What's on Calendar Languages of Intimacy by Bella Milroy and Khairani Barokka Opening Times Tuesday - Friday, 10am - 5pm 17 October - 27 November, 2025 Exhibition launch: 16 October, 5pm-8pm Visit the exhibition website About the exhibition: ‘Languages of Intimacy’ is the first large-scale exhibition of visual work in the UK by British artist Bella Milroy and Indonesian artist Khairani Barokka taking place at Birmingham School of Art in Autumn 2025. Through the exhibition, the artists will explore interiority and play from two distinct sick-disabled perspectives. Drawing on and expanding themes within the exhibition, a hybrid public programme will accompany in person and online. The working relationship between Bella Milroy, Khairani Barokka, and Grand Union’s co-programme Director Hannah Wallis began in 2022, when Hannah invited Bella and Khairani to participate in an in-conversation as part of Wysing Art Centre’s ‘From The Ground Up: The Gathering’ weekend. This event explored the concept of ‘crip time’ in relation to rural contexts and anti-colonial praxis. ‘Crip time’ refers to a re-imagination of time, acknowledging the different ways in which disabled and neurodivergent people experience time and space. ‘Languages of Intimacy’ will take place alongside an expanded public programme in Autumn/Winter and is generously supported by Paul Hamlyn Art Fund, The Elephant Trust, Shape Arts and DASH. Bella Milroy is an artist and writer based in Sheffield. ‘Languages of Intimacy’ presents an expansion of Bella’s drawing practice. Check out Bella's artist profile Khairani Barokka is a writer, artist, arts consultant, translator and editor from Jakarta. For ‘Languages of Intimacy’, Khairani will present time-based work in which Indonesian indigeneities and sick intimacies are juxtaposed in a surreal, playful manner with modernity and hypercapitalism. Check out Khairani's website Accessibility All levels are wheelchair accessible via lifts. There are accessible public toilets available onsite. Prepare for your visit to the exhibition and check out Birmingham School of Art's access and information page on their website. Banner image: “Envelope, April 2018”, Bella Milroy, charcoal drawing of a cat eating out of a small bowl on a brown envelope opened with a ruffled edge. Featured as part of 30/30 (online), 2018. Booking for this event has now closed. Manage Cookie Preferences
‘Languages of Intimacy’ is the first large-scale exhibition of visual work in the UK by British artist Bella Milroy and Indonesian artist Khairani Barokka taking place at Birmingham School of Art in Autumn 2025. Through the exhibition, the artists will explore interiority and play from two distinct sick-disabled perspectives. Drawing on and expanding themes within the exhibition, a hybrid public programme will accompany in person and online. The working relationship between Bella Milroy, Khairani Barokka, and Grand Union’s co-programme Director Hannah Wallis began in 2022, when Hannah invited Bella and Khairani to participate in an in-conversation as part of Wysing Art Centre’s ‘From The Ground Up: The Gathering’ weekend. This event explored the concept of ‘crip time’ in relation to rural contexts and anti-colonial praxis. ‘Crip time’ refers to a re-imagination of time, acknowledging the different ways in which disabled and neurodivergent people experience time and space. ‘Languages of Intimacy’ will take place alongside an expanded public programme in Autumn/Winter and is generously supported by Paul Hamlyn Art Fund, The Elephant Trust, Shape Arts and DASH. Bella Milroy is an artist and writer based in Sheffield. ‘Languages of Intimacy’ presents an expansion of Bella’s drawing practice. Check out Bella's artist profile Khairani Barokka is a writer, artist, arts consultant, translator and editor from Jakarta. For ‘Languages of Intimacy’, Khairani will present time-based work in which Indonesian indigeneities and sick intimacies are juxtaposed in a surreal, playful manner with modernity and hypercapitalism. Check out Khairani's website Accessibility All levels are wheelchair accessible via lifts. There are accessible public toilets available onsite. Prepare for your visit to the exhibition and check out Birmingham School of Art's access and information page on their website. Banner image: “Envelope, April 2018”, Bella Milroy, charcoal drawing of a cat eating out of a small bowl on a brown envelope opened with a ruffled edge. Featured as part of 30/30 (online), 2018.