West Midlands
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Bedwyr Williams lays siege to Ikon on the occasion of largest solo show to date
The Welsh artist and sometime stand-up comic brings ambiguous humour, surreal drawings and ambitious intervention to the Birmingham gallery.
International Garden Photographer of the Year show to tour to Jackfield Tile Museum
The annual exhibition from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew will tour to the Ironbridge Gorge site in Shropshire this summer.
The National Portrait Gallery marks the Road to London 2012 with touring photographic display
Bringing together highlights from the gallery's three 'Road to 2012' projects, the exhibition pays tribute to the athletes and workers behind the Olympic and Paralympic games.
£4.9 million Coventry Transport Museum Lottery bid boosts 14th century Old Grammar School
Planners at the world's largest British transport collection are on the road to winning £4.9 million from the Heritage Lottery Fund, utilising a forgotten building as part of the proposals.
Fierce Live Art and Performance Festival kicks off with unusual programme in Birmingham
The festival's events over the Easter weekend will include theatre pieces, city walks, talks, installations and late-night parties in a showcase of cutting edge contemporary art
Hamish Fulton to stage alternative walk in Birmingham on Easter weekend
The walking artist plans to lead a group around the regenerative landscape of Curzon Park in Eastside on Sunday.
Barr Beacon to become wonder of Walsall after planners win £440,000 Lottery award
A damaged war memorial for Warwickshire and Staffordshire on a site mentioned in the Domesday Book will become a centre for community pride in a three-year heritage project.
Royal Air Force Nimrod delivered to RAF Museum Cosford
A low loader lorry has moved a 38-metre long Nimrod aircraft, retired last year after decades of military air service, to the RAF Museum in Cosford.
Polished Thoughts: From Concept to Craft at Broadway's Gordon Russell Design Museum
The winners of a competition to find the best up-and-coming craftspeople in the country will have their designs shown in a new exhibition in Worcestershire.
The Culture24/7: All things Science and Nature for March
National Science and Engineering Week is the highlight of a month which also sees the Grant Museum unleash its animal side and Magna Science Centre take a splash.
The Arts Council Henry Moore Collection takes up residence at Leamington Spa Art Gallery
The Arts Council Collection of Henry Moore's works is currently on display at Leamington Spa Art Gallery as part of a tour that displays them together for the first time.
In his own Words: Kurt Hentschläger on his CORE installation at Enginuity
Chicago-based Austrian artist Kurt Hentschläger tells us about his huge new work, which is about to go on show at Enginuity, near the Ironbridge Gorge in Shropshire.
World War Two Japanese fighter Kawasaki Ki-100 goes back on display at RAF Cosford
The last remaining example of a World War Two Japanese fighter developed to meet the might of US long range bombers has gone back on display at RAF Museum Cosford.
Mobility Projects brings show on travel and communication to the Meter Room
The Coventry gallery plays host to a roster of Berlin artists and those with the Clarke Gallery on the second staging post of an ongoing touring show.
Inspiring celebration of craft in Joy of Making show at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
Intricate baskets, colourful Polish folk paper cut designs, needlework samplers, dolls and toys feature alongside local works they have inspired in a new exhibition.
