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Emii Alrai, The Courtship of Giants at Eastside Projects

Giant sculptures to hold you captive in Birmingham

Weave your way around giant sculptures and imaginative hunting arenas in Eastside Projects in Birmingham…

Eastside Projects talk with artist Lindsey Mendick

Who cares for the people who care for people?

Join artist Lindsey Mendick, Mendick’s parents Anthony and Jenny Mendick and curator Harriet Cooper at Eastside Projects for a candid discussion…

Monster Chetwynd: Hell Mouth 3

Myths, monsters and heavy metal in Birmingham

Home of Metal will present a series of exhibitions in and around Birmingham, to celebrate the legacy of the band Black Sabbath…

Hardeep Pandhal - Bame - Eastside Projects

Late night opening at Eastside Projects in Birmingham

Birmingham’s Digbeth area comes alive on the first Friday of each month with late-night openings, special events, and culture in unexpected spaces…

Richard Woods - Duck Weave - Eastside Projects

Richard Woods’ Duck Weave at Eastside Projects in Birmingham

Richard Woods’ Duck Weave is a new development in the internationally renowned artist’s use of materials, patterns, logos and motifs, at Eastside Projects in Birmingham…

Bill Drummond - World Tour - 25 Paintings - Birmingham

Bill Drummond sails into Birmingham on his bed to begin world tour

On 13th March at noon, Bill Drummond will arrive in Birmingham via the Grand Union Canal on a raft made from his bed to begin his World Tour…

Trade Show exhibition - Eastside Projects - Birmingham

Trade Show at Eastside Projects

Trade Show is a group exhibition that exercises the function of art to exchange, present and enact different economic practices and cultures of trade…

Cao Fei - Haze and Fog - Eastside Projects

Haze and Fog at Eastside Projects

Cao Fei’s Haze and Fog is a new type of zombie movie set in modern China made by one of the most important Chinese artists working today…

Eastside Projects - Klingberg

Electrically charged exhibition at Eastside Projects

Gunilla Klingberg’s Parallelareal Variable is a new site specific installation at Eastside Projects in Birmingham…

Karl Nawrot, Untitled, 2013

Karl Nawrot: Mind Walk #I at Eastside Projects

An exhibition featuring an array of drawings and prints by graphic designer and illustrator Karl Nawrot is on at Eastside Projects from 19th April to 18th May 2013….

Heather & Ivan Morison's Professor Morello (Photo: Ivan Morison)

The puppets are taking over at Eastside Projects

Eastside Projects will be revealed as a ‘puppet state’ or ‘marionette government’ in its latest project. The art organisation is being taken over by little ‘creatures’ in a new exhibition in the Main Gallery…

Eastside Projects presents M6 an exhibition by Mike Nelson

An M6 you’ll want to travel to

Eastside Projects presents M6, a new commission by Mike Nelson, one of the most significant artists working in the UK today. The exhibition runs from 12th January to 9th March 2013…

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Fantastic Plastic family workshop at Eastside Projects

Learn about contemporary art as you transform plastic and vinyl into colourful creations at Eastside Projects in Birmingham on 17th November 2012…

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Two new exhibitions at Eastside Projects in Birmingham

Eastside Projects in Birmingham has two new exhibitions, After Dinner Shu Fa at Cricket Pavilion by Yangjiang Group and Pacha Kuti X by artist David Rowan. Both exhibitions run from 17th March to 5th May 2012…

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Explore the width of human existence with Corridor Plateau II

Corridor Plateau II is an exhibition on until 25th February 2012 at Eastside Projects in Birmingham…

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Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Make some noise for Whitby’s Krampus Run
Whitby Krampus Run 2018 - photo by Cassandra Sutton

As Father Christmas makes his annual visit to towns across the UK this weekend, there’s another, much darker character making his way to Whitby in North Yorkshire…

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