About Town, a Four-Day Video Art Event

Celebrating Ikon gallery's 50th anniversary with a festival focusing on the magic of the moving image

It’s been 50 years since art gallery Ikon in Birmingham, UK, was established by an artists’ group that wanted the space to be “an antithesis to exclusive art establishments and galleries.” This weekend it’s celebrating that anniversary by teaming up with event space the Hippodrome for an inaugural free four-day video art event, About Town. Ikon dug into its extensive catalog to review its moving …