JANUARY - APRIL 2016 barber.org.uk
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WELCOME
‘Visit this place...it is a jewel’ - Michael Glover, The Independent
Monet, Manet and Magritte; Renoir, Rubens, Rossetti and Rodin; Degas, Delacroix and Van Dyck – as well as Turner, Gainsborough, Gauguin and Van Gogh.... You can see key works by all these – and many more – great artists at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. The Barber Institute was founded in 1932 by Lady Barber in memory of her husband, Sir Henry Barber, ‘for the study and encouragement of art and music’. Its listed, Art Deco building now houses one of the most outstanding and internationally significant collections started in the 20th century, featuring many of the greatest names in Western art. As well as around 150 major paintings and some stunning pastels and watercolours, the Barber is also home to more than 800 drawings and prints, and a fine collection of sculpture, decorative art and portrait miniatures. The Barber also has one of the finest caches of Roman, Byzantine and medieval coins in the world, displayed in its own stunning gallery. To complement the collections, a programme of compelling exhibitions, displays and related events for all ages – and classical concerts – runs throughout the year. A haven of tranquillity in a bustling metropolis, the Barber Institute is like a mini National Gallery – and is a must-see for anyone visiting Birmingham and the West Midlands. No wonder it enjoys a reputation for being one of the finest small art galleries in Europe!
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Cover image: Josef Albers, Construction in Red-Black-Blue, 1939 © The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation/VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn and DACS, London 2015
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FLINCK IN FOCUS
Portraits from the University of Birmingham Until 17 January Lady Barber Gallery
A Question of Identity in 17th-century Dutch Portraiture Until 24 January Red Gallery
Some of the most respected British artists of the 20th century – including Jacob Epstein, Tom Phillips and Humphrey Ocean – have been commissioned by the University over the past 100 years to portray and honour its chancellors, vice chancellors and other leading figures. This selection of immensely varied paintings, works on paper and sculpture explores the process of commissioning and realising portraits for an institution, and includes a filmed interview between the most recently commissioned artist, Jennifer McRae, and her sitter, Sir Dominic Cadbury. Gathered together for the first time, these sometimes surprising portraits reveal something of the character of the University as well as of the sitters.
Govert Flinck was one of Rembrandt’s most talented pupils, whose portraits and history paintings were highly prized. His reputation grew to equal his master’s, but his fame waned and today his name is relatively unknown. This exhibition, marking the 400th anniversary of Flinck’s birth, focuses on one of the Barber’s best-loved paintings – his charming Portrait of a Boy of 1640. With prestigious loans from the National Gallery and the British Museum, London, and the Rembrandt House Museum, Amsterdam; this compelling show delves into the identity of sitter and artist, child portraiture and costume, as well as bringing the painting itself under the microscope.
BARBER CONCERTS
L A S T C H A N C E TO S E E
L A S T C H A N C E TO S E E
TERMS OF ENGAGEMENT
Seventy Years of Music Until 31 January
Print Bay, Green Gallery
The Barber Evening Concert series recently celebrated its 70th anniversary. Sir Jack Westrup, the first Peyton and Barber Professor of Music, programmed new, challenging, and sometimes controversial music alongside accessible and popular repertoire, performed by Europe’s leading chamber musicians. The concert series continues in this vein to this day, and this display of photographs, concert programmes and other archive material revisits the highlights of the last seven decades. 4
RELATED EVENTS LUNCHTIME LECTURE
Writing Workshop
Flinck in Focus: A Closer Look Wednesday 6 January, 1.10 – 2pm Robert Wenley, Deputy Director & Ruth Bubb, Picture conservator
Family Trees Saturday 16 January, 1.30 – 4pm Jacqui Rowe
Discover what was found during the recent conservation and technical analysis.
Explore writing about family relationships and childhood memories. For adults. Booking details: page 11. 5
Gallery Talk An Introduction to the Exhibition Tuesday 16 February, 1.15pm Robert Wenley, Deputy Director
Victore Pasmore, Abstract in Various Colours, 7 in All, 1950 © Estate of Victor Pasmore. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2015
Evening LECTURE
CHANCE, ORDER, CHANGE Abstract Paintings 1939 – 1989 11 February – 8 May Lady Barber Gallery Josef Albers, Bridget Riley,Victor Pasmore, Ad Reinhardt and Sean Scully: some of the most influential artists of the later 20th century feature in this exciting exhibition, which forms the centrepiece of the spring programme. Coming to the Barber from an important private collection and never before seen together in public, the dozen works in the show by these artists and other leading names span 50 key years in the development of modern art. This is a rare opportunity to enjoy abstract art at its purest – in a setting generally associated with more representational paintings by the old masters and great Impressionists. 6
Art that Tickles the Brain Monday 14 March, 5.30 – 7.30pm Professor Jane Raymond See page 13
INHERITING ROME The Imperial Legacy in Coinage and Culture Until 24 April
Coin Gallery
While the last Roman emperor in the West died more than 1500 years ago, the empire’s influence on the world’s coinage lives on to this day, with our monarchs depicted in classical pose and costume, encircled with Roman phrases, and even featuring Roman deities such as Britannia. This thoughtprovoking exhibition features Greek, Roman, ‘barbarian’, Georgian, Armeniam, Islamic and, not least, modern British coins from the Barber’s world-class collection, and explores the reasons for our continuing fascination with Rome and its visual imagery.
EXHIBITIONS
EXHIBITIONS
RELATED EVENTS
Writing Workshop Form and Structure Saturday 13 February, 1.30 – 4pm Jacqui Rowe See page 11
Art and Music Workshop Visualising Sound Friday 11 March, 9.30am – 4.30pm Jeremy Clay See page 10
Abstract Painting Course Saturday 5,12 & 19 March, 11am – 4pm See page 9
E X H I B I T I O N TO U R S Sundays 17 January, 21 February 20 March, 17 April 2.30pm, FREE
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BARBER YOUTH
Projecting Identity in 17th-century Portraiture 15 January – 15 May
Tuesdays 12 & 26 January: 9 & 23 February 8 & 22 March: 12 & 26 April 4.30 – 6.30pm
Print Bay, Beige Gallery
Aged 13 – 18 and into art? Join Barber Youth! Discover art history through gallery tours and discussion. Learn new skills in drawing, painting and sculpture. Meet practising artists. Boost GCSE or A- Level coursework…or just come for fun!
Artists, writers, politicians and royalty come under the spotlight in this display, which explores how portraiture was used to assert status, celebrate achievements and project individuality in the 17th century. It features prints, drawings and miniatures from the Barber’s own collection along with miniatures on loan from two fine private collections. Artists represented include Rubens,Van Dyck and Charles Le Brun, as well as miniaturists Nicholas Hilliard, Isaac Oliver and Richard Gibson. GALLERY TALK Tuesday 19 January, 1.15pm FREE
Abstract Painting Course Saturdays 5, 12 &19 March 11am – 4pm (includes lunch break)
Free taster session, £5 after that. Tea, juice and flapjacks provided! Booking essential*
Enjoy a three-day workshop inspired by the 20th-century paintings in our spring exhibition. Join tutor and painter Adrian Clamp to explore shape, colour, texture and surface.
UNDERSTANDING ART PERCEPTION
£100; £90 concessions; £80 UoB students. All materials provided. Suitable for all levels of ability. Booking essential*
Thursdays 3, 10, 17 & 24 March, 2 – 3pm The Barber & other venues
INTO THE WOODS 12 February – 12 June
Print Bay, Green Gallery From leafy bowers sheltering weary travellers to the melancholy or menace of brooding forests and overgrown paths, these prints and drawings explore man’s relationship with trees, woods and forests, and are drawn from a wide-ranging geographical area and period. Curated around one of our latest long-term loans, Path Through a Dark Wooded Landscape (left) by John Bernard Gilpin, this display includes stylistically diverse works by distinguished artists such as Jacob van Ruisdael, Theodore Rousseau and Samuel Palmer. GALLERY TALK Tuesday 23 February, 1.15pm FREE 8
Chance, Order, ChangE
W or k shops & C ourses
D I S P L AY S
PRESTIGE & POWER
Explore perception in art through looking, discussion and questioning in this four-week course across the varied collections and exhibitions of four regional galleries. • Wolverhampton Art Gallery (3 March): How drawing reveals what the eye sees. • Barber Institute (10 March): Abstraction – use and response. • Ikon, Birmingham (17 March): Through the lens: photography and film. • New Art Gallery, Walsall (24 March): Questioning what we see and when. £20; £16 concessions: students, unwaged, 60+ (for all four sessions) Booking essential. Book online via Ikon website: www.ikon-gallery.org or by calling Ikon Shop on 0121 248 0711 Further details: www.barber.org.uk
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A RT & L I T E R AT U R E
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WRITING WORKSHOPS For adults, led by Jacqui Rowe, former Barber Writer in Residence Saturdays, 1.30 – 4pm FAMILY TREES 16 January Inspired by Flinck in Focus and other works in the Barber collection, experiment with writing about family relationships and childhood memories. FORM AND STRUCTURE 13 February In response to the works in the Chance, Order, Change exhibition, experiment with how both prose and poetry can find their shape through different forms and structures.
Visualising Sound Workshop Explore sounds and instrumental technique with leading professional musicians, and through improvisation discover works in either our permanent collection, or new abstract exhibition Chance, Order, Change. During the session you will work with a visual artist to create your own music through drawing, producing graphic interpretations of paintings that will, in turn, inspire the afternoon’s musician led sound tour. The Barber Paintings day will also include a lunchtime concert performed by the workshop’s professional musicians.
Barber Paintings Friday 12 February, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Chance, Order, Change Friday 11 March, 9.30am – 4.30pm
Anthony Rob (flute) Jack McNeill (clarinet) Jeremy Clay (workshop leader)
Susie Perkis (soprano) Jack McNeill (clarinet) Jeremy Clay (workshop leader)
No musical or art knowledge required. Open to adults only. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided. Please bring your own lunch. FREE, but booking essential*
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TALL TALES AND UNRELIABLE NARRATORS 19 March
Respond to the festival themes of memory and forgetting. Look at ways in which we can take our own and others’ memories, some of them recorded in works in the collection – and make them into stories and poems… sometimes with a complete disregard for the truth. SOUNDS AND MUSIC 23 April If Barber works of art spoke or made music how would they sound? Consider this, then experiment with the sound of words. As it’s Shakespeare’s birthday we’ll be using some of his work as examples. All workshops suitable for writers of prose or poetry at all levels of experience. £6/£4 concessions, students and UoB staff. Booking essential*
BOOK CLUB Tuesdays, monthly 2 – 3pm Stimulating and informal discussion of books exploring a range of themes. 12 January – The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton 9 February – Utz, by Bruce Chatwin 8 March – The Way To Paradise, by Mario Vargas Llosa 12 April – Light, by Eva Figes Refreshments provided. £2 per session. Booking essential*
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BEDFAS AT THE BARBER
Guided tours
Wednesday, 1.10 – 2pm Barber Lecture Theatre, FREE. No booking required.
Birmingham Evening Decorative and Fine Arts Society meets at the Barber monthly for a late gallery viewing, refreshments, and lectures on a diverse range of subjects. 6 – 7pm: Late gallery viewing; refreshments 7 – 8.15pm: Lecture
SUNDAY GALLERY TOURS Second and fourth Sundays of the month, 2.30pm Find out about our collections and exhibitions in these hour-long tours. Meet in the foyer. Free, no booking required
At the Sign of the Falcon The Life and works of Harry Murphy – Goldsmith, Silversmith and Unique Englishman Thursday 18 February
For blind and partially sighted visitors One-hour audio-descriptive tours and half-day INsight sessions with our friendly and knowledgeable Gallery Guides can be arranged for groups on request. Hand-held magnifiers as recommended by the RNIB are available from reception. Free
Flinck in Focus A Closer Look Robert Wenley, Deputy Director & Ruth Bubb, Picture Conservator Wednesday 6 January Discover what was found during the recent conservation and technical analysis. THEME AND VARIATION The Making of the Bramall Frieze Peter Randall-Page, Artist 20 January In this insightful lecture artist, Peter RandallPage, will discuss his working practices, and the inspiration behind the Bramall Music Building’s Frieze – Theme and Variation.
POTS AND FROCKS The World of Grayson Perry Thursday 17 March THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES & TRUE OLYMPIC SPIRIT Thursday 21 April Tickets available on the door only. £10/ Free for BEDFAS members. Additional BEDFAS/lecture info: www. bedfas.org
FRAGONARD FANTASY FIGURES Losing and Finding Identities Professor Melissa Percival, University of Exeter 3 February The models and mysteries of Fragonard’s paintings: was capturing exact resemblance necessarily the artist’s goal? Giusto Tenducci The Castrato and his Wife Professor Helen Berry, University of Newcastle 17 February In the gallery hangs an iconic portrait by Thomas Gainsborough of a little-known figure from ‘queer’ history – the 18th-century castrato singer Giusto Tenducci. As part of LGBT History month, hear more about his extraordinary marriage to Dorothea Maunsel, and learn how his personal life has implications for our understanding of the institution of marriage. 12
The extraordinary Woman with a Dog c. 1769 (detail above) one of a series of famous fantasy figures by the leading late 18th-century French artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard, is on display in the gallery this spring. On loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, it comes in exchange for our iconic Countess Golovine, currently on loan to the landmark Vigée-Lebrun exhibition in Paris, New York and Ottowa. Painted rapidly and with exceptional virtuosity and panache, Fragonard’s picture depicts aristocrat Marie-Émilie Coignet de Courson – shown in Spanish-style fantasy costume. See this painting in the Beige Gallery from 1 February until 11 September.
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Evening Lecture
Art Tickles that the Brain Monday 14 March, 5.30 – 7.30pm Professor Jane Raymond
What really happens to your brain when you look at art? Find out about visual cognition, perception and the psychology of art in this illustrated talk and interactive gallery session. FREE, booking essential*
L E C T U R E s , tours & tal k s
LECTURES
LUNCHTIME LECTURES
For deaf visitors Signed Gallery tours with our experienced Gallery Guides and qualified BSL interpreters can also be arranged on request. Free To discuss your visit please contact the Learning and Access team on 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk
SEXUALITY, IDENTITY AND AMBIGUITY Gallery Tour Friday 5 February Tour: 12 – 1pm Tea and biscuits: 1 – 1.30pm Celebrate LGBT History Month with a revealing gallery tour exploring works in the Barber collection that consider issues of gender, identity and ambiguity. FREE, booking essential*
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FIDELIO TRIO
Tuesdays, 1.15pm These weekly tours and talks introduce you to our exhibitions, displays and collections. Our gallery guides and curatorial team have developed a programme that will interest everyone – novice or enthusiast – and at only 30 minutes, each talk is an ideal way of spending lunchtime.
Alasdair Nicolson
C O N C E RT S
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LUNCHTIME TOURS AND TALKS
Wednesday 17 February, 7.30pm
Half Told Tales Judith Weir
IAN BOSTRIDGE AND JOSEPH MIDDLETON Wednesday 3 February, 7.30pm
5 Jan
German Contrasts: Dürer, Metz and Dix
Jen Costigan, Gallery Guide
12 Jan
Dreams, Proverbs, Follies: Goya’s Last Prints
Rebecca Randle, Learning and Access Intern
19 Jan
Introduction to Prestige and Power: Projecting Identity in 17thcentury Portraiture
Annie McCulloch, Collections Intern
26 Jan
Back to the Future: The Renaissance Landscape
John Southall, Gallery Guide
2 Feb
Fragonard’s A Woman with a Dog
Robert Wenley, Deputy Director
9 Feb
Chinese Art and Craftsmanship and their Influence on the West Pam Turton, Gallery Guide
16 Feb
Introduction to Chance, Order, Change: Abstract Paintings 1939 – 1989
Robert Wenley, Deputy Director
23 Feb
Introduction to Into the Woods
Sarah Beattie, Collections Assistant
1 Mar
Horses in Art Part 2: Prints by Delacroix, Gericault and others
Pam Turton, Gallery Guide
8 Mar
Models and Muses: Women in Barber Paintings
Alex Jolly, Learning and Access Assistant
15 Mar
Distortions of the Mind: Magritte and Redon
Barbara Fogarty, Gallery Guide
22 Mar
Reality vs Imagination
Marian Edwards
29 Mar
Whistler’s Legacy
Jill Ambler, Gallery Guide
5 Apr
Working Life in London: the Barber’s etchings by Whistler
Jill Ambler, Gallery Guide
12 Apr
Earth, Fire and Water
Jennifer Young, Gallery Guide
19 Apr
What Lies Beneath
Jen Ridding, Learning and Access Officer
26 Apr
Alexander the Great and his Legacy
Pam Turton, Gallery Guide
Ian Bostridge tenor Joseph Middleton piano Schubert Winterreise (Winter’s Journey) A set of 24 songs based on the poetry of Willhelm Müller. Recitalist and opera singer Ian Bostridge is widely considered one of the finest tenors in the world. He is joined here by his duo partner, Joseph Middleton.
Lunchtime Concerts Join us every Friday for our Barber Lunchtime Concert series. Pick up the university MUSIC brochure.
Piano Trio Two Luke Bedford
Chiaroscuro
Scott Wilson
head-neck-chest-four-five-sixthing (world premiere) Michael Zev Gordon
In the Middle of Things In this contemporary programme, Half Told Tales and Piano Trio Two interpret Scottish and Chinese folk tales, while Chiaroscuro explores the contrasts between light and dark in painting. A world premiere of new work by Scott Wilson is followed by Michael Zev Gordon’s intriguing piece looking at the piano trio tradition.
BOOKING For ALL the above concerts: Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends, £5 students. Tickets available from the Barber Institute reception in person, by calling 0121 414 7333, or online via barber.org.uk/concerts
CALLUM SMART & RICHARD UTTLEY Wednesday 16 March, 7.30pm
Callum Smart violin Richard Uttley piano Mozart
Sonata in B flat, K378 Poulenc
Sonata, FP 119 Bach
Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004 R. Strauss
Violin Sonata in E flat, Op. 18 BBC Young Musician 2010 finalist Callum Smart has quickly established a career as a performer in festivals and concerts with major orchestras across Europe, and released his first recording in 2014. Richard Uttley, familiar to Barber lunchtime concert regulars, here makes his evening series debut.
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FEBRUARY
Date
TIME
EVENT
DETAILS
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Date
TIME
EVENT
DETAILS
TUE 5
I.15pm
Gallery Talk
German Contrasts: Dürer, Metz and Dix
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WED 17
1.10pm
Lunchtime Lecture
Giusto Tenducci - the Castrato and his Wife
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WED 6
1.10pm
Lunchtime Lecture
Flinck in Focus: A Closer Look
5
7.30pm
Evening Concert*/**
Fidelio Trio
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SUN 10
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Dreams, Proverbs, Follies: Goya’s Last Prints
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At the sign of the Falcon: the Life and Works of Harry Murphy – Goldsmith, Silversmith and Unique Englishman
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TUE 12
BEDFAS Evening Lecture**
2 – 3pm
Barber Book Club*/**
The Miniaturist, by Jessie Burton
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Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
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4.30 – 6.30pm Barber Youth
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SAT 16
1.30 – 4pm
Writing Workshop*/**
Family Trees
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SUN 17
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
Inheriting Rome
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TUE 19
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Introduction to Prestige and Power: Projecting Identity in 17th- century Portraiture
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WED 20
1.10pm
Lunchtime Lecture
Theme and Variation: The Making of the Bramall Frieze
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SUN 24
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
TUE 26
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
4.30 – 6.30pm Barber Youth
13 Back to the Future: The Renaissance Landscape
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Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
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thurs 18 6 – 8.15pm
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sun 21
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
Inheriting Rome
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TUE 23
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Introduction to Into the Woods
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4.30 – 6.30pm
Barber Youth
Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
9
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
SUN 28
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March Tue 1
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Horses in Art Part 2: Prints by Delacroix, Gericault and others
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SAT 5
11 am – 4pm
Adult Workshop*/**
Chance, Order, Change – Abstract Painting Course
9
TUE 8
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Models and Muses: Women in Barber Paintings
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2 – 3pm
Barber Book Club*/**
The Way to Paradise, by Mario Vargas Llosa
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4.30 – 6.30pm
Barber Youth
Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
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Adult Workshop*/**
Understanding Art
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THURS 10 2-3pm
TUE 2
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Fragonard’s A Woman with a Dog
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Fri 11
Adult Workshop*/**
10
1.10pm
Lunchtime Lecture
Fragonard Fantasy Figures: Losing and Finding Identities
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Visualising Sound 2: Chance, Order, Change
WED 3
9.30am – 4.30pm
SAT 12
11 am – 4pm
Adult Workshop*/**
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7.30pm
EVENING CONCERT*/**
Ian Bostridge and Joseph Middleton
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Chance, Order, Change – Abstract Painting Course
Gallery Tour
SUN 13
2.30pm
5.30 – 7.30pm Evening Lecture
Art that Tickles the Brain
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FRI 5
12 – 1.30pm
Gallery Tour
Sexuality, Identity and Ambiguity*
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MON 14
TUE 9
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Chinese Art and Craftsmanship and their Influence on the West
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TUE 15
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Distortions of the Mind: Magritte and Redon
14
2-3pm
Barber Book Club*/**
Utz, by Bruce Chatwin
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WED 16
7.30pm
Evening Concert*/**
Callum Smart & Richard Uttley
15
4.30 – 6.30pm
Barber Youth
Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
9
THURS 17 6 – 8.15pm
BEDFAS Lecture**
Pots & Frocks – the World of Grayson Perry
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FRI 12
9.30am – 4.30pm
Adult Workshop*/**
Visualising Sound I : Barber Paintings
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SAT 19
11am – 4pm
Adult Workshop*/**
Chance, Order, Change – Abstract Painting Course
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SAT 13
1.30 – 4pm
Writing Workshop*/**
Form and Structure
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SAT 19
1.30 – 4pm
Writing Workshop*/**
Tall Tales and Unreliable Narrators
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13
SUN 20
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
Inheriting Rome
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TUE 22
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Reality vs Imagination
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sun 14
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
TUE 16
I.15pm
Gallery Talk
Introduction to Chance, Order, Change: Abstract Paintings 1939 – 1989
* B O O K I N G E S S E N T I A L * * C H A R G E S A P P LY
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Date
TIME
EVENT
DETAILS
PAGE
TUE 22
4.30 – 6.30pm
Barber Youth
Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
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SUN 27
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
TUE 29
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
13 Whistler’s Legacy
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APRIL Tue 5
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
SUN 10
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
TUE 12
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Earth, Fire and Water
14
2 – 3pm
Barber Book Club*/**
Light, By Eva Figes
11
4.30 – 6.30pm
Barber Youth
Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
9
SUN 17
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
Inheriting Rome
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TUE 19
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
What Lies Beneath
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BEDFAS Evening Lecture**
The Ancient Olympic Games & True Olympic Spirit
13
1.30 – 4pm
Writing Workshop*/**
Sounds and Music
11
SUN 24
2.30pm
Gallery Tour
TUE 26
1.15pm
Gallery Talk
Alexander the Great and his Legacy
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Young People’s Workshop (13 – 18 yrs)
9
THURS 21 6 – 8.15pm SAT 23
4.30 – 6.30pm Barber Youth
Working Life in London: the Barber’s etchings by Whistler
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*Booking Essential **Charges apply
RECOVERY ART First Tuesday of the month 5 January, 2 February, 1 March, 5 April 12noon – 3pm. Workshop space also available for independent work every Monday, 12noon-3pm Recovery Art members all share a common interest in art and are in recovery from physical or mental ill health. We meet to develop skills in drawing, painting, printing and sculpture, and talk about art in gallery tours and discussions. It’s a creative, relaxed and supportive environment where we can connect with others and talk about mental health without any stigma. We inspire each other to take positive steps on our individual and collective journeys of recovery. FREE. Tea, coffee and biscuits provided! Interested in joining us? For more information, contact Alex on 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk 18
OPENING HOURS Monday to Friday 10am – 5pm Saturday & Sunday 11am – 5pm (Closed Good Friday 25 March)
Free admission to galleries & all exhibitions
ACCESS Facilities for disabled visitors include designated parking, level access, wheelchair, lift and WC. Call in advance to make your visit easier. Baby changing facilities are available and the Barber is a breastfeedingfriendly venue throughout.
SHOP Our shop sells a wide variety of items from pocket money souvenirs for children to high quality designer leather goods. We also offer a range of collection- and exhibition-related books, postcards, greetings cards and gifts suitable for all pockets.
REFRESHMENTS FRIENDS OF THE BARBER Hot and cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes and confectionery, including a fantastic range of Fairtrade items, are available.
GROUP VISITS Group visits are welcome, but if you plan to visit with a group, please call to let us know six weeks in advance. Guided tours and refreshments can also be arranged in advance for a small charge. Tours of the collection for visually impaired groups are also available. Contact 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk
EDUCATION VISITS Education workshops can be provided for school (supporting KS15 and beyond), college or university groups. Contact 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk
For more information about our concerts and our thriving children’s program see these separate leaflets
Let your passion for art and music help support and promote the Barber. A Friend’s subscription entitles you to a range of exciting benefits and events. Please pick up a Let’s Be Friends leaflet in the foyer or contact friends@barber.org.uk
PATRONS OF THE BARBER Our Patrons support the Barber Institute’s work financially in many areas, while also enjoying exclusive private views, visits and events. Subscription levels are: Benefactors - £200 per year; Director’s Circle - £500 per year; 1932 Club - £1,000 a year. If you are interested in becoming a Patron or a Business Patron, please contact 0121 414 2946 or info@barber.org.uk
HIRE THE BARBER INSTITUTE The Barber’s stunning galleries, foyer, concert hall and lecture theatre are all available for hire for receptions, launches and other functions. The hire can include an exclusive private view and introductory talk from a staff member. We offer a wide range of wines, beers, spirits, soft drinks and nibbles, and can also arrange buffet catering. For more details visit: www.barber.org.uk/ venue-hire/ or contact our Events Officer on 0121 414 6985 or events@barber.org.uk.
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FREE ADMISSION TO GALLERIES AND ALL EXHIBITIONS Opening Hours Monday to Friday: 10am – 5pm Saturday and Sunday: 11am – 5pm (Closed Good Friday - 25 March) The Barber Institute of Fine Arts University of Birmingham Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TS
How to Find us The Barber Institute is located in south-west Birmingham, approximately three miles from the city centre, at the East Gate of the University of Birmingham, off Edgbaston Park Road. By Train University station, a 10-minute walk from the Barber, is served by trains from Birmingham New Street, Lichfield and Longbridge, Cardiff and Worcestershire. Check train times and buy tickets at www.thetrainline.com. By Bus There are frequent buses from the city centre past the bottom of Edgbaston Park Road (61 and 63 operated by National Express West Midlands). By Car North East car park (off Pritchatts Road) is five minutes’ walk away. Charges apply Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 4.30pm. FREE parking is available on campus around the Barber outside these times. Please check our website for the latest information on car parking. For maps and more information about how to travel to the Barber visit: www.about.bham.ac.uk/maps
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