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Hockney, David
We Two Boys Together Clinging
1961
Boyce, Sonia
Lay back, keep quiet and think of what made Britain so great
1986
Hiorns, Roger
Nunhead
2004
Hart, Emma
Fork Face
2017
Lucas, Sarah
Self Portrait with Fried Eggs (from Self Portraits series 1990-98)
1996
Caro, Anthony
Slow Movement
1965
Riley, Bridget
Movement in Squares
1961
Anderson, Hurvin
Is it okay to be black?
2015
Paterson, Katie
Totality
2015
Ofili, Chris
Popcorn Shells
1995
Mellors, Nathaniel
Hippy Dialectics
2010
Bacon, Francis
Head VI
1949
Bell, Graham
Baylham Mill
1940
Warren, Rebecca
Regine
2007
Perry, Grayson
Expulsion from Number 8 Eden Close
2012
Hodgkin, Howard
Indian Room, from 5 Rooms
1968
Wearing, Gillian
60 Minutes Silence
1996
Shonibare, MBE, Yinka
The Crowning
2007
Cragg, Tony
New Stones - Newton's Tones
1978
Wardill, Emily
Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul
2006
Perry, Grayson
Spirit Jar
1994
Hepworth, Barbara
Icon
1957
Hatoum, Mona
+ and -
1994
Freud, Lucian
Girl in a Green Dress
1954
Tillmans, Wolfgang
Gedser
2004
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Rachel Maclean to curate new National Partners exhibition in 2019
12 Dec 2018
Artist and filmmaker Rachel Maclean will curate a major exhibition at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Too Cute! Sweet is about to get Sinister, opening on 26th January 2019.
The artist known for her distinctive satirical films will examine the world of cuteness by curating works from the Arts Council Collection and Birmingham’s collection to reveal how objects and images can have the unique ability to be simultaneously sweet and sinister. An opening film has also been created by Maclean to introduce the themes of the exhibition.
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