Birmingham’s Barber Institute of Fine Arts will close again at the end of January to allow the next major phase of essential building improvements to get under way.

The Midlands’ very own mini National Gallery, located on the University of Birmingham’s Edgbaston campus, contains masterpieces by most of the major names in Western art. So if you’d like to check out artwork by the likes of Gainsborough, Gauguin, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Rodin, Rossetti, Rubens, Toulouse-Lautrec and Turner, you have until the 26th of the month (it’s a Sunday) to do so.

The gallery is also currently hosting a world-first exhibition. A multi-sensory exploration of how Victorian-period artists depicted aromas and smells in art, Scent And The Art Of The Pre-Raphaelites features a unique scent experience: three new perfumes have been created especially for the show to help bring to life two of the paintings.

The Barber will re-open its doors in spring 2026.