
Soaking up the after-hours art at mac in Birmingham© Culture24
During Museums at Night 2011 Culture24 staff and reporters visited
night-time events, reporting back with pictures and a few words.
We'll be doing the same during the weekend of May 18 - 20 2012.
In the meantime here's a taster courtesy of Ikon Gallery; RBSA; MAC; Barber Institute, Birmingham during 2011.
There's been a coach smash on the M5 and I have just spent an hour looking at John Salt's car wreck paintings at Ikon gallery. This doesn't bode well for the Art Bus.

Checking I have the right bus© Mark Sheerin / Culture24
But in fact, it is oversubscribed. Some Japanese students are turned away and we head off for the RBSA. Birmingham's answer to the Royal Academy is a crafter's paradise.

Raghav and Anubha have come from India via Twitter© Mark Sheerin / Culture24
Soon we are barrelling through an estate in Edgbaston on the way to MAC. The recently refurbished arts centre hosts photography by Simon Roberts and sculpture by Doug Jones.

Bright lights, big city: the view from the bus© Mark Sheerin / Culture24

Leo and Sean on board the Art Bus© Mark Sheerin / Culture24
Another short hop takes us to the Barber Institute. Here tour guide John takes us through an entire history of Western painting in about 40 minutes. The collection is exhilarating and difficult to leave.

Robin from Litchfield checks out Doug Jones' show© Mark Sheerin / Culture24
The coach stops at Ikon and then takes a hardcore few to a warehouse party in a gallery in Digbeth. I stick around until the dancefloor fills and then head home. This passenger needs to crash.

The party at Vivid combined old skool acid house with cake© Mark Sheerin / Culture24
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