A vintage market, café and creative workshop could transform a vacant warehouse in Liverpool’s Ten Streets area if plans are approved. The proposed venue in the emerging district would also have space outside for occasional street food units and seating. Liverpool City Council’s planning committee will consider the plans for the Cotton ... Read More...
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Liverpool will welcome high profile figures and famous faces from the LGBTQ+ community as it hosts the annual Gay Times Honours. The 8 November event is set to be the global media brand Gay Times’ first event of this scale in the UK outside of London. Walker Art Gallery will provide the ... Read More...
The Interview: Woolton artist Paul Curtis talks to YM Liverpool Ever since painting his popular interactive wings mural on a Baltic Triangle wall, Woolton artist Paul Curtis has been leaving his creative mark all over the city. With his artworks appearing everywhere from restaurants and retail parks to housing developments and even ... Read More...
A vigil is to be held at The Liverpool Biennial arts project The List, following recent vandalism. The piece on Great George Street lists the name of refugees and migrants who lost their lives trying to reach Europe, but has been damaged twice since it was put up. Members of the public ... Read More...
Cardboard castles and a Viking church will be built and toppled across the Liverpool City Region this week. A full schedule of the towers’ spectacular rises and falls, along with a host of accompanying family entertainment, has been revealed ahead of the ‘Lost Castles’ festivities. With the cultural project led by renowned ... Read More...
The best outdoor arts & entertainment in Liverpool this summer Words by Natasha Young William Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ Where? Knowsley Hall When? 9 August What’s happening? Pack up a picnic, set up your camping chair, sit back and enjoy an evening of theatre outdoors. All male company The Lord Chamberlain’s Men will perform its fast-paced production ... Read More...
Liverpool's Walker Art Gallery has announced the winner of the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize 2018. Artist Jacqui Hallum, who will receive a £25,000 prize, is the 30th winner of the award which celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Jacqui's winning entry 'King and Queen of Wands', is a multi-part work comprising three loose cotton sheets which ... Read More...
Liverpool artist Paul Curtis is looking to donate his film star mural from the set of a Danny Boyle movie to a worthy organisation in the city. The painting was created to feature in a forthcoming production by the 'Trainspotting' director and Richard Curtis, which was recently being filmed in Liverpool. Paul, ... Read More...
A new public art sculpture by internationally acclaimed artist Ugo Rondinone is heading to the Royal Albert Dock Liverpool. Named ‘Liverpool Mountain’, the creation will stand at more than 10 metres tall and is to mark the 10th anniversary of Liverpool European Capital of Culture, Liverpool Biennial’s 20th anniversary and 30 ... Read More...
Six castle-like cardboard structures up to 20 metres high will be created in each of the Liverpool City Region's boroughs this summer. Locations have been revealed for the forthcoming ‘Lost Castles’ project by French artist Olivier Grossetȇte, which forms part of the Liverpool 2018 celebrations. Members of the public and community groups ... Read More...