Each year we work with one or multiple institutions who help us host and deliver this key international event. For 2021 we have been working with the Department of Art History, Curating and Visual Studies at the University of Birmingham, and museums and galleries in and around Birmingham. As a place Birmingham has a rich and important history and location. It connects us historically and contemporaneously to vibrant and often challenging art histories. From its Victorian status as the ‘workshop of the world’ and proximity to the Jewellery Quarter and the Potteries, to the world’s largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite art at Birmingham Museum and Art Galleries, a home for refugees from Nazism, the cradle of Black British Art in Wolverhampton, and socially-engaged contemporary arts organisations including Ikon and Grand Union. Even virtually, we hope to bring you a bit of brilliant Birmingham,and what it has to offer for new encounters with art history.
Our thanks to colleagues at the University of Birmingham, particularly Elizabeth L’Estrange, Claire Jones and Greg Salter, who have so generously given their time to help shape this event into one that we expect delegates will find stimulating and enjoyable.
And thanks to Matt Clulee, Events Manager at the University of Birmingham for his time and support during the past year of uncertainty and the fantastic Birmingham art history students who took on the challenge to train and support the conference virtually from their own homes.
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Our thanks to Prestel for their continued sponsorship each year towards the conference assistants.
The Arts Council Collection is a national loan collection of British art from 1946 to the present day. With over 8,000 works and more than 1,000 loans made to over 100 venues a year, it is seen by millions of people in public spaces from galleries and museums to hospitals, libraries and universities. Representing one of the most important collections of British modern and contemporary art in the world, it includes work from Barbara Hepworth, Tracey Emin and Henry Moore to Mona Hatoum, Anish Kapoor and Grayson Perry. The Collection supports and promotes British artists by acquiring art at an early stage of their careers. The Arts Council Collection is managed by Southbank Centre, London and includes the Sculpture Centre located at Longside, Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
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Our thanks to The Arts Council Collection who have given their time and support towards the Fringe Programme.