Ikon and macLYON present works by over twenty artists from the British Council Collection and macLYON that explore the theme of friendship.
Curated collaboratively, the exhibition interrogates friendship as a fundamental human relationship that is essential to individual well-being and society.
Taking place in the partner cities of Birmingham and Lyon, Friends in Love and War – L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es also reflects on diplomatic friendships and how regional capitals and cultural organisations can create new ways of living and working together in a post-Brexit climate. The exhibition spans painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, textile, film, sculpture and installation, combining existing and new works by international and Birmingham-based artists to form a rich depiction of our complex personal and political friendships.
