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
Open 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. Ikon is a charity and all purchases support the gallery’s exhibition and education programme.

OPENING TIMES
Open Wednesday – Sunday and Bank Holiday Mondays, 10.30am-5pm or shop online

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
Wednesday-Friday, 9am – 4pm

Saturday, 9am – 5pm

Sunday, 10am – 4pm

Yorks Café at Ikon

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.
Exhibition13.10.202331.03.2024
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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.
Exhibition09.02.202421.04.2024
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Exodus Crooks
EPIPHANY (TEMPORAIRE)
Ikon hosts Midlands-based artist Exodus Crooks’ exhibition Epiphany (Temporaire), commissioned by Ort Gallery and International Curators Forum (ICF), originally presented at Block 336 in Summer 2023. Curated by Orphée Kashala, the exhibition includes sculpture, film, text and sculptural installation.   
Exhibition09.02.202421.04.2024
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Start the Press!
The centrepiece of Start the Press! is a vintage, flatbed printing press from Wolverhampton School of Art, taking its position in the gallery as a form of protest or occupation in the tradition of the student art-school sit-ins of the 1960s, and in response to the current challenging economic landscape. A cohort of West Midlands printmakers will operate the press, producing original prints and filling the gallery walls as work is made in real time.
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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.

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