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Ofili, Chris
Popcorn Shells
1995
Hart, Emma
Fork Face
2017
Hepworth, Barbara
Icon
1957
Paterson, Katie
Totality
2015
Perry, Grayson
Expulsion from Number 8 Eden Close
2012
Warren, Rebecca
Regine
2007
Tillmans, Wolfgang
Gedser
2004
Hatoum, Mona
+ and -
1994
Mellors, Nathaniel
Hippy Dialectics
2010
Bell, Graham
Baylham Mill
1940
Bacon, Francis
Head VI
1949
Boyce, Sonia
Lay back, keep quiet and think of what made Britain so great
1986
Freud, Lucian
Girl in a Green Dress
1954
Shonibare, MBE, Yinka
The Crowning
2007
Hockney, David
We Two Boys Together Clinging
1961
Riley, Bridget
Movement in Squares
1961
Cragg, Tony
New Stones - Newton's Tones
1978
Wardill, Emily
Born Winged Animals and Honey Gatherers of the Soul
2006
Lucas, Sarah
Self Portrait with Fried Eggs (from Self Portraits series 1990-98)
1996
Hiorns, Roger
Nunhead
2004
Perry, Grayson
Spirit Jar
1994
Caro, Anthony
Slow Movement
1965
Anderson, Hurvin
Is it okay to be black?
2015
Hodgkin, Howard
Indian Room, from 5 Rooms
1968
Wearing, Gillian
60 Minutes Silence
1996
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Birmingham MPs select artworks in new ACC National Partners show, Women Power Protest
5 Nov 2018
Ahead of the opening of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery’s new National Partners exhibition, Women Power Protest, MPs Jess Phillips (MP for Birmingham Yardley), Preet Kaur Gill (MP for Birmingham Edgbaston) and Dame Caroline Spelman (MP for Meriden) visited the museum to choose their favourite artworks.
The three MPs were given a sneak peek at the exhibition which was programmed as part of the Arts Council Collection’s (ACC) National Partnership Programme and brings together artworks from...
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