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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.
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.
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.
Hamish Fulton walks into concurrent shows at Turner Contemporary and Ikon Birmingham
The Kent-based artist whose practice involves walking and sometimes mountaineering gets his first public shows since 2002.
Middle England, brutalist Birmingham and Harold Steptoe: Three new shows for Ikon
Stuart Whipps looks at the Spread of Ugliness, John Myers presents portraits of mundanity and Dean Kelland becomes part of Steptoe and Son in a trio of shows at Ikon Gallery.
Lost in Lace: Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery and Crafts Council in lace and space
Curators explore the "potentially radical relationship between the structure of lace networks and architectural space" in a new show in the Gas Hall in Birmingham.
Birmingham's Supersonic Festival heralds art, history and zines in diverse 2011 line-up
The hugely popular festival, best known for its disparate line-up of some of cutting-edge experimental musicians, supplements its headbangers with art and literature.
Thinktank Birmingham slashes admission prices to celebrate tenth birthday
Family science shows, animation workshops and robot rebuilding as the Birmingham science temple celebrates ten years in the business.
Some Domestic Incidents: An Exhibition of new Painting from Britain at mac Birmingham
Following his pop art portrait of the Queen, Justin Mortimer returns in unsettling style as part of a display of emerging and mid-career painters at Birmingham's mac.
Heritage Open Days 2011: Culture24 picks ten to try across the UK as the doors open
Heritage Open Days returns this weekend with thousands of buildings and landmarks allowing free entry to visitors. We take a look at ten of them.
Slow Boat brings art, performance and themed cuisine to Birmingham canals
Restored narrowboat Aaron Mandy becomes a floating studio and exhibition space thanks to Ikon Youth Programme and artist Marjolijn Dijkman.
In Pictures: Home of Metal makes noisy arrival at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Rock and roll comes to Birmingham in a show celebrating the musical heritage of the Midlands.
Home of Metal exhibition rocks Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery's Gas Hall
A major new project in the Midlands aims to show why the region is the birthplace of heavy metal. With the forceful assistance of Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin and more, it also tells the story of a......
Rock On: Birmingham and Wolverhampton prepare to enter The Home of Metal
Who knew Robert Plant spent his early years laying asphalt on West Bromwich High Street? A double-bill of thrillers in Wolverhampton and Birmingham champion the rock legacy of the Midlands, starring......
