Ikon hosts a new solo exhibition from Birmingham-raised artist Mahtab Hussain.

What Did You Want To See? explores the fine line between photographic documentation and surveillance culture, addressing the intelligence sites established by the media and the state to monitor the Muslim community in Britain.

Commissioned by Ikon and Photoworks, the exhibition features new work, including Hussain’s systematic documentation of 160 Birmingham mosques, revealing the diversity of mosque architecture; portraits of Birmingham residents which highlight the city’s vibrant Muslim community; a communal space within the gallery aimed at fostering inclusion and intercultural dialogue; and What Did You Want To See? an installation simulating a site under surveillance.

On loan from the Natural History Museum in London, the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year event, which is now in its sixth year, is on show at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery until April.

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.’

The RBSA Gallery hosts its annual Friends Exhibition, showcasing a wide range of artists at varying stages of their artistic careers across all kinds of different mediums.

The exhibition is open to all active Friends of the gallery, making it a great opportunity to see a vast scope of work from both up-and-coming and established artists.

Thinktank’s ongoing major exhibition explores the surprising and long history of coding, telling the fascinating stories of local people, past and present, who use coding in their work, ranging from local weavers and mathematicians to scientists, artists and gamers.

The exhibition also delves into the implications of new technology such as AI, and showcases rare and important objects such as the HEC computer, one of the oldest surviving electronic computers in the world.

The Bothy is a permanent outdoor installation set in the Minerva Apothecary Garden on the Grand Union Canalside, and is part of Whittle’s long-term artist project with Grand Union titled Congregation: Creating Dangerously.

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.

Midlands Arts Centre brings together a selection of thought-provoking new work from artists and photographers based across the West Midlands.

The open-call exhibition is organised with PRISM Photography networking, inviting artists to explore themes of belonging and interconnectedness through portraits, landscapes and personal stories.

Anyone who wants to be part of the exhibition is invited to submit their work here.

Peace and Noise invites visitors to experience the implied sound evident in historical visual landscapes pulled from the Barber’s prints and drawings collection.

The collection hopes to encourage guests to explore exciting, and previously unconsidered, multisensory avenues of interpretation.

The display brings together some of the most ‘sonically interesting’ examples of British and Dutch landscape prints and watercolours from the Barber’s collection. From rural Dutch scenes of the 17th century, through Gainsborough’s drawings of the rolling English countryside and noisy, bustling Hogarth cityscapes, the display challenges the viewer to consider time, gender, place and power via the sounds and silences we can perceive in these scenes.