Ikon Gallery
Contemporary Art gallery in Birmingham UK / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Ikon Gallery (grid reference SP060866) is an English gallery of contemporary art, located in Brindleyplace, Birmingham. It is housed in the Grade II listed, neo-gothic former Oozells Street Board School, designed by John Henry Chamberlain in 1877.
Established | 1965; 59 years ago (1965) |
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Location | Brindleyplace, Birmingham |
Coordinates | 52.47°N 1.91°W / 52.47; -1.91 |
Type | Contemporary art |
Website | ikon-gallery |
Ikon was set up to encourage the public to engage in contemporary art. As a result, the gallery delivers an off-site Education and Interpretation scheme to educate audiences, and to promote artists and their work. The gallery is open every day of the week except Mondays, though it opens on bank holiday Mondays.
Featured artworks include all forms of media including sound, sculpture and photography as well as paintings. Exhibitions rotate throughout the year so that as many pieces can be displayed as possible. Ikon is a registered charity which is partly funded by Birmingham City Council and Arts Council of England.[1]