Art Exhibitions in Birmingham | Forward Gallery

L.S. Lowry Exhibition - On Now in Gallery 1 - Exhibition on until Saturday 13th June 2026

This year marks 50 years since the passing of L.S. Lowry, one of Britain’s most distinctive and beloved artists. To honour his extraordinary legacy, we are delighted to present a newly updated collection of signed limited edition pri...

Forward Gallery presents The Masters Collection - On Now in Gallery 2

Forward Gallery is proud to present ‘The Masters Collection’. We have created an in-depth catalogue showcasing over 150 artworks by some of the greatest names of the 20th Century, carefully curated for this exhibition. A se...

Horace Panter Exhibition - Now on in Gallery 2 on the first floor

This expanded exhibition (online catalogues below) now features works from various collections, including 'Access All Areas', 'The Beano'. 'Demo Cassettes', Americana' and 'The Specials - Spirit of '79'...

British Contemporary Exhibition - including Black Sabbath inspired artworks - extended until 19th July 2025

Forward Gallery is proud to launch our new Birmingham city centre gallery space with an amazing British Contemporary Exhibition. As a revolving collection, regular visits are highly recommended!! BLACK SABBATH We have 3 very special new artwor...

Andy Warhol - Online Exhibition

At Forward Gallery we have all the artworks shown on our website available. We only sell pieces which we own or that have been allocated to us. Whilst we are getting ready to open in our new gallery location, we have put together a number of onlin...

NEWLY ACQUIRED WORKS BY ANDY WARHOL, BRIDGET RILEY, DAMIEN HIRST & KEITH HARING AVAILABLE NOW

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Horace Panter - Back Across America

We are proud to present the follow up to 2023's sell out exhibition 'Across America' by pop artist Horace Panter. BACK ACROSS AMERICA Horace returned to America in 2023 for the annual Musack Rocks charity concert...

Annette Pugh - Bittersweet

All works for this exhibition explore moments of solace and solitude. The paintings consider landscape and our emotional connection to it. Each painting is the result of serendipitous discovery, of finding places that are silent and compelling in...

Best of British - 60 Years of Contemporary Art

Colley Ison Gallery proudly presents a stunning collection covering 60 years of British Art, from a 1962 signed William Gear silk-screen (one of the originators of this printing method) through the YBAs such as Damien Hirst, to new pain...

Roxana Halls

9th August - 30th August - ROXANA HALLS - New collection - including the BBC Paintings Internationally acclaimed artist Roxana Halls will be in the gallery to discuss her latest collection on Saturday 12th August 2023 from 12pm until 4pm. We a...

Danny Howes - New paintings

11th July - 5th August- DANNY HOWES - New collection Danny Howes painting live & drinks reception Saturday 15th July. We are proud to welcome Danny back, and have him painting live in the gallery. He will be available to discuss hi...

Rick Garland - 'Embers'

Where there are embers, there is hope..... This is a small section taken from the wording, by Rick Garland, written for the foreword to the 'Embers' Exhibition Catalogue, and helps explain his creative thought process behind&...

The 1970s - Artists born in and art created in one fantastic decade

The 1970s are famous for many colourful ideas in the world art and music, but it was also an era of economic struggle, cultural change and technological innovation. The Minimalist art movement emerged in New York as a group of younger artists b...

Spring Exhibition

An exhibition of stunning original works by Mark Godwin, Rick Garland, Horace Panter, Roxana Halls and Reuben Colley alongside Master Graphics signed editions by Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin

Across America (EXTENDED BY A WEEK UNTIL 11th MARCH) - Pop Art Exhibition featuring and curated by Horace Panter

Curated by artist and bass player Horace Panter, the ‘Across America’ exhibition features his latest series of original paintings. Inspired by a trip he took across America in early 2022, this exhibition showcases several of his latest...

Andy Warhol - From Tattooed Woman Holding a Rose (1955) to Lenin (1987)

Andy Warhol's career has spanned many years, from his commercial art days in the 1950s to the Pop Art works of the 60's, 70's and 80's. He is now considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century, and we are...

Autumn Exhibition

Our Autumn Group Exhibition features collections from represented artists Mark Godwin, Rick Garland and Goldie. We have also introduced a floor of signifcant works by Reuben Colley from the archive, which are on display alongside hi...

INTRODUCING JACOB CHANDLER - COMMONWEALTH GAMES SUMMER EXHIBITION

We are proud to be working with sculptor Jacob Chandler, who has recently had his latest public artwork unveiled in Birmingham. Jacob was commissioned to produce a public sculpture for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, which is sited outside New Str...

INTRODUCING GOLDIE - COMMONWEALTH GAMES SUMMER EXHIBITION

We are very proud to announce that we are the only UK gallery to represent the amazing artwork of multi talented artist Goldie. Starting his life in the West Midlands, Goldie travelled to America in the mid 1980's and became...

Commonwealth Games Festival Summer Exhibition

This is a collection that shows the strength of what Colley Ison Gallery have to offer. During this exhibition we will be introducing two new artists - Jacob Chandler and Goldie. Alongside new paintings by established gallery artists such as...

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