Now in its sixth year and on loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year event comes to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Featuring an array of stunning images from photographers from all over the globe, the world-renowned exhibition showcases images that capture ‘fascinating animal behaviour, spectacular species and the breathtaking diversity of the natural world.’

Now in its 24th edition, the RBSA Annual Exhibition features more than 200 works from its members spread across a variety of mediums, exploring both contemporary and traditional approaches.

The artists exhibiting this year range in age and experience, with some of those exhibiting attending the Gallery every Saturday throughout the run to talk about their work, giving visitors a fascinating insight into their process.

Curated by Dr Christina Bradstreet, author of Scented Visions: Smell in Art, 1850-1914 (PSU Press, 2022), this collection explores the importance of smell and its significance in some of Britain’s most famous artistic pieces.

The collection includes pieces from Eleanor Fortescue-Brickdale, John Frederick Lewis, John Everett Millais, Evelyn De Morgan, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Simeon Solomon, and others.

Visitors will even have the option to participate in a scent experience that will help bring to life the scents suggested in certain paintings.

An incredibly exciting collaboration sees Ikon and macLYON come together for a joint-exhibition tied together by the theme of ‘friendship’.

Friends in Love and War – L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es features artwork from renowned names including Tracey Emin, Paula Rego, Sonia Boyce, Kenneth Armitage and Lubaina Himid, as well several fantastic artists local to Birmingham.

In total, works from more than 20 artists from the British Council Collection and macLYON will go on display, all exploring and interrogating how friendship is a fundamental human relationship that is integral to individual and societal wellbeing.

Birmingham Science Museum’s latest exhibition delves into the long history of coding, accompanied by incredible stories of local people, both past and present, who use coding in their work.

Makers and Machines also explores the implications of new technologies like AI, challenging visitors to uncover three object labels that have been written by an AI chatbot rather than a human.

Rare objects on display include the HEC computer, one of the oldest surviving electronic computers in the world, along with an array of digital and analogue devices and classic game designs.

Not your typical exhibition, The Bothy is a permanent outdoor installation set in the Minerva Apothecary Garden on the Grand Union Canalside.

Created by British-Barbadian artist Alberta Whittle, along with Birmingham-based women’s organisations and MJM Bespoke, the structure is modelled on a traditional Scottish both, which provides temporary, free shelter for anyone to use, and is intended as a place for people to rest and take in views of the sky and surrounding land.

The Bothy is part of Whittle’s long-term artist project with Grand Union titled Congregation: Creating Dangerously. The building’s design references Barbadian Chattel House in the area, connecting the Grand Union Canal to the Apothecary Garden, and is large enough to hold ten people at a time.

Victorian Radicals spotlights three generations of British artists, designers and makers who revolutionised the visual arts in the second half of the nineteenth century.

Selected from the city of Birmingham’s outstanding collection, the exhibition presents vibrant paintings and exquisite drawings alongside jewellery, glass, textiles and metalwork to explore their radical vision for art and society.

Fresh from an award-winning tour of the US, Victorian Radicals marks the first comprehensive showing of the city’s Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts collections in Birmingham for over five years.

This group exhibition at Midlands Arts Centre delves into the rise of imaginative and innovative approaches to circular design and waste innovation across the West Midlands.

The collection, which features works from Rachael Colley, Rhys Ellis, Foresso, Studio Mafa, Danielle Phelps and Molly Ratcliffe, highlights creative uses of common waste materials such as orange peel and cow manure to emphasise the need to reconsider how we utilise and recycle our planet’s resources.