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Barber Girl on European Exchange with Swiss Miss

Modigliani

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Cityscapes Online Exhibition now Open



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Arthur Melville (1855-1904) 
The Lawn Tennis Party at Marcus (1889). Read More


Miss Court on Canvas: 
Tennis in Art?



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Welcome to the Barber

The Red Gallery“one of the finest small art galleries in Europe”
The Observer

Monet, Manet, and Magritte; Renoir, Rubens, Rossetti and Rodin; Degas, Delacroix and van Dyck — not to mention Botticelli, Poussin, Turner, Gainsborough, Gauguin, van Gogh, Picasso, Hodgkin…


The Red GalleryYou can see major works by all these great artists in the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, at the University of Birmingham. There’s also a stunning coin gallery and an exciting programme of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, gallery talks, workshops and family activities.

The Barber is also home to the University of Birmingham's departments of History of Art and Music, as well as the Barber Fine Art and Music libraries.


Current Exhibitions & Displays 2012


CITYSCAPES
Panoramic Views on Coins and Medals

27 April 2012 – 6 October 2013
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Age of Leonardo THE AGE OF LEONARDO
Christian Themes in Italian Renaissance Prints

13 January – 24 June
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PUGIN, DÜRER AND THE GOTHIC
13 January – 24 June
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Exhibitions & Displays Coming Soon


Facing the Music FACING THE MUSIC
20th-Century Portraits of British Composers

25 May – 28 August
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Kapp COMPOSING CHARACTERS
Edmond Xavier Kapp’s Portraits of 20th-Century Composers

29 June – 26 August 2012
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Concerts 2012


Summer Festival of Music
8 - 15 June



Barber Opera
27 & 29 September 30 September
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Opening Hours

Monday to Friday: 10am - 5pm, Saturday & Sunday: 11am - 5pm

University of BirminghamAdmission FREE
0121 414 7333

Closed: 24-26 December and New Year's Day

 

 

 

 

 

 

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