Article: Arts: City homes in on 20th century works of art; Terry Grimley looks at Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery's latest expansion plans.(News)

Birmingham's Gas Hall exhibition gallery could soon have a counterpart called the Water Hall if plans unveiled by the city's Museum & Art Gallery are given the go-ahead.

A pounds 1.6 million proposal to convert the city's former water department offices into a large gallery housing the museum's growing 20th century art collection is being considered by the European Regional Development Fund.

"I believe this scheme will have a major impact on the city," said Graham Allen, deputy director, museums and arts. "We've made a bid to ERDF and it's being assessed at ...

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