Archive for March 2011
Paradise Forum
Posted by: theculturalbible on: March 3, 2011
The Paradise Forum is quite a strange part of Birmingham, as it isn’t a shopping centre, but it isn’t particularly anything else. It’s situated at the top end of town by Birmingham Central Library and just behind Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Most people seem to use it as a walkway, going from the main [...]
Birmingham Central Library
Posted by: theculturalbible on: March 1, 2011
In the three years that I have been living in Birmingham, I have never actually been inside the Birmingham Central Library. I think it’s because I haven’t really had any need too and the outside of it if not appealing at all. Today though, I decided to venture inside to see what it was like. [...]
Number Nine the Gallery
Posted by: theculturalbible on: March 1, 2011
- In: The Arts
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I stumbled across this small gallery as I was walking home and decided to go in and see what it was like. Although it was small in size, it had plenty of art to keep you occupied for quite some time. It contained a variety of sculptures, paintings, ceramics and glass works which kept it [...]
Ikon Gallery
Posted by: theculturalbible on: March 1, 2011
The Ikon is small but the exhibits it homes are something different, and it was definetly a huge contrast from the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. Although we weren’t welcomed on arrival we were greeted by a girl in the Robert Orchardson exhibit “Endless façade“. This was an odd exhibit – very contemporary, but quite [...]
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery
Posted by: theculturalbible on: March 1, 2011
So after living in Birmingham for three years I have finally managed to take a trip to Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery. To be honest it’s pretty disgraceful that I haven’t already been as it’s in the centre of town (just at the top of New Street, by Victoria Sq.) and free to get in. [...]
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