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Making a welcome return to the gallery recently is Van Gogh’s Peasant Woman Digging, (far right) fresh from the exhibition Bacon and the Masters at the Sainsbury Centre, Norwich.

This autumn, arguably the Barber’s most iconic and best-loved painting has left the gallery for twelve months. Portrait of Countess Golovine by Élisabeth Vigée-Lebrun (bottom far right) is a star exhibit in the monographic exhibition of the French artist’s work, opening at the Grand Palais, Paris on 21 September. It then moves to New York's Metropolitan Museum of Fine Art (‘The Met’) in January, and the National Gallery of

Canada, Ottowa in June, not returning to the Barber until late September next year.

Also leaving in early October are Courbet’s popular The Sea-arch at Etretat (right), for a Monet exhibition in Denmark (until 10 January) – and Delacroix’s St Stephen borne away by his Disciples (above), which flies to the States for a show at Minneapolis Institute of Art (until mid January) and the National Gallery, London (until end of May).

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Monet and Magritte; Renoir, Rubens, Rossetti and Rodin; Degas, Delacroix and Van Dyck — as well as Botticelli, Poussin, Turner, Gainsborough, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Hodgkin, Auerbach…

You can see key works by all these – and many more – great artists at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts. There’s also a stunning coin gallery and an exciting programme of exhibitions, concerts, lectures, gallery talks, workshops and family activities.

The Barber was founded in 1932 by Lady Barber in memory of her husband, Sir Henry Barber ‘for the study and encouragement of art and music’. Housed in a listed Art Deco building designed by Robert Atkinson, it was officially opened by Queen Mary in 1939.

Featuring many of the greatest names in Western art, the Barber holds one of the most outstanding and internationally significant collections assembled during the 20th century.

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As well as around 150 major paintings and some stunning pastels and watercolours, the Barber is also home to more than 1000 drawings and prints, a fine collection of sculpture, decorative art and portrait miniatures. The Barber also has one of the finest collections of Roman, Byzantine and medieval coins in the world.

A haven of tranquillity in a bustling metropolis, the Barber Institute is like a mini National Gallery – and is a must-see for anyone visiting Birmingham and the West Midlands. No wonder it enjoys a reputation for being one of the finest small art galleries in Europe!

The Barber’s collection is of such a high calibre that its paintings are frequently lent to high-profile exhibitions as far away as the USA or Japan.

- miChael Glover, the inDepenDent

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Gainsborough’s Portrait of Tenducci (below) departs for a month for conservation in November before going out on loan in 2016.

The absences will lead to extensive rehanging, with less-frequently displayed works and new and interesting conversations arising between pictures.

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Dyck’s Portrait of Francois Langlois (above left), is also due to leave the gallery – this time for five years! This important painting was purchased jointly by the Barber and the National Gallery in 1997, and in the new year heads off to the Frick Collection, New York, for Van Dyck: The Anatomy of Portraiture. It then returns to the National Gallery until 2020. Catch it while you can!

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Inspired by their native landscape, mythology and history, 19th-century German Romantic artists were fascinated by nature, love and the fragility of life. This display of prints and drawings from the Barber’s collection explores the motives behind the fantastical imagery of some of the best-known exponents, including Carl Wilhelm Kolbe, Adrian Ludwig Richter and Max Klinger.

A snapshot capturing portraiture through the lens of Modernism, this fascinating exhibition explores the work of two under-appreciated British artists: sculptor Frank Dobson and painter Matthew Smith.

Author Roald Dahl, actress Jean Simmons, Bloomsbury elder statesman Sir Osbert Sitwell and textile designer Marian Dorn are among the luminaries of British 20th-century culture whose likenesses feature, while portraits by members of the Birmingham School provide a regional angle on the era. Books and photographs from the University’s other cultural collections provide further context relating to sitters, the period and its art.

Co-curated by the postgraduate students from the University’s Art History, Film and Visual Studies department, The Modernist Face is the first loan exhibition to feature sculpture as a major component.

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thE MODERnIst FaCESmith, Dobson & British Portraiture 1920 – 60Until 27 September Lady Barber Gallery

The last Roman emperor in the West died more than 1500 years ago, but the coins in our pockets even today show the immense influence the Roman Empire still exerts over our culture. Our monarchs are depicted in classical dress, encircled with Latin phrases, and some even feature the Roman goddess Britannia. But why?

This exhibition of Greek, Roman, ‘barbarian’, Georgian, Armenian, Islamic, Hungarian and, not least, British examples from the Barber’s world-class coin collection explores our fascination with Rome – its trappings of power and its visual imagery. It looks at the potential and the difficulties that these associations can bring to those in authority.

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LUNCHTIME LECTURESWednesdays, 1.10pm – 2pm, Barber lecture theatre, FREELOVE, LIFE &

LanDsCaPEsUntil 25 October Print Bay, Green Gallery

16 September Small Change and Big Changes: Minting and Money after the Fall of RomeDr Jonathan Jarrett, University of Leeds

As the Roman Empire declined in the West, so did its cash economy. Only rare gold coins of steadily worsening quality remained, while, in the Byzantine East, money remained a plentiful everyday phenomenon. Dr Jarrett, curator of Inheriting Rome, discusses how money could – and could no longer – be used across the post-Roman world.

23 SeptemberRome and the Empire of ArtDr Kathleen Christian, Open University

Rome has been a capital of empire, the papacy, art – and, since the 1450s, through the Grand Tour to the present day – a destination for cultural tourism and pilgrimage. Dr Christian examines the relationships between empire, religion, art, antiquity and pilgrimage in the Eternal City.

30 SeptemberSome Degrees of Separation: Rome and GermanyJohannes von Müller, Warburg Institute, London

Emperors and rulers since the middle ages have been eager to establish links with ancient Rome. This lecture will follow such interrelations into late 19th and early 20th century Germany, when the Kaiserreich and then the Third Reich made use of the medieval emperors to channel the Roman empire’s prestige and authority.

Sunday 20 September, 2.30pm & Tuesday 24 November, 1.15pm FREE

EXHIBITION TOURS

In 2015, the Barber Institute of Fine Arts celebrates the 70th anniversary of the Barber Evening Concert series. The first Barber Evening Concert took place on 5 November 1945 during Sir Jack Westrup’s reign as the University’s Peyton and Barber Professor of Music. Westrup's programming in subsequent years included new, challenging, and sometimes controversial music, alongside accessible and popular repertoire, performed by Europe’s leading chamber ensembles and recitalists. The concert series continues in this vein to this day, and this exhibition of photographs, concert programmes and other archive material celebrates the highlights of seven decades of music performance at the Barber.

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Tuesday 3 November, 1.15pmCurator’s Introduction to the ExhibitionRobert Wenley, Deputy Director

LUNCHTIME GALLERY TALK

A Question of Identity in 17th-Century Dutch Portraiture

23 October 2015 – 24 January 2016Red Gallery

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thE aGE OF InnOCEnCE18 September 2015 – 10 January 2016Print Bay, Beige Gallery

BaRBER COnCERts70 Years of Music

6 November 2015 – 31 January 2016Print Bay, Green Gallery

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Stolen gingerbread, spirited laughter, serenely slumbering infants and poised young girls provide some colourful contrasts in this exploration of the evolving imagery of children and childhood. Curated to complement Flinck in Focus, this display includes stylistically diverse prints and drawings selected from the Barber’s collection – from tranquil religious prints of the 17th century to playful illustrations of childhood in the 18th and 19th centuries. Drawn from all over Europe, the display includes works by notable artists such as Castiglione, Adriaen van Ostade, William Hogarth and John Brett.

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One of Rembrandt’s most talented pupils, Govert Flinck was a highly prized and extremely successful portraitist and history painter, with a reputation that grew to match even that of his master. He was particularly popular for his portraits of children – a genre his teacher eschewed. But his fame waned and his name is relatively unknown today.

Marking the 400th anniversary of Flinck's birth, this exhibition is one of two opening this autumn that explore this under-appreciated artist – and are the first ever to examine any aspect of his work. In the Barber's picture-in-context show, one of the gallery’s best-loved paintings, Flinck’s Portrait of a Boy of 1640, comes under the spotlight: the sitter, the painting itself and its history. It features works lent by major public collections including the British Museum, the National Gallery, London, and the Rembrandthuis, Museum, Amsterdam, alongside new technical information about the painting.

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tERMs OF EnGaGEMEntPortraits from the University of Birmingham 16 October 2015 – 17 January 2016Lady Barber Gallery

LUNCHTIME LECTURE

RECOVERY aRt

Birmingham artist David Rowan was invited by the University to respond to Terms of Engagement. He has produced original site-specific interventions for the spaces around the University’s Great Hall and Vice Chancellor’s Corridor vacated by the portraits.

16 October 2015 – 17 January 2016, Aston Webb BuildingPhantOM WaLLsDavid Rowan

The Barber’s Recovery Art group has provided a haven for people recuperating from physical or mental health issues – including drug and alcohol addiction – since February 2013, and here stages its second annual exhibition. Excited and inspired by subjects and media from the Barber’s collection, by their own ideas and experiences of recovery, and by the technical processes themselves, its members have created exciting new abstract and representational work in two and three dimensions – a process that has proven cathartic, creative and sociable. Sculpture in clay, wire, and plaster and wood; drypoint and woodcut prints; and paintings in oil, acrylic and wax on canvas: works in all these media are accompanied by the incisive and intensely personal reflections of members of the group written in their own words.

30 September – 13 OctoberLearning Space (first floor)

IN CONVERSATION

Wednesday 21 October 6.30 – 8pm Artist Humphrey Ocean RA, whose portrait of Sir Julian Bullard features, won the National Portrait Gallery’s annual Portrait Prize in 1982 and has undertaken several commissions for the NPG since. Hear him in conversation with the Director, Nicola Kalinsky, 6.30pm: Refreshments served 7pm: In ConversationFREE, but booking essential*

Interested in joining the group?We meet on the first Tuesday of every month, 12–3pm. All sessions are free of charge, and all materials are provided.

We always welcome new members. If you want to learn more, please give Alex a call on 0121 414 2261, or email education@barber.org.uk, or drop in for a chat on Tuesday 6 October where we will have an open studio from 12 – 3pm.

aUERBaCh aBstRaCt OIL PaIntInG COURsE Saturdays 7 &14 November11am – 4pm (includes lunch break)

A two-day oil-painting workshop inspired by the Barber's recent acquisition of Frank Auerbach's urban landscape, Primrose Hill - Winter, 1981. Led by artist/tutor Adrian Clamp and working from photographs of your own urban or rural landscape, you'll be making preparatory sketches in charcoal or oil paint, exploring mark-making, colour, gesture and light, learning how to prepare a canvas and developing your painting using impasto and scumble techniques.

All materials provided. Suitable for all levels of ability. £70; £60 concessions; £50 UoB students. Booking essential*

WALK & TALK

* TO BOOK A PLACE, CONTACT education@barber.org.uk OR 0121 414 2261

Commissioning Portraits for the University 4 November 1.10pmBarber Lecture TheatreJames Hamilton, University Curator 1992-2013 commissioned seven portraits of senior University officers from leading British portaritists. He discusses his many adventures in helping build a significant regional portrait collection. FREE, no booking required

Terms of Engagement & Phantom Walls

Saturday 28th November11.30am – 1pmExplore Terms of Engagement from the curator’s viewpoint. Then head across campus to see Phantom Walls, and hear the artist talk about his work. FREE, but booking essential*

Jacob Epstein, Tom Phillips, Humphrey Ocean and Jennifer McRae: some of the most respected British artists of the 20th century have been commissioned by the University over the past 100 years to portray and honour its chancellors, vice chancellors and other leading figures. This selection features oil paintings, works on paper and sculpture, and looks not only at the University’s leaders, but also some of its most prominent academics as well as those who played an instrumental role in student life. It explores the process of commissioning and realising portraits, rather than attempting to be a history of the University. However, gathered for the first time together, these sometimes surprising images nevertheless still reveal something of the character and eclecticism of the institution – the UK’s original redbrick University.

BARBER BOOK CLUB Tuesdays, once a month 2 – 3pmJoin our popular monthly book club for a stimulating and informal discussion of books exploring a range of themes. Refreshments provided. £2 per session. Booking essential.

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Thursdays, 24 September – 3 December (no session 29 October) 1–3pm ORSaturdays, 26 September – 5 December 2015 (no session 31 October) 11–1pm

Aged 13 – 18 and into art? Join Barber Youth!Discover art history through gallery tours and discussion. Learn new skills in drawing, painting, printing and sculpture. Meet practising artists! Boost a GCSE or A-Level portfolio…or just come for fun!

8 & 22 September6 & 20 October3 & 17 November1 & 15 December

£5 per session. Tea, juice and flapjacks provided! Booking essential* For a free taster session or for more information call 0121 414 2261

Explore, look at and discuss art across four Black Country and Birmingham art galleries in this 10-week beginner’s course for adults with no previous art knowledge, organised in partnership with Wolverhampton Adult Education Service.

Topics include:• Art from the Renaissance to the 20th century.

Approaching art, looking at and talking about it. (Barber Institute)

• The Garman Ryan collection/early 20th-century art; Jacob Epstein and the influence of non-European cultures (New Art Gallery Walsall)

• Difficult/challenging subjects in art: How we define art; Pop art; black artists and the 1980s BLK Art Group (Wolverhampton Art Gallery)

• Contemporary art and international exhibitions, including work by Fiona Banner (Ikon, Birmingham Gallery)

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aRt & WRItInGWorkshops led by Jacqui Rowe, former Barber Writer in ResidenceSaturdays, 1.30 – 4pm

WORDPLAY19 SeptemberGather words from around the Barber and add your own. Turn them into new writing through chance and serendipity, including making a collaged text. Inspired by Jacqui Rowe’s latest pamphlet, Ransom Notes.

SUN, RAIN, WIND AND CLOUDS14 November Inspired by landscape paintings by Auerbach and Rubens as well as other works in the Barber collection, examine how we describe the transience of weather and how we can use it to create moods in writing.

CELEBRATE!12 DecemberAs we approach the festive season, explore the ways we celebrate Christmas and New Year and express the personal in our writing, as well as ways of offering thanks and praise.

Suitable for writers of prose or poetry at all levels of experience.£6/£4 concessions, students and UoB staffBooking essential

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£55 for the entire course.Learners in receipt of certain benefits may qualify for a concessionary rate – please contact Wolverhampton Adult Education Service for more information.

To Book: contact Wolverhampton Adult Education Service, Old Hall Street, Wolverhampton, WV1 3AU01902 558180 www.aeswolverhampton.gov.uk Enrolment forms available to pick up at any of the four galleries.Please note: this course is not accredited.

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UNCOVERING LITERATURE Thursday 15th October 2-3pm Explore the Barber collection through a literary lens in this gallery tour that uncovers the obvious and unexpected connections between art and writing. Discover how literature has inspired and influenced artists, how painters have adapted literary works – or, with writers, have helped found artistic movements or even influenced philosophy. FREE – booking essential*

SELF AND OTHERSFriday 16th OctoberInspired by the Barber’s Terms of Engagement exhibition, this workshop explores how we write about character and also how we can create a self-portrait in words.FREE – but booking essential

8 Sept — Music and Silence by Rose Tremain 13 Oct — A Month in the Country by JL Carr 10 Nov — The Masterpiece by Emil Zola (translation by Thomas Walton)8 Dec — How to be Both by Ali Smith

THE STILL LIFE OF VANITAS Monday 12 October, 1.30 - 4.30pmJoin us for a special Birmingham Literature Festival workshop and delve into the world of the 16th- and 17th-century Dutch vanitas tradition. Look at works in the Red Gallery and be immersed in a still-life room to explore the vanitas concept. Wander around the room and create pieces of writing in response – and look out for the subtle changes that will bring our still-life set-up to life!

Tickets: £25/£20 (WWM Friends: £22.50/£18)Festival Pass holders: £15Booking essential – box office at www.birminghamliteraturefestival.org or call 0121 245 4455.

Part of the University's Book to the Future festival.

For further information please visit: www.bham.ac.uk/BTTF

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GallerieS niGhtThe Barber – Ikon – RBSA Gallery – BM&AG (Waterhall Exhibition) – Parkside Gallery – Mac Birmingham Friday 30 October5 – 9pm

Enjoy the exhibitions and collections at six of Birmingham’s leading public art galleries, with the free Art Bus travelling between venues. Refreshments and guided tours are available at selected venues.

To download Art Bus timetable, and for more information on the exhibitions and Galleries Night offer at each venue, visit individual gallery websites.

to the StUDio: Film Screening and In Conversation with Jake AuerbachWednesday 11 November 5.15pm: Refreshments; galleries open6 – 8pm: Film Screening & questions Barber concert hall

Celebrating the recent acquisition of Frank Auerbach’s Primrose Hill – Winter, join his son, film-maker Jake Auerbach, for a screening of his 2001 documentary, To the Studio.

An inventive, intriguing, and uncompromising artist, and regarded as one of the world’s most important living painters, Frank Auerbach is at the easel 365 days a year. After the film, Jake will be in conversation with the Barber’s Director, Nicola Kalinsky. There will also be the opportunity for the audience to ask questions.

Free, but booking essential*

the barber: a potteD hiStorYThursday 10 September, 2 – 3pm Friday 11 September, 11am – 12 noon Celebrate Birmingham Heritage Week by delving into the Barber’s past in this compelling walk and talk. Learn about Sir Henry and Lady Barber (pictured) and how the Barber came to be. Explore our wonderful Art Deco building, hear about its architect, Robert Atkinson, and take a look at the Barber’s first acquisitions.FREE – but booking essential*

CommUnitY DaY: art explorerS! Sunday 6 September 11am – 4pm Become an Art Explorer at this year’s Community Day! Enjoy tales in the galleries with our storyteller and step back in time as you see artists come to life! Hunt down your favourite artworks in our gallery explorer’s treasure hunt, create your own ‘krazy kaleidoscope’ and make an arty pin-badge to take home. Fun for the whole family!FREE; drop in any time All ages welcome

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lUnChtime toUrS anD talkSTuesdays, 1.15pmThese weekly tours and talks introduce visitors to our exhibitions, displays and collections. Our gallery guides and curatorial team have developed a programme that will interest everyone – novice or enthusiast – and at only 30 minutes, each talk is an ideal way of spending a lunchtime.

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Four Foyer Favourites

The Classical Legacy

Genre Painting: The Poor Relation

Introduction to the Barber’s Works on Paper

Introduction to the Barber’s Paintings and Sculptures

From Africa to Asia:Four Sculptures Introduction to Terms of Engagement

The Reformation and Counter Reformation

Introduction to Flinck in Focus

Introduction to the display, The Age of Innocence

Ivory, Jade and Bloodstone

Coping with the Ancestors: Paganism, Antiquity and the Coins of Old and New Rome

Introduction to the display, 70 Years of Barber Concerts

The T- Shirt Tour: Barber Faces

Unto us a Son is Born: Christ depicted by Rosselli & Jan de Beer

John Southall, Gallery Guide

Jennifer Young, Gallery Guide

Jen Costigan, Gallery Guide

Marian Edwards, Gallery Guide

Alex Jolly, Learning and Access Assistant

Jen Ridding, Learning and Access Officer

Marian Edwards, Gallery Guide

Clare Mullett, University Curator

Barbara Fogarty, Gallery Guide

Robert Wenley, Deputy Director

Sarah Beattie, Collections Assistant

Jennifer Young, Gallery Guide

Mike Saxby, Gallery Guide

Andrew Kirkman, Barber Professor of Music

John Southall, Gallery Guide

Jennifer Young, Gallery Guide

beDFaS at the barberBirmingham Evening Decorative and Fine Arts Society meets at the Barber monthly for a late gallery viewing, refreshments, and lectures on a diverse range of subjects.

6 – 7pm: Late gallery viewing; refreshments7 – 8.15pm: Lecture

Thursday 17 SeptemberImages of the Wilderness: Artists in search of the Sublime from Turner to Friedrich

Thursday 15 October The Poetic Chinese Garden: A Microcosm of Nature

Thursday 19 November The Art and Science of the Lunar Society

Tickets available on the door only. £10/Free for BEDFAS members. Additional BEDFAS/lecture information: www.bedfas.org

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BInChOIs COnsORtWednesday 28 October 7.30pmThe Battle of AgincourtAndrew Kirkman, conductor

The Binchois Consort mark the 600th anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt, one of England’s greatest military victories. The programme also brings the focus onto its victor, Henry V. Great warrior though he was, Henry – typically for his time – was also a major patron of the arts. Like early fifteenth-century life itself, the music of Henry’s time is colourful and surprisingly varied: a world of energy, rhythm, drive and brilliance.

qUaRtEt-LaB Wednesday 25 November 7.30pm

Kurtág String Quartet No. Bartók String Quartet No. 4Beethoven Quartet, Op. 127 Plus additional short chamber works, to be announced from the stage.

Sharing a passion for experimentation, quartet-lab has developed programmes around musical texture, context and colour. Familiar repertoire is positioned alongside contemporary works and interspersed with chamber music. Such unusual programming has become the quartet’s trademark.

PasCaL anD aMI ROGé Wednesday 9 December 7.30pm

FauréDolly SuiteDebussy6 preludes (solo)Schubert Fantasie in F minor, Op. 103, D940MozartSonata in C, K521DvorákFour Slavonic Dances

Pascal Rogé enjoys an international reputation as one of the great interpreters of French music, and for several years has performed recitals for four hands/two pianos with partner, Ami Rogé. Together they have travelled the world, appearing at prestigious concert halls including New York's Carnegie Hall, London's Kings Place, and The Sage Gateshead, and at many of the major international music festivals.

LUnChtIME COnCERtsJoin us every Friday lunchtime in the autumn term for our Barber Lunchtime Concert series. For more details and to find out about all of the concerts this term, pick up the University MUSIC brochure from the Barber or Bramall foyers.

BOOKINGFor ALL the above concerts:Admission: £18, £15 concessions, £12 Barber Friends, £5 students.Tickets available from the Barber Institute reception on 0121 414 7333 or online at shop.bham.ac.uk

SUnDaY toUrS Second and fourth Sundays of the month, 2.30pmFind out about our collections and exhibitions in this hour-long tour. Meet in the foyer. FREE, no booking required

aUDio-DeSCriptive toUrSFor blind and partially sighted visitors.One-hour tours and half-day INsight sessions with our friendly and knowledgeable Gallery Guides can be arranged for groups on request. Hand-held magnifiers as recommended by the RNIB are available from reception.

To discuss your visit please contact the Learning and Access team on 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk

SiGneD toUrSFor deaf visitors.Gallery tours with our experienced Gallery Guides and qualified BSL interpreters can also be arranged on request.

For more information please contact the Learning and Access team on 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk

ChriStmaS CraFt Fair Saturday 21 November11 – 4pm Our popular Christmas Craft fair will be returning for another year. So join us for shopping and a drop-in craft session.

Decorate a festive puppet or gift bag using felt, sequins, stickers and fabric crayons. Keep it for yourself or give as a gift! Everybody welcome.FREE, no booking required.Drop in anytime.

Fine art valUation DaYThursday 12 November 10am – 4pmEver wondered how much that painting over the fireplace or that family heirloom was worth? Bring it along to this valuation day, with experts from valuers and auctioneers Biddle and Webb, and find out! Director and auctioneer Jeremy Thornton, and fine art specialist Catherine White will be in attendance to provide verbal valuations for, and advise on how to go about selling, fine art objects – particularly paintings, drawings, prints or sculpture. FREE - Drop in – no appointment necessary

liGhtninG talkSWednesday 2 December2 – 3pmFollowed by tea and cake from 3 – 4pm

Join students from the University’s Department of History of Art in the galleries and get to know six works of art in 60 minutes! Hear from each student as they present their own unique and individually researched Lightning Talk about their chosen masterpiece – then, after ten minutes, the bell rings and it’s time to meet your next artwork!Open to all.Continue the conversations over complimentary tea and cake between 3 – 4pm.Free, but booking essential*

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Boy Meets Girl

Family story telling and craft activities

Four Foyer Favourites

Music and Silence by Rose Tremain

Workshop for young people aged 13 – 18yrs The Barber: A Potted History

The Barber: A Potted History

The Classical Legacy

Small Change and Big Changes

Images of the Wilderness: Artists in search of the Sublime from Turner to Friedrich

Word Play

Inheriting Rome

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Rome and the Empire of Art

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GALLERY TALK

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GALLERY TOUR

BEDFAS LECTURE EvENING**

WRITING WORKSHOP*/**

GALLERY TALK

BARBER YOUTH*/**

IN CONvERSATION

FAMILY DAY

GALLERY TOUR

GALLERY TALK

CONCERT*/**

GALLERIES NIGHT

The Still Life of vanitas

From Africa to Asia: Four sculptures

A Month in the Country by JL Carr

Uncovering Literature

The Poetic Chinese Garden: A Microcosm of Nature

Self and Others

Exhibition Introduction: Terms of Engagement

Young people’s workshop (13 – 18yrs)

Humphrey Ocean RA

The Big Draw:Every Picture Tells a Story

The Reformation and Counter Reformation

Binchois Consort

Art Bus and gallery tours

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BARBER YOUTH*/**

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GALLERY TOUR

GALLERY TALK

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Exhibition Introduction: Flinck in Focus

Young people’s workshop (13 – 18yrs)

Commissioning Portraits for the University

Auerbach Abstract Painting 1

Display Introduction: The Age of Innocence

The Masterpiece by Emil Zola

to book, ContaCt 0121 414 2261 or eDUCation@barber.orG.UkFUrther DetailS aboUt oUr WorkShopS anD eventS: WWW.barber.orG.Uk

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Introduction to the Barber’s Paintings and Sculpture

Young people’s workshop (13 – 18yrs)

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FILM NIGHT

FINE ART vALUATION DAY

ADULT WORKSHOP*/**

WRITING WORKSHOP*/**

GALLERY TALK

BARBER YOUTH*/**

BEDFAS LECTURE EvENING**

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR

GALLERY TOUR

GALLERY TOUR

CONCERT */**

WALK & TALK

GROUP VIsItsGroup visits are welcome, but if you plan to visit with a group, please call to let us know six weeks in advance. Guided tours and refreshments can also be arranged in advance for a small charge. Tours of the collection for visually impaired groups are also available. Contact 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk

EDUCatIOn VIsItsEducation workshops can be provided for school (supporting KS1-5), college or university groups. Contact 0121 414 2261 or education@barber.org.uk

FRIEnDs OF thE BaRBERLet your passion for art and music help support and promote the Barber. A Friend’s subscription entitles you to a range of exciting benefits and events. To find out more to becoming a Friend, please visit www.barber.org.uk/support or contact friends@barber.org.uk

PatROns OF thE BaRBEROur Patrons support the Barber Institute’s work financially in many areas, while also enjoying exclusive private views, visits and events. Subscription levels are: Benefactors - £200 per year; Director’s Circle - £500 per year; 1932 Club - £1,000 a year. If you are interested in becoming a Patron or a Corporate Patron, please contact 0121 414 2946 or marketing@barber.org.uk

hIREThe Barber’s stunning galleries, foyer, concert hall and lecture theatre are all available for hire for receptions, launches and other functions. The hire can include an exclusive private view and introductory talk from a staff member. We offer a wide range of wines, beers, spirits, soft drinks and nibbles, and can also arrange buffet catering. For more details visit: www.barber.org.uk/venue-hire/ or contact our Events Officer on 0121 414 6985 or events@barber.org.uk.

OPEnInG hOURsMonday to Friday10am – 5pmSaturday & Sunday11am – 5pm(Closed 24 – 26 December; 1 January)

aCCEssFacilities for disabled visitors include designated parking, level access, wheelchair, lift and WC. Call in advance to make your visit easier.Baby changing facilities are available and the Barber is a breastfeeding-friendly venue throughout.

shOPOur shop sells a wide variety of items from pocket money souvenirs for children to high quality designer leather goods. We also offer a range of collection- and exhibition-related books, postcards, greetings cards and gifts suitable for all pockets.

REFREshMEntsHot and cold drinks, sandwiches, cakes and confectionery, including a fantastic range of Fairtrade items, are available.

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1918September - December 2015

For more information about our concerts and

our thriving children's programme, see these

separate leaflets:

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BARBER YOUTH*/**

LIGHTNING TALKS*

GALLERY TOUR

BOOK CLUB*/**

CONCERT*/**

WRITING WORKSHOP*/**

GALLERY TOUR

GALLERY TALK

BARBER YOUTH*/**

Display Introduction: 70 Years of Barber Concerts

Young people’s workshop (13 – 18yrs)

Gallery mini-talks led by History of Art students

The T- Shirt Tour: Barber Faces

How to be Both by Ali Smith

Pascal and Ami Rogé

Celebrate!

Unto Us a Son is Born

Young people’s workshop (13 – 18yrs)

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5.15 – 8pm

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6 – 8.15pm

11am – 4pm

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To the Studio: Film Screening and InConversation with Jake Auerbach

With Auctioneers Biddle and Webb

Auerbach Abstract Painting 2

Sun, Rain Wind and Clouds

Ivory, Jade and Bloodstone

Young people’s workshop (13 – 18yrs)

The Art and Science of the Lunar Society

Festive gift stalls and a family craft session

Coping with the Ancestors

quartet-lab

Terms of Engagement & Phantom Walls

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The Barber Institute is located in south-west Birmingham, approximately three miles from the city centre, at the East Gate of the University of Birmingham, off Edgbaston Park Road.

BY TRAINUniversity station, a 10-minute walk from the Barber, is served by trains from Birmingham New Street, Lichfield and Longbridge, Cardiff and Worcestershire. Check train times and buy tickets at www.thetrainline.com.

BY BUSThere are frequent buses from the city centre past the bottom of Edgbaston Park Road (61 and 63 operated by National Express West Midlands).

BY CARNorth East car park (off Pritchatts Road) is five minutes’ walk away. Charges apply Monday – Friday, 9.30am – 4.30pm.

FREE parking is available on campus around the Barber outside these times. Please check our website for the latest information on car parking.

For maps and more information about how to travel to the Barber visit: www.about.bham.ac.uk/maps

Free aDmiSSion to GallerieS anD all exhibitionSOPENING HOURSMonday to Friday: 10am – 5pmSaturday and Sunday: 11am – 5pm(Closed 24 – 26 December; 1 January)

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