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Changing Shapes: Metamorphosis in Art
16 October 2020 to 31 January 2021
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The Art of Devotion: Sacred Illuminations, Prints, and Drawings
23 October 2020 to 21 February 2021
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Sights of Wonder: Photographs from the 1862 Royal Tour
From Friday 12 June 2020 - ONLINE
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A Golden Jubilee: 50 Years of the Barber Coin Collection
23 September 2020 - 27 June 2021
Coin Gallery
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CéZANNE AND THE MODERN FRENCH PRINT
7 February – 18 October 2020 | Green Gallery Print Bay
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MATERNAL BONDS – IMAGES OF MOTHERHOOD
31 January – 11 October 2020 | Beige Gallery Print Bay
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CORNWALL AS CRUCIBLE – Modernity and Internationalism in Mid-century Britain
19 February – 17 May 2020
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Truly Bright and Memorable: Jan de Beer’s Renaissance Altarpieces
25 October 2019 - 19 January 2020
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A Tale of Two Empires: Rome and Persia
10 May 2019 - 15 March 2020
Coin Gallery
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The Printed Word: Image, Text and Meaning
18 October 2019 - 26 January 2020
Beige Gallery Print Bay
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The Mughals: Power and Beauty at the Indian Court
11 October 2019 - 2 February 2020
Green Gallery, Print Bay
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The Face of Fashion
7 June - 8 September 2019
Print Bay, Green Gallery
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Lady Barber’s Life and Legacy
24 May - 8 September 2019
Print bay, Beige Gallery
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The Paper Museum: the Curious Eye of Cassiano dal Pozzo
14 June - 1 September 2019
Lady Barber Gallery
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FROM OUTSIDE: Tess Jaray
27 February – 12 May 2019
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Drawing Out the Sound
Representations of Music in Art
Until 19 May 2019
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Maman: Vuillard & Madame Vuillard
16 October 2018 – 20 January 2019
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Sounding Images
27 April - 17 June 2018
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New York City Life
Prints by John Sloan
25 May - 16 September 2018
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Men of the Docks
George Bellows
23 March - 9 September 2018
Image: George Bellows, 'Men of the Docks', 1912?? The National Gallery, London
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The Artist in Art
Portrayals of the Creative Mind
19 January - 13 May 2018
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Working in Colour
A 400-year History of Prints and their Pigments
23 February - 10 June 2018
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ONLY LIGHT AND SHADOW
23 June to 22 October
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MORE REAL THAN LIFE
19th-Century Portrait Photography
9 June to 24 September
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EXCAVATING EMPIRE
David Talbot Rice and the Rediscovery of Byzantium
10 February - 11 June 2017
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WORKS OF MERCY
Photographs by Attilio Fiumarella
7 April - 21 May 2017
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Buried Treasures
Online Exhibition
Visit Buried Treasures: Uncovering Hoards virtually.
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Drawn to Perfection
Masterworks from the Royal Collection
15 June - 23 September 2018
Image: Federico Barocci, 'The head of an old man', c.1575, Royal Collection Trust?/ ? Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018
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The Last Roman
Peasant to Emperor
13 April 2018 - 14 April 2019
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The Rhythm of Light
Scottish Colourists from the Fleming Collection
16 February - 13 May 2018
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KOLLWITZ AND CONTEMPORARIES
22 September 2017 - 14 January 2018
German Graphic Art 1910 - 1923
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TALES FROM HISTORY
27 October 2017 - 18 February 2018
Print Bay, Green Gallery
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PRIDE AND PERSECUTION
27 October 2017 - 21 January 2018
Jan Steen's Old Testament Scenes
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SOUNDING IMAGES
28 April to 18 June
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I KNOW BUT I DON’T KNOW
Matthew Pagett
19 May to 17 September
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FRANCIS BACON
Two Figures in a Room
10 February - 26 March 2017
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EXCAVATING EMPIRE
Gold, Silver and Bronze in Byzantium
16 March 2017 - 18 March 2018
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TUMBLEWEED
Hannah Honeywill
24 February - 4 June 2017
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Bellows and the Body
The Real, the Ideal and the Nude
21 October 2016 – 22 January 2017
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Inheriting Rome
Until 24 April 2016
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Sir Joshua Reynolds: Artist and Collector
9 March - 6 May 2018
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WATER LILY POND
Claude Monet
24 June - 10 September 2017
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COPYING THE MASTERS
Print Bay Display
20 January - 7 May 2017
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Buried Treasures
Uncovering Hoards
Until 26 February 2017
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The Age of Innocence
18 September 2015 - 10 January 2016
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Love, Life & Landscapes
German Romantic Prints and Drawings from the Barber's Collection
12 June - 25 October 2015
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Rebel Visions
The War Art of CRW Nevinson
24 October 2014 - 25 January 2015
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Lasting Impressions
20th-century Portrait Prints
6 June - 28 September 2014
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FAITH & FORTUNE
Visualising the Divine on Byzantine and Early Islamic Coinage
8 November 2013 - 5 February 2015
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John Monks
The Process of Painting
15 November 2013 - 26 January 2014
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‘Of Exceptional and Outstanding Merit’
Treasures from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
The Wallace Collection
22 May - 1 September
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LIVING CITY
Sarah Silverwood
31 August-2 December 2012
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RECOVERY ART 2017
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Uncovering the Body
14 October 2016 – 29 January 2017
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The Pastoral and the Sublime
16 September 2016 – 8 January 2017
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Tales of the City
24 June - 2 October 2016
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All the World’s a Stage
Court, Patrons & Writers in Shakespeare's Circle
10 June – 25 September
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Flinck in Focus
A Question of Identity in 17th-century Dutch Portraiture
23 October 2015 - 24 January 2016
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From ‘Red’ Ellen to Oswald Mosley
Portraits of Inter-War Politicians by Edmund Kapp
1 May - 6 September 2015
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The Modernist Face
Smith, Dobson and British Portraiture 1920-60
5 June - 27 September 2015
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Gods & Heroes
23 January - 25 May 2015
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REVOLUTIONISING FASHION
6 February - 26 April 2015
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New Art West Midlands
13 February - 17 May 2015
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‘Degenerate’ Art
German Expressionist Prints from the Barber Collection
24 October 2014 - 25 January 2015
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Conversations
Portrait Prints from the Barber's Collection
13 June - 5 October 2014
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A River Runs Through It
Works on Paper from the Barber's Collection
13 June - 26 October 2014
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NEW ART WEST MIDLANDS
Recent Work by Local Graduates
14 February - 27 April
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FAMILY CIRCLES
British Portrait Miniatures of Children and Families
24 January – 26 May
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RUBY’S ROOM
Photographic Miniatures by Bettina von Zwehl
21 February - 26 May
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MILLET TO MANET
French Prints of the Late 19th Century
19 September 2013 - 12 January 2014
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First Impressions
Early Acquisitions of Prints for the Barber Collection
27 September 2013 - 19 January 2014
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SONIC VISIONS
New Electroacoustic Music Inspired by Art
13 September - 10 November 2013
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FIRST THOUGHTS
Early Acquisitions of Drawings for the Barber Collection
17 May - 1 September 2013
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PUGIN, DüRER AND THE GOTHIC
13 January - 24 June 2012
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SACRED AND PROFANE
Treasures of Ancient Egypt
18 June 2010 - 18 January 2012
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SEEN/UNSEEN
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Going Dutch
Golden Age Treasures from the Holburne and Barber Collections
13 November - 28 February 2010
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FUNCTION II
Re-interpretation, Reconstruction and Re-contextualisation
13 October 2011 - 8 January 2012
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Birth of a Collection
Masterpieces from the Barber Institute of Fine Arts
The National Gallery
22 May - 1 September
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ABOUT FACE
Portrait Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London, Royal Collection Trust and the Courtauld Gallery.
17 May - 1 September 2013
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OBJECTS OF AFFECTION
30 April - 4 July 2010
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PRINT POWER
10 June - 1 August 2010
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A RAGE FOR THE LAKES
Lake District Views from Abbott Hall Art Gallery
22 October 2010 - 9 January 2011
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COURT ON CANVAS
Tennis in Art
27 May - 18 September 2011
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MONET’S VIEW
By Michele White
15 February - 5 May 2013
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NEW ART WEST MIDLANDS
New Work by Recent Local Graduates
8 March - 19 May 2013
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CLOSE TO THE HEART
17th- 19th-century British Miniatures from UK Private Collections
1 February - 5 May 2013
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IN FRONT OF NATURE
The European Landscapes of Thomas Fearnley
19 October 2012- 27 January 2013
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PORTRAIT OF A LADY
The Life and Passions of Lady Barber
14 December 2012- 24 February 2013
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‘THE MOST PERFECT EXAMPLE OF HIS WORK’
Robert Atkinson and the Building of the Barber Institute
14 December 2012- 5 May 2013
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INSPIRED BY LACE
Jacqueline Lawrence
14 December 2012- 24 February 2013
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CITYSCAPES
Panoramic Views on European Coins and Medals
27 April 2012-6 October 2013
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HORSES!
Equestrian Themes in the Barber's Collection of Works on Paper
30 August 2012 - 20 January 2013
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FUNCTION III
The Urban Landscape as Photographic Panorama
7 September-25 November 2012
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