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A variety of chairs of different designs and colours are hanging from a ceiling, suspended by silver hoists

Michael Pinsky: The Final Bid

Now open. Michael Pinsky's visually striking exhibition is activated by a live online auction inviting people to bid on a selection of pre-loved chairs contributed by members of the public.
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BFI London Film Festival 2026

Now on sale. Discover the world’s best new films as the 70th BFI London Film Festival comes to MAC. See a selection of some of the most exciting new films around, all being shown in the UK for the first time.
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Dive into new creative adventures

Unleash your inner artist and explore sessions in ceramics, stained glass, textiles, jewellery, painting, printmaking, wellbeing, music, writing and more.
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BCMG: Cycle the Score

Experience Birmingham in motion with this unique musical journey on two wheels. Part of MAC’s Great Big Green Weekender, this family-friendly event celebrates creativity, sustainable travel and Birmingham’s green spaces.
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Clare Hewitt: Everything in the forest is the forest

Acclaimed photographer Clare Hewitt presents new work that celebrates trees and their remarkable ability to nurture and communicate.
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Woman with brunette bob and earing white top and trousers. She is leaning forward with her hand out. On the right is the back of a boy's head. The screen in the background has a yellow box on it with the word 'touch screen'.

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MAC's building with their open-plan terrace in the sunshine. Trees frame the photo.

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Upcoming events

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  1. Matt Winning: Solastalgia

    Comedy
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  2. LUNG Theatre: Woodhill

    Theatre and Dance
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  3. Propagating Plants with Fruit & Nut Village

    Free
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Cinema highlights

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  1. A close-up profile shot of two people facing each other in intimate, dim lighting. On the left, a young-ish man with tousled reddish-brown hair, an earring, and a beard, wearing a blue collared shirt, gazes intently at the woman across from him. On the right, a fortysomething woman with wavy blonde hair, winged eyeliner, dark lipstick, and dark manicured nails wearing a burgundy latex or vinyl garment touches her fingers to her chin as she looks back at him with a slight smile. The background is a soft, blurred gradient of blue and lavender tones, suggesting a nightclub or party atmosphere.

    I Want Your Sex

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  2. A dark-haired middle aged man with a thin moustache, wearing a light blue shirt with sleeves rolled up and a loosened dark tie, holds an old-fashioned telephone receiver to his ear with a tense, focused expression. He stands in a busy period office or war room filled with drafting tables and blueprints, with a uniformed military officer and several other people working in the background under hanging lamps.

    Pressure

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  3. A painting of an elderly woman in profile, seated in a black dress and white cap, hands folded in her lap, against a grey wall with a framed picture, beside a dark patterned curtain — Whistler's "Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1" (Portrait of the Painter's Mother), 1871.

    Exhibition On Screen: James McNeill Whistler

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Creative courses

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  1. Children are lined up, smiling

    Creative Drama (CH05 Autumn)

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  2. A person is guiding orange material through a sewing machine

    Introduction to Sewing & Dressmaking (TE104 Autumn)

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  3. A child is painting a piece of pottery with a paintbrush

    Pottery Club (CH06 Autumn)

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