Art

Wednesdays 30 January, 6 and 13 February at 1.10 pm
Three Lunchtime Lectures

Sundays 3 and 10 February at 2.30pm

Guided Tours

Tours around this exhibition will be led by our team of trained guides, and will last approximately 30 minutes. Meet in the Beige Gallery.

Tuesday 26 February at 6.30pm · Barber Lecture Theatre

Collected Works

The colourful world of collecting works of art, and the excitement, intrigue and obsession that it can involve, have provided biographers, poets and novelists with a rich source of subject matter. This evening of readings, including fiction, non-fiction and drama by the likes of Robert Browning, Henry James, Michael Frayn and Simon Gray, has been organized in collaboration with the University of Birmingham’s English Department.

Admission free, but please book tickets in advance by contacting Reception at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts (0121 414 7333).

Wednesday 5 March at 6pm · Barber Lecture Theatre

Only Collect…

The exhibition curators, Paul Spencer-Longhurst, Tessa Sidey and Michael Cullen, are joined by Jonathan Watkins, Director of Birmingham’s IKON Gallery, and Jane Blood, Director and North West Representative of Christie’s, for a lively debate on collecting for private and public collections, chaired by the Barber’s Director, Ann Sumner.

Admission free, but please book tickets in advance by contacting Reception at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts (0121 414 7333).

Tuesday 11 March at 7.30pm
The Birmingham Lecture Series
The Michael Cadbury Memorial Lecture

‘Behind Closed Doors:
An Insider’s View of the English Country House’

After 35 years of working for the National Trust and the Historic Houses Association, David Brown reveals all in this amusing insight into life ‘behind the baize door’ of some of his favourite country houses in and around the West Midlands. The lecture will be preceded at 6.30pm by a buffet and private view of the exhibition.

Tickets £13 (buffet and lecture) and £6·50 (lecture only).
Organized in association with the National Trust.

Thursday 27 March at 6.30pm
Christie’s, King Street, St James’s, London

Collecting in Birmingham

The Director of the Barber Institute, Ann Sumner, will discuss collecting in Birmingham at this unique event to be held in the historic Great Room at Christie’s London headquarters.

Tickets are free, but limited, so please book by contacting Flora Hesketh
at Christie's on 020 7389 2515 or fhesketh@christies.com

Wednesday 16 January · 11am to 1pm · Basement

Open Studio

Visit Katherine M Waters, discuss her ideas with her and watch the creative process in an informal atmosphere.

Admission Free. For directions to the studio, please ask at Reception.

Thursday 24 April at 1.30pm · Education Gallery

Gallery Talk

Hear Katherine M Waters talk about her sculpture in front of her work.

Please click on the following link for details of all the other weekly Gallery Talks.