The Barber Institute

Art gallery and concert hall on the @unibirmingham campus.

Galleries closed for building project.

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

We've been selected for the new Clore Schools Connect cohort – a 3-year grant programme expanding our schools work to reach young people facing barriers to engagement.

A huge thanks to the Clore Duffield Foundation for their support.

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

We've raised £14.8million for our transformation project! This will help make our building more accessible, create a new Learning Wing and undertake improvements to our concert hall and gallery spaces.

Thank you to our supporters, who've made this possible.

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

We're deeply saddened to learn that Tess Jaray, RA has passed away at 88. One of Britain's most distinguished painters and printmakers, her 2019 exhibition 'FROM OUTSIDE' at the Barber was inspired by our building's elegant 1930s architecture. Her work remains in our collection.

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

We’re delighted to announce we’ve been awarded a £150,000 grant from the @DCMS / @wolfsonfdn Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund.

We're incredibly grateful. This support will help us carry out our building improvements work to make the Barber more accessible and welcoming.

[College of Arts+Law @artsatbham]

The @BarberInstitute have launched a new online exhibition: Fragments of Devotion - A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings 🖼️

The fantastic exhibition was developed by our MA History of Art and Curating students!

Learn more: https://t.co/oZY4b6fk5I

[Digital Culture Network @ace_dcn]

🎙 New podcast episode!

How can one survey serve an entire org? Nadia Sommella from @BarberInstitute shares how a simple shift in approach to working across teams led to richer insights & better decisions.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts! https://t.co/qkiKZ7nq46

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

🎨 Calling all budding artists! We’re launching a new monthly #BarberArtChallenge to celebrate the creativity of our community.

✅ All ages welcome
🎨 All styles and skill levels encouraged
🏆Prizes provided by @CASSART1984

🔗Find out more: https://t.co/HlTxLcuEJU

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

This week’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is Portraits of Artists for ‘Turner 250 and his early Patrons’ @TableyHouse.

We’ve chosen this 1900 etching of Auguste Rodin by Albert Besnard from our collection. Rodin’s impressive beard certainly gives him a strong profile 🧔

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

#OnlineArtExchange is looking at Welsh art for ‘From the Collection’ @Oriel_Mon

We’re lucky to have this work by one of the most famous Welsh-born artists – Gwen John – in our collection. We love the stripped-back colour palette and calming vibe 🎨

[National Portrait Gallery @NPGLondon]

A martyred King shows the importance of religious imagery in troubling times.

Explore this theme further with @BarberInstitute’s online exhibition. For this week's #OnlineArtExchange @artukdotorg.

📷 Charles I by Unknown Artist, 17th Century © NPG, London

[blooloop @Blooloop]

Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is religion for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at @BarberInstitute.

This is John Byam Shaw's 'The Victory of Christ' (1899).

[Lynn Museum @Lynn_Museum]

Today's #OnlineArtExchange by @artukdotorg theme is religious art for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at @BarberInstitute.

Here is a print of a section of the painting by Jan van Eyck depicting the Virgin Mary on The Ghent Altarpiece.

[The Armitt: Museum, Gallery, Library @ArmittMuseum]

This week’s @artukdotorg #onlineartexchange theme is Religious art for 'Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings' at @BarberInstitute.
We have picked the @NationalGallery piece ‘Apollo slaying Coronis’ by Domenichino.

[The Pier Arts Centre @PierArtsCentre]

This week @artukdotorg are looking at Religious art for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at @BarberInstitute for the #OnlineArtExchange

Lots to see in Entrance for a Red Temple No. 1, 1960 by Alan Davie (1920–2014) from @Tate

[Ancient House Museum of Thetford Life @AncientHouseMus]

Today's @artukdotorg #OnlineArtExchange theme is religious art for Fragments of Devotion: A Sensory History of Illuminated Manuscript Cuttings’ at @BarberInstitute
Check out this sampler by Mary Turner Wattisfield in 1819 which includes a religious text.

[Art UK @artukdotorg]

Today's #OnlineArtExchange is religious art for @BarberInstitute's online exhibition Fragments of Devotion 🌟

Check it out 👉 https://t.co/7oxGxLBchU

Liberale da Verona, Historiated Initial ‘C’ showing Christ in Glory from a Gradual for Siena Cathedral © @BarberInstitute

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

We’re hosting #OnlineArtExchange to celebrate our online show ‘Fragments of Devotion’!

🔍Can you guess the letter illustrated in this colourful manuscript cutting from our collection?

👉https://t.co/AYMNOxjiI9

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

Out of office on until further notice. If you need us, we’re wandering through a cornfield at dusk – admiring the moonlight 🌙

🖼️ Arthur Illies, ‘Ripe Cornfield: Evening (Ahrenfeld am Abend)’, 1896

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

We’re looking to the big screen this #OnlineArtExchange for ‘May the Toys be with You’ @lynnmuseum. This dramatic 1887 aquatint by Max Klinger is like a still from a vintage horror film –Nosferatu, eat your heart out! 🦇

Who knew 19th-c printmaking could be so cinematic? 📽️

[The Barber Institute @BarberInstitute]

With this summer’s weather hotter than ever and the school holidays around the corner, today’s #OnlineArtExchange theme is summer☀️
We’ve chosen Boudin’s ‘A Beach near Trouville’ from our collection! It captures the vibrant colours of a beach beautifully, don’t you think? 🏊