Visual Arts

  • Bob and Roberta Smith’s DIY approach to art appropriates the languages of folk, punk and the alternative protest movements to personalise political sloganeering. Although limited to words on backgrounds, though ranging across many genres, Smith’s images are filled with subversive...

    Bob and Roberta Smith

    Bob and Roberta Smith’s DIY approach to art appropriates the languages of folk, punk and the alternative protest movements to personalise political sloganeering. Although limited to words on backgrounds, though ranging across many genres, Smith’s images are filled with subversive…

  • Lichfield Cathedral is already home to a fine example of Jacob Epstein’s sculpture in the form of the bronze bust of Bishop Woods. In partnership with the New Art Gallery in Walsall we present more examples of Epstein’s work, including...

    Jacob Epstein

    Lichfield Cathedral is already home to a fine example of Jacob Epstein’s sculpture in the form of the bronze bust of Bishop Woods. In partnership with the New Art Gallery in Walsall we present more examples of Epstein’s work, including…

  • Jo Clifton-Coles paints in various media and works out of Stourbridge. She explains: “I inherited a deep thinking, sweet dreaming approachto art. After training to teach in secondary schools I am now realistic as well. My paintings are inthe twilight...

    Jo Clifton-Coles

    Jo Clifton-Coles paints in various media and works out of Stourbridge. She explains: “I inherited a deep thinking, sweet dreaming approachto art. After training to teach in secondary schools I am now realistic as well. My paintings are inthe twilight…

  • Over the past five years Veronica Bailey has carefully explored several collections of texts through photography. She was commissioned by Coutts & Co to photograph its library, resulting in the series Hours of Devotion. The bank’s Old Staff Library is...

    Veronica Bailey

    Over the past five years Veronica Bailey has carefully explored several collections of texts through photography. She was commissioned by Coutts & Co to photograph its library, resulting in the series Hours of Devotion. The bank’s Old Staff Library is…