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Red Gallery Closure
Monday 23 April 2018
Please note that our Red Gallery will be closed all day on Monday 23 April 2018 for essential painting conservation work.
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Record Visitor Numbers at the Barber!
More people visited our galleries during 2017 that in any previous year in our history, new figures reveal.
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GALLERY CHANGES
Winter 2017/18
We shall be carrying out essential upgrades to our fire alarm system from 20 November 2017 until 28 February 2018. This means certain paintings will temporarily be removed from the galleries for a number of days. If you are visiting with the intention of seeing a specific work of art, please contact our Assistant Curator Helen Cobby on h.cobby@bham.ac.uk or 0121 414 7350 during office hours.
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Hodler’s ‘The Woodcutter’ on display at the Barber
Until 25 February 2018
Ferdinand Hodler, 'The Woodcutter' (Der Holzfäller), 1910
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Gabo sculpture enters collection
New Acquisition for the Barber Collection
Naum Gabo, 'Linear Construction in Space No.1', 1943/4
Image: The Work of Naum Gabo © Nina & Graham Williams
Photo: Edward Moss (All rights reserved)
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Professor Hamish Miles
We are sad to record the death of the third Director of the Barber Institute
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Learn more about the Barber Association
An introduction to the Barber Association
The Barber Association is our generous community of Members and Patrons, passionate about art and music. Their support helps us to deliver the very best artistic and musical programmes for future generations of students and visitors alike.
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FRANCIS BACON MASTERPIECE ON DISPLAY AT THE BARBER
One of the finest paintings in any UK public collection by Francis Bacon – one of the important British painters of the 20th century – goes on display in the galleries at the Barber on Friday.
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‘Copying the Masters’ opens at the Barber
How artists have always copied other artists is the focus of our latest display.
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On Paper
Prints and Drawings in Focus Talks
Second Thursday of the Month
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What is British Art?
In-Gallery Conversation
Tuesday 20 March 2018
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ARTiculation 2017/18
ARTiculation 2017/18 at The Barber Institute of Fine Arts
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Cocomad Festival 2018
Saturday 7 July 2018
Cotteridge Park, B30 2HF
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