Gallery sights in The Midlands
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Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
Behind the Coventry Cathedral, the Herbert has an eclectic collection of paintings and sculptures (including work by LS Lowry and Stanley Spencer), a delightful cafe, and lots of exhibitions and activities aimed at kids. The intriguing gallery on peace and reconciliation and the history gallery are worth a look-in.
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Nottingham Contemporary
Behind its lace-patterned concrete facade, this sleek gallery mounts edgy, design-oriented exhibitions of paintings, prints, photography and sculpture.
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Eastside Projects
Run by local artists who focus on art as a powerful agent for change, cavernous Eastside Projects has a pronounced and thought-provoking lean towards experimental contemporary art from the national and international arena.
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Ikon Gallery
The turreted, terracotta gallery Ikon is just to the west in Brindleyplace. This former Victorian school has been converted into an ubercool contemporary art space. Steel and glass staircases wind up to cavernous galleries filled with performance works, videos and modern oils. Check out the intimate, curved tower room; when art is this close, its impossible to ignore. It also has a cafe that serves great tapas and sherry to refuel between cultural hot spots.
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Barber Institute of Fine Arts
Around 2.5 miles south of the centre at the University of Birmingham, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts displays Renaissance masterpieces; European masters such as Rubens and Van Dyck; British greats including Gainsborough, Reynolds and Turner; and classics from modern titans Picasso, Magritte and others.Take the train to University station, or buses 61, 62 or 63.
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