Month: February 2021

Barber Health

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Barber Health: Our Collection – Your Wellbeing Major health and art project set for central role at the Barber. The Barber is hosting its own nurse in residence as part of Barber Health, a pioneering scheme placing health and wellbeing at the heart of our engagement work. Using the gallery and its collection to address … Read more

Ikegobo to the Iyoba (Hand Altar to the Queen Mother)

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Ikegobo to the Iyoba (Hand Altar to the Queen Mother) Unrecorded Edo Artist from the Royal Artisan Guilds of Benin The Kingdom of Benin, Edo state, (modern day) southern Nigeria, about late 18th/early 19th century Brass 21.3 x 26.7 cm diameter at base Purchased 1948 (No.48.1) This Ikegobo (altarpiece) comes from the Kingdom of Benin, … Read more

Sights of Wonder resources

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Exhibition Resources Sights of Wonder is an online exhibition of photographs by Francis Bedford (1815-1894) taken during a royal tour to the Eastern Mediterranean in 1862. Curated by Art History and Curating MA students at the University of Birmingham in collaboration with Royal Collection Trust and the Barber Institute, the exhibition launched on 12 June … Read more

Hidden Histories

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Hidden Histories 2018 The Barber’s Learning and Engagement team partnered with Dr Asha Rodgers, University of Birmingham (UoB) lecturer in Contemporary Postcolonial Literature, and artist and writer Dzifa Benson to deliver a two-part event collaborating with UoB students. Students participated in a workshop with Dzifa Benson which explored artworks and objects in the Barber collection … Read more

Reclaiming the Teapot

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Objects can provide us with a window into the past. They can tell us stories about individuals, groups, societies and the world. Asking questions about objects can help us to build a picture of the past and consider how that past affects our present and future. Reclaiming the Teapot was a collaborative project between the … Read more

Currents: Empire and Migration

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March – June 2019 This project brought together artist Jane Thakoordin, Ikon Youth Programme (IYP) and the Barber Collective to explore an exhibition at Ikon Gallery alongside an object in the Barber’s collection. The project drew points for consideration and inspiration from Hew Locke’s Armada (2019) which was displayed in his 2019 exhibition at Ikon … Read more

Looking again at a Collections highlight

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The Marriage Feast at Cana by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo Since March 2020, colleagues in the Learning & Engagement and Curatorial teams have been re-looking at The Marriage Feast at Cana, from about 1672, by the Spanish artist Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. This ongoing collaborative project aims to address the representation, the possible identities and lived experiences, … Read more

Online shop

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Find unique gifts, art prints and books inspired by our collection in our online shop… Whether it’s a unique masterpiece for the wall or a mug for a morning coffee, browse the Barber’s shop on Art UK for the best gifts inspired by the incredible collection right here on campus. Visit our Art UK shop … Read more

February half term 2021

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Family fun this half-term holiday! Floating Forms: Family Mobile Making Free; Wednesday 17 February, 10 – 11.30am.  What shapes and colours can you see around you? Inspired by joyful and abstract artworks in our collection, join Becca Randle, from the Barber’s Learning team, to explore vibrant colours and exciting shapes before making a joyful mobile to … Read more

Do you see the light?

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Barber Home – online workshop series As day by day we welcome back the light, perhaps you’d like to instil positive creative practices into your routine. Join local photographer Kate Green for a series of practical and social workshops, exploring how photography and creativity can help wellbeing. This series will introduce you to the practice … Read more

Art UK

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Art UK Explore all our paintings on Art UK, along with pieces of sculpture and works on paper from our collection – as well as those from over 3,200 other museums, galleries and collections. Browse our online shop Buy gifts inspired by our stunning collection from our online shop – browse our made-to-order greetings cards, Turner tea towels, … Read more