Three generations of British artists, designers and makers revolutionised the visual arts in the second half of the nineteenth century. The Pre-Raphaelites, William Morris and his circle and the men and women of the Arts and Crafts movement transformed art and design.

Selected from the city of Birmingham's outstanding collection, Victorian Radicals 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 is the first comprehensive showing of the city’s Pre-Raphaelite and Arts and Crafts collections in Birmingham for over five years. Discover the story of the Pre-Raphaelites themselves and their influence on artists and makers well into the twentieth century – especially in Birmingham itself. Paintings made by artists including Kate Bunce, Joseph Southall and Arthur Gaskin combined the poetry and intensity of the Pre-Raphaelites’ work with a distinctive identity all their own.

Open Wednesday - Sunday, 10am - 5pm until at least Christmas 2024. In the Gas Hall at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery.

Pre-book to guarantee entry. Alternatively you can buy tickets on arrival (subject to availability).

This exhibition is organised by Birmingham Museums Trust and the American Federation of Arts. Supported by the Friends of Birmingham Museums.

Please note: Millais’s The Blind Girl and Rossetti’s Proserpine are not on display as they will feature in the exhibition Seeing Scents: The Pre-Raphaelites at the Barber Institute, University of Birmingham. In their place, The Wife's Remonstrance by James Campbell and Autumn by Frederick Sandys are now on show.