Event 05.03.2024–20.12.2024
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Ikon is an internationally acclaimed contemporary art venue located in Birmingham, UK. Free entry.
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HIRE IKON FOR YOUR EVENT
Housed in a beautiful Victorian building, Ikon Gallery has versatile spaces, accommodating 10 to 500 guests.
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ART AT HMP GRENDON
With a focus on the development of the prisoners’ artistic practice, Ikon has opened the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Studio at HMP Grendon – a dedicated space for workshops, in printing and painting, and a changing programme of exhibitions, art historical and contemporary.
Funded by the Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust.
IKON YOUTH PROGRAMME
Over three years (2021-24) Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) navigates the waterways on board Slow Boat, a converted narrow boat. IYP are collaborating with creative thinkers and makers to reimagine Slow Boat as a local art school.
Funded by Freelands Foundation.
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
Ikon is dedicated to minimising its impact on the environment and we strive to make our operations and exhibitions as sustainable as possible.
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Events
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Event 04.10.2024–20.12.2024
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Friday Spotlight Tour
Event 06.10.2024–22.12.2024
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Sunday Spotlight Tour
Family/Creative Health 02.11.2024 / 11.00am–3.00pm
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Family Saturday
With Vic Moyosola and Sadie Barnett
Event 04.12.2024 / 5.30pm–8.30pm
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Winter Craft Market
Current Exhibitions
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Exhibition 04.07.2024–02.11.2024
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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.
Exhibition 27.08.2024–30.03.2025
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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.
Exhibition 02.10.2024–23.02.2025
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FRIENDS IN LOVE AND WAR - L’ÉLOGE DES MEILLEUR·ES ENNEMI·ES.
Works from the British Council Collection and macLYON
Ikon and macLYON present works by over twenty artists from the British Council Collection and macLYON that explore the theme of friendship.
Upcoming Exhibitions
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Exhibition 31.10.2024–17.11.2024
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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.
Exhibition 20.03.2025–01.06.2025
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Htein Lin
A solo exhibition by Htein Lin, a multi-disciplinary artist from Myanmar, comprising a selection of textile paintings, monoprints, video and performance, evoking the artist’s lifelong quest for artistic freedom.
Exhibition 20.03.2025–01.06.2025
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Mahtab Hussain
What Did You Want To See?
British artist Mahtab Hussain explores the fine line between photographic documentation and surveillance culture, intervening in the intelligence sites established by the media and the state to monitor the Muslim community in Britain.
Exhibition 25.06.2025–07.09.2025
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Thread the Loom
Ikon celebrates the medium of weaving by bringing an AVL Studio Dobby loom on-site to the gallery and activating it through a series of micro-residencies with West Midlands weavers and artists.
Exhibition 25.06.2025–07.09.2025
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Seulgi Lee
Born in Seoul and living in Paris since 1992, Seulgi Lee’s artwork is shaped by the use of colour, gesture, simple yet elegant forms and performance.
Latest News
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News 24.10.2024
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Ikon announces 2025 exhibition & education programmes
Ikon is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition and education programmes for 2025. Established as an artists-led alternative space in the Bullring in 1964, Ikon remains free to all and committed to showcasing the very best of British and international art.
HMP Grendon 09.10.2024
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Interview with HMP Grendon Artist in Residence
Simon Harris
Dr Simon Harris is Ikon’s Artist in Residence at HMP Grendon. James Latunji-Cockbill, Ikon’s Producer, Art in Prisons, interviews the artist after his first three months of working at the prison.
Ikon Shop 01.08.2024
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Meet the maker - Claire Buckerfield
We caught up with Claire Buckerfield, an artist whose prints are stocked at Ikon Shop.
Creative Health 20.06.2024
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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.