#Music is the #OnlineArtExchange theme in honour of our Birmingham neighbours Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery’s exhibition Victorian Radicals.

We couldn’t resist sharing our own radical Victorian, Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Here the sitter delicately plucks at a koto – a Japanese stringed instrument.

FANTASTIC NEWS: The The Barber Institute is set to reopen its galleries in June.

The galleries have been closed since last autumn while the first phase of a £10million building improvement project is carried out.

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What a way to conclude this term’s Lunchtime Concert Series!

Congratulations to Ryan Corbett for a wonderful concert - it was absolutely mesmerising to watch you play 🤩

We look forward to hearing the performance broadcasted live on BBC Radio 3 very soon!

Children in year 4 are using the oil pastel transfer technique to create a self portrait #weareartist The Barber Institute

Carl and Flora have come to deliver an art workshop for year 4. Keep an eye for our art work! The Barber Institute

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange celebrates the opening of Watts Gallery - Artists' Village’s Edo Pop: Japanese Prints exhibition!

Our choice is Hiroshige’s woodblock print ‘Mishima (11th Post Station)’ Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery

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It’s #Spring , and we couldn’t resist sharing Winifred Nicholson’s gorgeous ‘Easter Monday’ windowsill from Tullie 🐣💐

We love the vibrancy of the daffodils and complementary blue hues as Nicholson creates a sense of joy at the coming of spring!

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#WomensHistoryMonth is the #OnlineArtExchange theme – so we wanted to highlight a living female artist we admire – Barbara Rae!

This striking dusk landscape from Kettle's Yard – is rich with texture and vibrant colours.

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How does ageing make you feel?🤔

As #OnlineArtExchange celebrates #WomensHistoryMonth , it felt important to share Käthe Kollwitz’s ‘Self-Portrait in Profile’.

Here Kollwitz portrays herself as aged and worn challenging traditional depictions of women’s youthfulness.

A colourful, diverse programme of music was presented in today's Lunchtime Concert - congratulations Siwan Rhys for such a brilliant performance and to Ben Nobuto & Laurence Crane for their incredible new music which was premiered today!!
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