Manchester gallery opens textile archive show tracing mill-town design
A new exhibition reconnects industrial pattern books with contemporary British makers.
Black British portraiture exhibition tours to Birmingham
Loans from private collections fill gaps in public holdings.
A touring exhibition of Black British portraiture opened in Birmingham after stops in London and Bristol, drawing heavily on private loans to fill gaps in public museum holdings.
Curators programmed school visits midweek to keep weekday galleries lively.
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