Today's #OnlineArtExchange theme is dance and movement to celebrate The Barber Institute new exhibition ‘Claudette Johnson: Darker Than Blue’. 💙 This is "The Mask of Ohi Baba" (1925) by Averil Burleigh.

Bacchus by Simeon Solomon, 1867. Bacchus is the Roman name for Dionysus, the Greek god of wine. You can see Bacchus in the Victorian Radicals exhibition Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery.

#Brother is now available to order via our website. The publication features a selection of work made in collaboration with asylum seekers and refugees resident in one of Birmingham’s government assigned hotels. £20.00 + Postage grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-type… Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery

It's #WorldWatercolourMonth and I'm more than happy to plunge in to celebrate watercolours! Pont Valentre, Cahors, France by Joseph Edward Southall, 1936.

Cader Idris - Sunset, 1837. Another trip to Wales by Birmingham artist David Cox. #WorldWatercolourMonth

Gardens in full bloom and summer hideaways under bright blue skies, we are celebrating the Summer season with a new collection of miniature paintings by the master of light Rick Garland. Contact us to find out more.

Mont St Michel by Francois Louis Thomas Francia, 1802. Taking my inspiration from #WorldWatercolourMonth this week.

Edwin Butler Bayliss chose to dedicate his long life to an obsessive depiction of the industrial heartland of the Black Country in England's West Midlands - it gained its name in the mid 19thC due to the smoke from the many thousands of ironworking foundries and forges, 'a region

Rumour, a design for Stained Glass by Henry Payne, 1908. Behind the figures - technology enhancing the spread and speed of rumours as they come down the line. Payne died on this day 4 July 1940.

This week's #OnlineArtExchange theme is treasured artworks, but I couldn't choose, so instead I've gone for most "treasured treasure" - the Staffordshire Hoard! The theme celebrates the 'London: An Artistic Crossroads' exhibition with Sotheby's Art UK @englishheritage.

Choosing The Red and White Roses in the Temple Garden by Henry Payne, 1910. A depiction of a scene from Shakespeare's play Henry VI, Pt 1. Visit the #VictorianRadicals exhibition to see this see this Wars of the Roses inspired artwork. birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/vi…

The Last of England has been an inspiration for Cold War Steve today - see Ford Madox Brown's much loved artwork on display in our #VictorianRadicals exhibition! birminghammuseums.org.uk/exhibitions/vi…

'Twas A Famous Victory' by Edward Richard Taylor, 1883.

For #InternationalKissingDay! Two Lovers kissing in a Rose Garden by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1861. 😘

Sharing for #worldsnakeday A panel of wall tiles by William De Morgan (1882-1907) with a beautiful blue snake in the centre.

Beautiful Pitcher designed by Edmund Elton currently on display in #VictorianRadicals. He developed his famous metallic crackle glaze in 1902 by using gold and platinum leaf on a slip-covered body. He died #onThisDay 17 July in 1920.

Dumbarton Castle by John Ruskin. In 1838 Ruskin toured Scotland with his parents. The blue & yellow in this painting reflects the influence of David Cox on the young Ruskin. The catalogue of drawings produced by E. T. Cook & A. Wedderburn dates this work to 30 July 1838.

What a beautiful day for a picnic! It is the last day of National Picnic Month so we thought we'd share this print by Frederick Cayley Robinson called Outdoor Scenery with Figures.

Miniature portrait of Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Ethel Webling. Tennyson was born #OnThisDay 6 August 1809.

The Bull Ring and St Martin's Church, Birmingham, (1835-45) by David Cox.