Credit: © Joe Lycett.

EVERY THING MUST GO by Joe Lycett

Exhibition
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery Opens 29 July 2026 - 21 Feb 2027. Wed – Sun, 10am – 5pm. (Open daily in holidays).

About EVERY THING MUST GO by Joe Lycett

EVERY THING MUST GO is the first major solo art exhibition by comedian Joe Lycett. Over the last twelve months Lycett has been busy producing works that celebrate nostalgia, grief and loss. 

Exploring the theme of ‘things that are no longer with us’ and inspired by objects from the city of Birmingham’s collection, the exhibition brings together dozens of never-seen-before pieces. From deceased celebrities and extinct animals to discontinued chocolate bars and destroyed buildings, his subjects are presented in a signature tongue-in-cheek and childlike style.

Transforming the gallery into a bold salon-style display, Lycett’s latest paintings reflect on memory and cultural change through humour, a striking visual approach and a distinctly Brummie perspective.

Designed to overwhelm and delight, Lycett describes the experience as a “neon graveyard.”

Visit the exhibition

  • Free entry
  • Dates: Opens 29 July 2026 - 21 Feb 2027
  • Opening times: Wednesday – Sunday, 10am – 5pm. Open 7 days a week during Birmingham school holidays (18 July - 30 August and 24 October - 1 November, )

Image gallery

  • A blue painting of a Nokia phone on a pink background.
  • A bright pink headstone which reads Every Thing Must Go, against a blue sky and green grass with two flowers.
  • A painting of a swordfish on a blue background with writing that reads 'See it Say it Swordfish'.
  • A painting of Elvis on a bright blue background with the text 'I have not left the building. I am trapped in the building.'

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