Barber What's On April-September 2014

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The Barber Institute is located in south-west Birmingham, approximately three miles from the city centre, at the East Gate of the University of Birmingham, off Edgbaston Park Road.

By TRaInUniversity station, a 10-minute walk from the Barber, is served by trains from Birmingham New Street, Lichfield and Longbridge, Cardiff and Worcestershire. Check train times and buy tickets at www.thetrainline.com.

By BUsThere are frequent buses from the city centre past the bottom of Edgbaston Park Road (61 and 63 operated by national Express West Midlands).

By CaRNorth East car park (off Pritchatts Road) is five minutes’ walk away. Charges apply Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 4.30pm.

FREE parking is available on campus around the Barber outside these times. Please check our website for the latest information on car parking.

For maps and more information about how to travel to the Barber visit: www.about.bham.ac.uk/maps

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Discover some of the other museums, galleries and collections that the University of Birmingham has to offer...

Winterbourne House & Gardenwww.winterbourne.org.uk

Cadbury Research Librarywww.special-coll.bham.ac.uk

The Lapworth Museum of Geologywww.lapworth.bham.ac.uk

Research and Cultural Collectionswww.rcc.bham.ac.uk

GROUP VIsITsGroup visits are welcome, but if you plan to visit with a group, please call to let us know. Guided tours and refreshments can also be arranged in advance for a small charge. Tours of the collection for visually impaired groups are also available. Contact 0121 414 2261 or [email protected]

EDUCaTIOn VIsITsEducation workshops can be provided for school (supporting KS1-5 and beyond), college or university groups. Contact 0121 414 2261 or [email protected]

FRIEnDs OF THE BaRBERLet your passion for art and music help support and promote the Barber. A Friend’s subscription entitles you to a range of exciting benefits and events. To find out more to becoming a friend, please visit www.barber.org.uk/support or contact [email protected]

PaTROns OF THE BaRBEROur Patrons support the Barber Institute’s work financially in many areas, while also enjoying exclusive private views, visits and events. Subscription levels are: Benefactors - £200 per year ; Director’s Circle - £500 per year ; 1932 Club - £1,000 a year. If you are interested in becoming a Patron, please contact 0121 414 2946 or [email protected]

THE BaRBER assOCIaTIOnA membership society that encourages students interested in art and music to get more involved with the life of the Barber Institute. Benefits include exclusive gallery events, practical workshops, socials, career and networking event opportunities and much, much more! For more information, visit: http://barber.org.uk/the-barber-association/.

HIRE THE BaRBER InsTITUTEThe Barber’s stunning galleries, foyer, concert hall and lecture theatre are all available for hire for receptions, launches and other functions. Hire can include an exclusive private view and introductory talk from a staff member. We offer a wide range of wines, beers, spirits, soft drinks and snacks, and can also arrange buffet catering. For more details visit: www.barber.org.uk/venue-hire or contact our Commercial Sales Officer for enquiries or to make a booking on 0121 414 6985 or [email protected].

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Monet, Manet and Magritte; Renoir, Rubens, Rossetti and Rodin; Degas, Delacroix and Van Dyck — as well as Botticelli, Poussin, Turner, Gainsborough, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Picasso, Hodgkin…

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You can see key works by all these – and many more – great artists at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. There’s also a stunning coin gallery and an exciting programme of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, gallery talks, workshops and family activities.

The Barber was founded in 1932 by Lady Hattie Barber in memory of her husband, Sir William Henry Barber, ‘for the study and encouragement of art and music’. Housed in a listed Art Deco building designed by Robert Atkinson, it was officially opened by Queen Mary in 1939.

Featuring many of the greatest names in Western art, the Barber holds one of the most outstanding and internationally significant collections assembled during the 20th century.

As well as around 150 major paintings and some stunning pastels and watercolours, the Barber is also home to more than 1000 drawings and prints, a fine collection of sculpture, decorative art and portrait miniatures. The Barber also has one of the finest collections of Roman, Byzantine and medieval coins in the world.

A haven of tranquillity in a bustling metropolis, the Barber Institute is like a mini National Gallery – and is a must-see for anyone visiting Birmingham and the West Midlands.

No wonder it enjoys a reputation for being one of the finest small art galleries in Europe!

Our expanding programmes of family activities and Barber Concerts are now covered by separate leaflets.

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ACCESS/FACILITIESLevel access is available if you cannot manage the stairs at the main entrance, but please phone in advance to make arrangements. Gallery shop, light refreshments, WC, lift and baby-changing facilities are available. Breast-feeding is welcome throughout the building.

By TrAInUniversity station, a 10-minute walk from the Barber, is served by trains from Birmingham New Street, Lichfield and Longbridge, Cardiff and Worcestershire. Check train times and buy tickets at www.thetrainline.com.

By BUSThere are frequent buses that stop at various locations at the edge of the university campus. Buses 61 and 63 from the city centre stop on the Bristol road at its junction with Edgbaston Park road. For all services and a current timetable visit www.nxbus.co.uk/west-midlands

By CArThe university’s north-East Car Park (off Pritchatts road) is a short walk away. Charges apply Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 4.30pm.

For maps and more information about how to travel to the Barber visit: www.about.bham.ac.uk/maps

ThE BArBEr InSTITUTE oF FInE ArTSUniversity of BirminghamEdgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TSGeneral Enquiries – 0121 414 7333Website – www.barber.org.uk

Admission to GAlleries And All exhibitions is freeoPEnInG hoUrSMonday – Friday: 10am – 5pm; Saturday/Sunday: 11am – 5pm(Closed Good Friday 18 April)

how to find usThe Barber Institute is located in south-west Birmingham, approximately three miles from the city centre, at the East Gate of the University of Birmingham, off Edgbaston Park road.

FREE parking is available on campus around the Barber outside these times

and all day on bank holidays.

APRIL – SEPTEMBER 2014

holiday Funhalf term workshopsLANTERNS, DRAGONS AND STORYTELLINGWEDNESDAY 28 MAYMake your own lanterns and dragons – then watch as they become part of the story! WorkShoP 1: 11AM – 12.30PM / WorkShoP 2: 1.30 – 3.00PM Both workshops are identical – choose which time you want to come along. The workshop is suitable for children aged 4 – 8 years old.

FREE, but booking essential.

sUmmer DrawING sUNDaYsAROuND ThE WORLD - 11AM – 12.30PM (ALL AGES) Go globetrotting this summer – without even leaving the Barber galleries! Explore the world through drawing, taking inspiration from the paintings and sculptures in our collection, with our summer resident artist Ruth Radcliffe.

3 AUGUST – All Dressed Up: Costumes10 AUGUST – Land, Sea and Air : Landscapes17 AUGUST – Pattern Everywhere24 AUGUST – Exploring Architecture31 AUGUST – Food & Feasting

£5 per child, per session, booking essential.

sUmmer art sChools11AM – 12.30PM (AGES 4 – 8 YRS); 1.30 – 3PM (AGES 8 uPWARDS)

PORTRAITS ONE, TWO, ThREE! - 29, 30 & 31 JuLY Explore the world of portraits in our galleries and then make your own, using a different technique each day.Day 1: Sculpture / Day 2: Paint / Day 3: Print

SuMMER SKETChBOOKS! – 12, 13 & 14 AuGuSTCan you create your own sketchbook in 3 days? Yes you can! Work with our artists Benny and Ruth to create drawings and prints inspired by our collection. Then use them to build your own unique sketchbook on day 3. They’re sketchbooks – but not as you know them!Day 1: Still life drawing / Day 2: Print / Day 3: Creating your book

£25 per child per course, booking essential.

Two fascinating pictures by Dutch 17th-century masters will bring a taste of the sea to landlocked Birmingham when they go on show here this spring.The majestic oil painting, An Estuary Landscape with a Distant View of Dordrecht, 1646, (below) by Jan van Goyen, has been lent from a private collection. Thought not to have been on public display for at least 70 years, the picture – depicting a busy scene on the estuary of the River Maas – has been declared ‘pre-eminent’ by the Arts Council.

Joining it will be Attack on Harwich, 1669 (bottom), an unusual and highly detailed black and white ‘pen painting’ by Willem van de Velde the Elder. On loan from Royal Museums Greenwich, it comes in exchange for the Barber’s Turner seascape, The Sun rising through Vapour, lent to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich for the exhibition Turner and the Sea.

The two loans will be displayed from 29 April to 29 October in the Red Gallery alongside the Barber’s own squally seascape by Jan van de Capelle, Boats on Ruffled Water – itself set on the estuary near Dordrecht.

WritinG WorkshopSaturday 24 May, 1.30 – 4pmSee page 9 for details

GALLEry tALkTuesday 27 May, 1.15pmSee page 14 for details

LunchtiME LEcturEWednesday18 June, 1.10pmSee page 15 for details

Top: © Private Collection.Above: © National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. (detail)

The War art of CRW nevinson

24 October 2014 – 25 January 2015

The powerful art and contradictory personality of British war artist Richard Nevinson will be explored in a groundbreaking exhibition that is the centerpiece of our AUTUMN programme.

Rebel Visions: The War Art of CRW Nevinson, will open on 24 October 2014 and continue until 25 January 2015.

Famous for his dramatic, often haunting images of the battlefield and its soldiers, Nevinson’s art also acknowledged the sometimes unpalatable effects war had on British society. Always a rebel, he produced work that ranged in variety from official war propaganda to anti-war condemnation – some of which was censored.

With major paintings and key drawings and prints lent by major UK public and private collections, this exhibition will be accompanied by a full programme of related lectures, talks, and other exciting events.

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Until 27 aprilLady Barber Gallery & throughout main galleries

Exhibition toursSundays 20 April, 18 May, 15 June, 20 July & 21 September, 2.30pmSee pages 14, 15 & 16 for details

LunchtiME LEcturEWednesday 14 May, 1.10pmSee page 14 for details

Coins have always provided a stage on which the dramas of religion and politics, statehood and rebellion, marriage and succession, and triumph and desperation are played.

In the first quarter of the seventh century, the East Roman Emperor Herakleios requisitioned silver from the churches of Constantinople to pay his army. The coins bore the petition ‘God help the Romans’.

A generation later the leader of the first Muslim Empire, the Umayyad Caliph Abd Al-Malik, created a gold coinage emblazoned with Islamic verse, which transformed the nature of Muslim coinage for centuries.

This fascinating exhibition explores the origins, meanings and manufacturing processes of coinage in the neighbouring Byzantine and early Muslim empires. The relationship between these two empires was characterised by a constant dialogue of trade, intellectual exchange and military confrontation. Contextualised by two highly important sacred texts, which illustrate how attitudes to depicting religious subjects differ between Islam and Christianity, the coins show how currency was used by each to assert cultural difference and promote its own concept of the divine.

FAITH AND FoRTUNeVisualising the Divine on Byzantine and Early Islamic Coinage

Until 30 novemberCoin Gallery

The freshest and best artistic talent to have emerged from West Midlands university art schools over the past three years is showcased in a dedicated exhibition gallery – and as interventions among the Barber’s collection. It includes some unexpected and thought-provoking works – sculpture, painting, photography, mixed media and installation – tackling every subject from fairytales to the relationships between humans, their environment and medical science.

The exhibition is also on show at the following venues:Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery (until 18 May)Wolverhampton Art Gallery (until 10 May)For further details: www.newartmidlands.org

RUBY’S RoomPhotographic Miniature by Bettina von Zwehl

Until 26 MayPrint Bay, Green Gallery

FAmIlY cIRcleSBritish Portrait Miniatures of Children and Families

Until 26 MayPrint Bay, Beige Gallery

FAmIlY cIRcleSBritish Portrait Miniatures of Children and Families

Until 26 MayPrint Bay, Beige Gallery

Historic portrait miniatures and an unusual 18th-century ‘eye miniature’ inspired this exhibition by von Zwehl, whose artistic response was these intimate photographic studies of her own young daughter, Ruby, husband, David, Ruby’s primary school friends and members of the gallery staff at the Holburne Museum, Bath, (where this display was developed and first shown). Framed or mounted into items of jewellery by Laura Lee, these exquisite and intense little works challenge the conventional relationship between observer and observed.

The family – and how its members are depicted on portrait miniatures – is the theme of this display of small British (and one French) masterpieces selected from two important English private collections, currently on long-term loan to the Barber.

Complementing the exhibition Ruby’s Room, it includes outstanding portrait miniatures of children, brothers, husbands and wives and larger family groups or dynasties. Among artists represented are father and son Isaac and Peter Oliver, Nicholas Dixon, Bernard Lens, James Scouler, John Smart and William Ross, some of the very greatest masters of the genre working between the 17th and 19th centuries.

LunchtiME LEcturEWednesday 2 April, 1.10pmSee page 14 for details

Above: Bettina von Zwehl, Ruby (with Diamond), 2012. © Bettina von Zwehl

Above: William Marshall Craig, Richard Colley (as child, with dog), about 1805. © Private collection

cHINeSe lIVeS IN BIRmINGHAm17 May – 8 JuneLearning Room

The origins and rich culture of Birmingham’s diverse Chinese community is explored in this display.

Based on material from recorded interviews and documentary research, it will tell the stories of individuals as well as examining the development of the community from the 1950s. With the help of a slideshow, the display will also look at the preservation of the community’s culture through festivals, traditions and Chinese schools. It will also focus on the experience of settling down and establishing new lives, and the reflections of British-born Chinese people on living with a dual identity.

Project content, including the full interviews, will be uploaded to the blog http://chineselivesinbirmingham.com/blog/.

See our Families First brochure for information on a related half-term workshop.

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Works on Paper from the Barber’s Collection

13 June – 26 OctoberPrint Bay, Green Gallery

To coincide with this summer’s display of 17th-century seascapes, this selection of works on paper travels upstream to highlight the importance of rivers in everyday life. Featuring prints & drawings by, or after, artists such as Wenceslas Hollar, Turner,

Whistler and Max Klinger, the display explores themes of leisure and entertainment, but also the pervasive impact of rivers on settlement, farming and industry. However, there is more to water than simple functionality, and this display also delves into its symbolic and allegorical nature.

20th-century Portrait Prints

6 June – 28 SeptemberLady Barber Gallery

From etchings to a plasticine print, Lasting Impressions brings together works that document the renaissance of the portrait print from the early 20th century to the present day.

By the late 1800s, printmaking had undergone such monumental technological changes that its status had sunk to that of mere reproduction. However, in response, traditional techniques were revived by many artists, who produced prints that could stand for themselves as works of art. In the later 20th century, more experimental and unorthodox methods were explored – often with dramatic results.

This exhibition explores how artists including Eric Gill, Oskar Kokoschka and Richard Hamilton have used different print processes to convey the personalities and circumstances of sitters as colourful as Quentin Crisp, Lucian Freud, Frank Bruno, Robert Plant – and even an entire House of Commons – and also their relationships with the artists portraying them. The prints will be accompanied by a range of printmaking tools and books from the University’s Cadbury Research Library and Research and Cultural Collections, for which some of the artists featured produced illustrations. Co-curated by postgraduate students from the University’s Art History, Film and Visual Studies department, the display is the third in a collaborative series with the National Portrait Gallery, London.

WritinG WorkshopSaturday 19 July, 1.30 – 4pm See page 15 for details

GALLEry tALksTuesdays 10 & 24 June; 1 July, 1.15pm See page 15 for details

GALLEry tALkTuesday 17 June, 1.15pmSee page 15 for details

GALLEry tALkTuesday 8 July, 1.15pmSee page 15 for details

Michael Rothenstein, Michael Rothenstein, 1981. © National Portrait Gallery, London.

Portrait Prints from the Barber’s Collection

13 June – 5 OctoberPrint Bay, Beige Gallery

Featuring stunning works by Rembrandt, Goya, Cézanne and Picasso, this display spans four centuries of portrait printmaking. It explores the different compositional approaches, styles and techniques adopted by artists that contribute to an evolving dialogue about the purpose and practice of portraiture. Organized to complement the exhibition Lasting Impressions, the portraits are arranged in pairs to encourage the comparison of individual artistic responses to the fundamental challenges of creating a likeness through the print medium.

LunchtiME LEcturEWednesday 16 July, 1.10pm See page 15 for details

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BARBeR YoUTHaged 13 – 18 and into art?Join Barber youth!

Learn new skills in drawing, painting, printing, sculpture and photography.

Visit museums and art galleries, meet artists and learn about careers in the arts!

Tuesdays, 4.30 – 6.30pm:8 & 29 April13 & 27 May10 & 24 June8 July

£5 per session, booking essential.*

*Booking Contact 0121 414 2261 [email protected] informationon all our events andworkshops can be found atwww.barber.org.uk.Concessions apply to over 60s, Friends of the Barber, University of Birmingham staff and the unemployed.

These workshops, led by Barber Writer in Residence Jacqui Rowe, are suitable for writers of prose or poetry, at all levels of experience.

£6; £4 concessions & students per workshop. Limited spaces available. Booking essential.*

UNDERSTANDING ART PART V: WOMEN & ART

Thursday 26 June: Wolverhampton art GalleryThursday 3 July: IkonThursday 10 July: The new art Gallery WalsallThursday 17 July: The Barber Institute of Fine arts2 – 3pm

Join us for a varied four-part course exploring the complex relationships between women and art. At Wolverhampton Art Gallery, discover how contemporary female photographer Justyna Ptak reveals the beauty in our everyday surroundings. Study pieces by female artists such as Cornelia Parker and Susan Hiller as part of a

ART & WRITINGMISS CLARA & FRIENDSsaturday 12 april1.30 – 4pm

Many non-human creatures feature in works in the Barber galleries. What would they tell us if they could talk? Explore the relationships portrayed between animals and humans.

VOYAGESsaturday 24 May1.30 – 4pm

Be inspired by the seascapes in our galleries and explore personal maps and journeys and write about the sea in its many forms…

MARBLE, BRONZE, WOOD, STEELsaturday 28 June1.30 – 4pm

Embark on a treasure hunt for the hidden and unexpected artworks around the University of Birmingham campus! Be inspired in your writing by this diverse and eclectic range of sculpture, both inside and out, including works in the Barber Institute and the Campus Collection of Fine and Decorative Art.

Please bring suitable footwear for walking, and protection against bad weather.

FACE TO FACEsaturday 19 July1.30 – 4pm

In response to our Lasting Impressions exhibition, this workshop looks at how we describe people and create characters. Explore these ideas and have the opportunity to write a dialogue by pairing two disparate portraits.

SUMMER OF PRINTMAKINGWith Birmingham Printmakers

Explore a world of printmaking this summer with artist-tutors from Birmingham Printmakers. Be inspired by our exhibition Lasting Impressions, and get the chance to study, up-close, stunning prints from the Barber’s own collection. Each workshop, run over two consecutive Saturdays, will explore a different print process from start to finish – resulting in a completed print to take home by the end of the course. Sign up to one or come to all three!

Suitable for all levels of ability- all materials provided.

sCREEnPRInTsaturday 21 & 28 June11pm – 4pmTutor: Karoline RerrieLInO PRInTsaturday 19 & 26 July11 – 4pmTutors: Jacqui Dodds & Christine BradshawDRyPOInTsaturday 20 & 27 september11 – 4pmTutor: Paul Bartlett

£70; £60 concessions; £50 students for each 2-day workshop.Booking essential*.

retrospective look at Ikon, and art, in the 1980s. At the New Art Gallery Walsall, return to contemporary photography with Noémie Goudal‘s work, inspired by isolated places. To conclude the course, explore the complex roles of women as models, muses and makers in art history as illustrated in the Barber collection.

£20; £16 concessions and students (for all four sessions). Booking essential: call Ikon shop on 0121 248 0711. E-bookings can be made via Ikon’s website: www.ikon-gallery.org

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COMMUNITY DAYsunday 7 september11am – 4pm

Come along to the Barber Institute on the University’s Community Day for a day of arty fun. Storytellers Annamation return to tell moon-inspired tales in the galleries, to celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival. Meander around the galleries and discover the many mysterious moons in our paintings, then design and build your own rocket to the moon!

Pop over to the Great Hall to make a man-on-the-moon badge to take home! For timings, check www.barber.org.uk in late August.FREE, drop-in.

BARBER BOOK CLUBTuesdays once a month2 – 3pm

Why not join our monthly book club for a stimulating and informal discussion of books that link to the Barber’s magnificent collection?8 April: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro13 May: Keeping the World Away by Margaret Forster10 June: Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty8 July: Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh9 September: Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver

Refreshments provided.£2 per session, booking essential.*

NADFAS AT NIGHTMusic on the Grand Tourwith Peter Medhurst GRsM aRCMThursday 3 July5.45pm: Late Gallery viewing/refreshments7 – 8.15pm: Lecture-Recital

The Grand Tour was de rigeur in the 18th century for well-to-do young gentlemen, who flocked to Europe’s cultural centres in search of adventure and to improve their minds. In this illustrated lecture – complete with musical additions – Peter Medhurst takes a look at 18th-century Italian music-making – the composers, the performers, the forms and styles – and determines exactly what drew the musical British travellers south, time and time again.

For more information about this lecture, visit our website at www.barber.org.uk

£10. Refreshments will be provided.Open to all.Booking essential: nadfas.org.uk, in person from the Barber reception desk, or by contacting 0121 414 2261 (credit/debit card)

GALLERIES NIGHTThursday 15 May5 – 9pm

The Barber Institute, Ikon, RBSA, Eastside Projects, mac Birmingham...

Galleries Night returns this summer, providing gallery-lovers with another brilliant evening out! Enjoy the delights of the exhibitions and collections at six of Birmingham’s top galleries, with the free Art Bus between venues and guided tours available at selected venues.

FREE, hop-on, hop-off. Timetables will be available at participating galleries, tourist information centres and public libraries, and in downloadable form from the Barber website, from mid april.

CHINESE LIVESLAUNCH EVENTsaturday 17 May 11am – 12.30pm

Join us to celebrate the opening of the Chinese Lives in Birmingham exhibition.

Following opening speeches at 11am, younger visitors (and parents too) can take part in Guan Yin’s treasure hunt around the Barber galleries. Free refreshments will be served throughout the morning.

FREE – no booking required.

‘REDBRICK, BRUTALIST AND BEYOND…’ Walking Toursaturday 24 May 2 – 3.30pm

Discover more than 100 years of architecture, right here on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus.

From redbrick Chancellor’s Court, to Arts & Crafts University House, to the glass and concrete of 1969’s Muirhead Tower, this 90-minute guided walking tour will reveal the eclectic and the experimental collection of architecture on campus… loved or loathed. The tour will also look to the future, discussing current developments that will add a new chapter to the architectural story of the University. The circular tour will start and finish at the Grade II listed Art Deco Barber Institute of Fine Arts, where refreshments and toilets are available.

This event is part of Birmingham Architecture Festival 2014.

FREE, but booking essential* (limited spaces available)

CONROY MADDOX AND BIRMINGHAM SURREALISMBirmingham surrealist Laboratorysaturday 5 July 2 – 4pm

Explore the fittingly unlikely topic of Birmingham Surrealism at this roundtable event on Surrealist artist and thinker Conroy Maddox (1912-2005).

The Birmingham Surrealist Laboratory is inspired by the life and work of Maddox, who lived in the city from the 1930s to the1950s. The round-table discussion will feature some of Maddox’s associates and contributions from scholars in the field and the event forms part of the Birmingham Surrealist Laboratory project, which is funded by the Communities and Culture Network+. The project has explored Birmingham Surrealism with residents in Balsall Heath, where Maddox held court as champion of Surrealism.

For further details, visit: http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/lcahm/departments/french/research/surrealist-laboratory.aspx FREE, but booking essential.*

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BARBER BOOK CLUBTuesdays, once a month2 – 3pm

Why not join our monthly book club for stimulating and informal discussion of books that link to the Barber’s magnificent collection?

7 January: The Untouchable by John Banville

11 February: The Fountain Overflows by Rebecca West

11 March: What I Loved by Siri Hustvedt

8 april: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro

Refreshments provided.£2 per session, booking essential*

SUMMER FESTIVAL OF MUSIC (8 – 20 June)

The Barber hosts a number of performances in this year’s Summer Festival of Music, including the Summer Festival Opera, The Marriage of Figaro (13 – 15 June).

For full details of concerts and performances in the Barber Concert Hall, please go to www.barber.org.uk/concerts

SUNDAY GALLERY TOURSsecond and fourth sundays of the month, 2.30pmFind out about our collections and exhibitions in these hour-long tours. Meet in the foyer. FREE

COIN GALLERY TOURS Third sunday of the month, 2.30pm Tours of the current exhibition Faith & Fortune.FREE

TUESDAY TOURS & TALKSTuesdays, 1.15pmThese weekly tours and talks focus on exhibitions and displays, as well as including introductory and themed mini-tours of the collection. Gallery talks last 20 minutes and taster tours 30 minutes.FREE

LUNCHTIME LECTURESWednesdays once a month,1.10pmOur popular, public, illustrated 50-minute lectures, which take place in the Barber Lecture Theatre, complement our collection, exhibitions and art historical themes, given by experts in the field. FREE

AUDIO-DESCRIPTIVE GALLERY TOURS For blind and partially sighted visitors1-hour tours and half-day sessions with our friendly and knowledgeable Gallery Guides can be arranged for groups on request, free of charge. Hand-held magnifiers, as recommended by the RNIB, are available from reception. To discuss your visit please contact the Learning and Access team on 0121 414 2261 or email [email protected]

SIGNED GALLERY TOURS For deaf visitorsGallery tours with our experienced Gallery Guides and qualified BSL interpreters can also be arranged on request. Charges apply. For more information, please contact the Learning and Access team on 0121 414 2261 or email [email protected]

BaRBER EVEnInG COnCERT

STEVEN HOUGH pianoWednesday 7 May 7.30pm

‘The most perfect piano playing conceivable’ (The Guardian)

Described as ‘A virtuoso who begins where others leave off ’ (Washington Post), internationally acclaimed pianist Stephen Hough needs little by way of introduction. With some fifty-plus recordings to his name, numerous performances at the BBC Proms and every major international festival, concerti with many of the world’s finest orchestras and through his work both as a composer and writer, Stephen’s output is both prolific and highly regarded. He was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2014 New Year’s Honours List and performs for the second time in the Barber Evening Concert series.

schoenbergSix Little Pieces, Op. 19straussTräumereiWagnerAlbumblattBrucknerErinnerungenBrahmsSeven Fantasias, Op. 116stephen HoughPiano Sonata No. 2 (notturno luminoso)schumannCarnaval

Barber Concert HallTickets: £15; £12 concessions; £10 Barber Friends; £5 students. To book, contact the Barber Box Office on 0121 414 7333 or purchase from the reception desk.

BARBER LUNCHTIME CONCERTSEvery Friday in May at 1.10pm

The Barber presents some of the UK leading young classical musicians in a free, 50-minute recital. The summer series includes performances by Barber favourite Kenneth Hamilton, who gives two lively piano lecture recitals, recent RNCM graduates, the Zelkova Quartet, and we also have a special performance on Friday 20 June as Birmingham University Singers prepare for their International Eisteddfod debut.

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TUEsDay 1, 1.15PMtAstEr tour Self Portraits on PaperPam Turton, Gallery Guide

WEDnEsDay 2, 1.10PMLunchtiME LEcturERuby’s Room and Other Works in MiniatureBettina von Zwehl, artist

TUEsDay 8, 1.15PMtAstEr tour Water, Water Everywhere!Jen Costigan, Gallery Guide

2 – 3PMbArbEr book cLub*/**Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro

4.30 – 6.30PMbArbEr youth*/**Workshop for young people aged 13 – 18 years

saTURDay 12, 1.30 – 4PMWritinG Workshop*/**Miss Clara and FriendsWith Writer in Residence Jacqui Rowe

sUnDay 13, 2.30PMGALLEry tour

TUEsDay 15, 1.15PMtAstEr tourCrucifixionsPam Turton, Gallery Guide

sUnDay 20, 2.30PMfaith & fortune tour


TUEsDay 29, 1.15PMtAstEr tourWhat Are You Looking At? The Sitter’s GazeJill Ambler, Gallery Guide

4.30 – 6.30PMbArbEr youth*/**Workshop for young people aged 13 –18 years

TUEsDay 6, 1.15PMtAstEr tourIntroduction to the CollectionJill Ambler, Gallery Guide

WEDnEsDay 7, 7.30PMEvEninG concErtSteven Hough (piano) For booking details see page 12


TUEsDay 13, 1.15PMtAstEr tourFolk Tales and Romantic Stories in Works on PaperTamsin Cross, Learning & Access Intern

2 – 3PMbook cLub*/**Keeping the World Away by Margaret Forster

4.30 – 6.30PMbArbEr youth*/**Workshop for young people aged 13 –18 years

WEDnEsDay 14, 1.10PMLunchtiME LEcturEFrom Sacred Image to Sacred Word: The Genesis of Early Islamic CoinageDr Luke Treadwell, Oriental Institute

THURsDay 15, 5 – 9PMspEciAL EvEntGalleries Night

saTURDay 17, 11aMspEciAL EvEntChinese Lives Launch and Treasure Hunt


TUEsDay 20, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkLady Barber’s TextilesSarah Beattie, Collections Assistant

saTURDay 24, 1.30 – 4PMWritinG Workshop*/**VoyagesWith Writer in Residence Jacqui Rowe

2 – 3.30PMspEciAL EvEnt*‘Redbrick, Brutalist and Beyond…’Walking tour


TUEsDay 27, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkIntroduction to the Dutch 17th-century Marine Paintings on LoanRobert Wenley, Deputy Director


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TUEsDay 3, 1.15PMtAstEr tourThe Symbolism of Flowers and FruitAlex Jolly, Learning & Access Assistant


TUEsDay 10, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkLasting Impressions: An introduction to the exhibitionRobert Wenley, Deputy Director

2 – 3PMbook cLub*/**Grace Notes by Bernard MacLaverty



TUEsDay 17, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkConversations: An introduction to the displayCharlotte Walker, Collections and Exhibitions Intern

WEDnEsDay 18, 1.10PMLunchtiME LEcturESilver Seas in a Golden Age: 17th-century Dutch Marine PaintingRobert Wenley, Deputy Director

saTURDay 21, 11aM – 4PMADuLt Workshop*/**Summer of Printmaking: ScreenprintWith Birmingham Printmakers


TUEsDay 24, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkHidden Histories: A spy, a spinner and other sitters’ storiesMichael Escolme and Erin Shakespeare, MA Students and Co-curators of Lasting Impressions


THURsDay 26, 2 – 3PMADuLt Workshop*/**Understanding Art Part VAt Wolverhampton Art Gallery

saTURDay 28, 11aM – 4PMADuLt Workshop*/**Summer of Printmaking: ScreenprintWith Birmingham Printmakers

1.30 – 4PMWritinG Workshop*/**Marble, Bronze, Wood, SteelWith Writer in Residence Jacqui Rowe

TUEsDay 1, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkCreating Lasting Impressions: A Guide to Printmaking TechniquesAnnette Eldridge and Anne Russell, MA students and Co-curators of Lasting Impressions

THURsDay 3, 2 – 3PMADuLt Workshop*/**Understanding Art Part VAt Ikon

5.45 – 8.15PMspEciAL EvEnt*/**NADFAS at Night

saTURDay 5, 2 – 4PMspEciAL EvEnt*Conray Maddox and Birmingham Surrealism

TUEsDay 8, 1.15PMGALLEry tALkA River Runs Through It: An introduction to the displaySarah Beattie, Collections Assistant

2 – 3PMbook cLub*/**Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh


THURsDay 10, 2 – 3PMADuLt Workshop*/**Understanding Art Part VAt the New Art Gallery Walsall sUnDay 13, 2.30PMGALLEry tour

TUEsDay 15, 1.15PMtAstEr tourRembrandt’s Works on PaperAlex Jolly, Learning and Access Assistant

WEDnEsDay 16, 1.10PMLunchtiME LEcturELasting Impressions: An Exploration of Printmaking in 20th-century PortraitureGemma Wright, Education and Programme Manager, Leicester Print Workshop

THURsDay 17, 2 – 3PMADuLt Workshop*/**Understanding Art Part VAt the Barber Institute of Fine Arts

saTURDay 19, 11aM – 4PMADuLt Workshop*/**Summer of Printmaking: Lino printWith Birmingham Printmakers

1.30 – 4PMWritinG Workshop*/**Face to FaceWith Writer in Residence Jacqui Rowe


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TUEsDay 22, 1.15PMtAstEr tourTwo Nuns and a PriorJennifer Young, Gallery Guide

saTURDay 26, 11aM – 4PMADuLt Workshop*/**Summer of Printmaking: Lino printWith Birmingham Printmakers


TUEsDay 29, 1.15PMtAstEr tourRomance... and Runaways: Couples in the CollectionJen Ridding, Learning and Access Officer

TUEsDay 2, 1.15PMtAstEr tourTrees in ArtJennifer Young, Gallery Guide

sUnDay 7, 11aM – 4PMspEciAL EvEntCommunity Day

TUEsDay 9, 1.15PMtAstEr tourMasters of the Sistine ChapelBarbara Fogarty, Gallery Guide

2 – 3PMbArbEr book cLub*/**Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver


TUEsDay 16, 1.15PMtAstEr tourBiblical Women of ConsequencePam Turton, Gallery Guide

saTURDay 20, 11aM – 4PMADuLt Workshop*/**Summer of Printmaking: DrypointWith Birmingham Printmakers


TUEsDay 23, 1.15PMtAstEr tourSable to Hoghair : Oil Painting TechniquesJohn Southall, Gallery Guide

WEDnEsDay 24, 1.10PMLunchtiME LEcturEPortrait Prints from the National Portrait Gallery CollectionRosie Broadley, Associate Curator, National Portrait Gallery, London

saTURDay 27, 11aM – 4PMADuLt Workshop*/**Summer of Printmaking: DrypointWith Birmingham Printmakers


TUEsDay 30, 1.15PMtAstEr tourIntroductory Tour of the BarberBarbara Fogarty, Gallery Guide

opEninG hours

Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm;Saturday & Sunday 11am – 5pm(Closed Good Friday 18 April)

ADMission to GALLEriEs & ALL Exhibitions is FrEE

aCCEssFacilities for disabled visitors include designated parking, level access, wheelchair, lift and WC. Call in advance to make your visit easier.Baby changing facilities are available and the Barber is a breastfeeding-friendly venue throughout.

sHOPOur shop sells a wide variety of items – from pocket-money souvenirs for children to high-quality designer leather goods. We also offer a range of collection - and exhibition-related books, postcards, greetings cards and gifts suitable for all pockets. REFREsHMEnTsHot and cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes and confectionery, including a fantastic range of Fairtrade items, are available.

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sEPTEMBER

WInTERBOURnE HOUsE anD GaRDEnWhy not make a day of it and visit nearby Winterbourne House and Garden? This delightful, lovingly restored Edwardian family home, with a remarkable Arts & Crafts-style botanic garden, also has a terrace café serving hot and cold meals and snacks. NB: Entrance charges apply.


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