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Best Art Exhibitions in the UK: Top Picks Compared

Art exhibitions in the UK span over 2,500 museums and galleries, from the Tate Network and the Southbank Center to artist-run spaces in Birmingham's Digbet

Best Art Fairs: Top Picks Compared (2026)

Art fairs are recurring, time-limited marketplaces where galleries, dealers and artist-led projects present work for sale under one roof, and the 2026 cale

Best Artist Profiles: Top Picks Compared (2026)

An artist profile is a short, structured presentation of an artist's practice - typically 150-500 words plus 3-8 images - and the strongest examples of art

Best Contemporary Art and Artists: 2026 Top Picks

Contemporary art and artist discovery in the West Midlands now extends through a network of over 40 publicly funded galleries, artist-led spaces and commer

Best Birmingham Contemporary Art Galleries Compared

Birmingham's contemporary art gallery scene spans more than a dozen active venues, from the artist-led studios of Digbeth to the grand civic halls of the B

Best Contemporary Art Galleries UK: Top Picks Compared

Listings of contemporary art gallery UK spaces are generally divided into four types of work: commercial dealers, public institutions, artist-led spaces an

Contemporary vs Modern Art: A Collector's Guide

Contemporary vs modern art describe two distinct periods separated by a strict historical boundary: modern art spans approximately the 1860s to the 1970s,

How to Photograph Artwork for Instagram: A Guide

Learning how to photograph artwork for Instagram well requires four decisions before you touch a camera: light source, camera, angle, and colour management

How to Price Student Artwork: A Practical Guide

Learning how to price student artwork means choosing a method — cost-plus, hourly rate, size-based, or market comparison — then adjusting for your career s

How to Photograph Artwork for Sale: A Complete Guide

Learning how to photograph artwork for sale requires a camera (a smartphone from the last few years is often enough), two lights or one window, a colour ta

How to Write an Artist Contract: 8 Essential Clauses

An artist contract is a written agreement between an artist and another party — a gallery, commissioner, buyer, or collaborator — that sets out rights, pay

New Art West Midlands: Top Picks Compared (2026)

is best understood as three distinct things in 2026: the New Art West Midlands graduate exhibition programme run across Birmingham, C

How to Start an Artist Statement: A Practical Guide

An artist statement is a short, first-person piece of writing, usually 100 to 250 words, that explains what your work is, why you are making it, and how it

Best Art Shipping Services Compared (2026)

Shipping art is the specialised transport of original artworks, prints and fragile objects, and it splits into four main routes: fine-art couriers, nationa

Best Visual Centre for Contemporary Art: Top Picks

The phrase visual centre for contemporary art describes a specific kind of venue: a building-led organisation with a year-round programme of temporary exhi

Best West Midlands Art Galleries: Top Picks Compared

The West Midlands art gallery landscape spans over 40 commercial and publicly funded spaces in Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, the Black Country and W

Best Birmingham Art Galleries: Top Picks Compared

Birmingham's visual arts scene spans more than a dozen publicly accessible birmingham art galleries, from the 1885 Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery to artis

Best Birmingham Art Gallery Exhibitions: 2026 Guide

Birmingham art gallery exhibitions span more than a dozen venues across the city centre and Jewellery Quarter, from Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's histo

Contemporary and Modern Art: Top Picks Compared

Modern art and contemporary art are two distinct periods and markets: modern art spans approximately the 1860s to the 1970s, while contemporary art covers

Best Contemporary Western Artists: Top Picks Compared

Contemporary Western artists working today span at least four distinct lineages—Southwestern painting, contemporary Native practice, Western landscapes and

Contemporary Works of Art: Top Picks Compared

Contemporary artwork spans all mediums, price levels and career stages, from £200 published prints by young Birmingham graduates to six-figure canvases by

Where to Buy Art in Birmingham: A Buyer's Guide

Buying art in Birmingham means choosing between at least six distinct routes: commercial galleries, artist-run spaces, degree exhibitions, open studios, ar

SALON 2015

SALON exhibition: 13 November – 22 December 2015 The SALON exhibition at The Waterhall Gallery, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Edmund Street offered ove

A Line Drawn from the Eye to the Summit

New Art WM A Line Drawn from the Eye to the Summit Anita Mann working at Birmingham School of Art. Photograph Sar

Recent acquisitions in WM of works by Donald Rodney and Luke Fowler

New Art WM Recent acquisitions in WM of works by Donald Rodney and Luke Fowler ‘The P

After Carl - An interview with André de Jong, Andrew Lacon and Cathy Wade

New Art WM After Carl – An interview with André de Jong, Andrew Lacon and Cathy

Angela Kingston reviews New Art West Midlands 2015

New Art WM Angela Kingston reviews New Art West Midlands 2015 Spirit Collection (2014) Jade Simpson. T

Artist Talk from GRAIN: Simon Roberts

New Art WM Artist Talk from GRAIN: Simon Roberts Simon Roberts - Trough House Bridge, Eskdale, Cumbria, 2014 Photog

Artists

New Art WM Artists Anna Francis Anna Katarzyna Domejko Ali Reed Anna Smith Barbara Walker Barbara Witkowska Bharti Parmar Chris Clinton Corey Hay