright © 2023 IKON. All rights reserved. Registered charity no. 528892