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Birmingham is a vibrant city in the English county of the West Midlands and it is an immensely popular city break destination and  day trips. The city has a huge number of world class visitor attractions including many Grade I Listed churches and stately homes as well as many museums and galleries, including Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery.

Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery is a gallery of contemporary art which can be found in the building which was previously the Oozells Street Board School in Brindleyplace, however it wasn’t always in such surroundings.

The gallery was founded in the year nineteen sixty four by 4 artists and Angus Skene.  The four artists were; David Prentice, Sylvani Merilion, Jesse Bruton and Robert Groves. Angus Skene had bought an artwork by Prentice and the two of them talked about the great many problems suffered by local artists, including the dire lack of venues and support for local artists.  The conversation formed the basic ideas for Ikon which was to be a “gallery without walls”.

Angus Skene initially funded the project, which consisted of mobile exhibitions in such unusual locations as cinemas and post offices in a motorcycle sidecar. The concept was to increase the accessibility of art to the public.  In order to to keep the expense minimal staffing was by the founding artists, family and friends who did not charge. In 1965 the Ikon Gallery was given a glass walled stall in the Bull Ring shopping centre.

Over the two couple of decades the Ikon Gallery moved from place to place until 1997 when it bought, with aid from the National Lottery Fund, the present premises, the former Oozells Street Board School. recently the Gallery has put on a selection of exhibitions and its continuous ability to produce the superb has led it to become surprisingly popular, to such a degree that in 2006 it opened a second gallery, the Ikon Eastside in  Digbeth.

If you are in the process of planning a vacation in the city of Birmingham remember to allow time to visit the Ikon Gallery. Also it is important to know that although there are many Birmingham hotels finding bed and breakfast in Birmingham can every now and again be very difficult. Because of this it is crucially important to book your accommodation at the earliest opportunity. You should know that Birmingham International Airport is about 8 miles away from the center of the city just off the A45 and near the M42 (junction 6). You will discover that there is a lot of hotels reasonably close to the airport.

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