FACT has submitted plans for a new "immersive" art installation inside the disused Toxteth Reservoir. The Liverpool arts centre was awarded £250,000 last November from Arts Council England for ‘Rewire’. The visitor experience aims to explore the “power and effect of individual agency in the connected digital and physical world” with robotic ... Read More...
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The Giants are heading to New Brighton’s Perch Rock Lighthouse during their Liverpool City Region visit in October. The location has been revealed in new artwork (pictured) ahead of the spectacular event, and is one of two destinations confirmed to be featuring as part of the show. Organisers have also announced that ... Read More...
The Walker Art Gallery has announced the five shortlisted artworks for this year’s John Moores Painting Prize. The first prize winner of the 60th anniversary competition will be announced on 12 July. ‘Quilt’ by Billy Crosby; ‘King and Queen of Wands’ by Jacqui Hallum; ‘The Thunderous Silence of Your Presence’ by Tom ... Read More...
People across the city are being invited to join a colourful parade of banners tonight (14 June) representing all 32 World Cup nations. During the Terrace Tapestries event around 150 people will carry displays featuring the flag of a country on one side and then an artistic response to that nation ... Read More...
Image credit: Jules Lister Two hundred artists and over 250 new works of art created by Liverpool and UK based artists will flood the Liverpool City Region when the Independents’ Biennial gets underway next month. Special commissions will take place in St Helens, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley and Liverpool during the four-month festival which ... Read More...
Rising Liverpool fashion designers are showcasing their psychedelic designs to city centre shoppers this week. A collection of parkas by graduates from Liverpool John Moores University’s (LJMU) Liverpool School of Art & Design is going on display today (29 May). The showcase in Liverpool ONE’s Pretty Green store will feature work by ... Read More...
Five of the best: Summer exhibitions in the Liverpool City Region Our pick of cultural showcases in and around Liverpool which are well worth checking out. Words by Lawrence Saunders Life in Motion: Egon Schiele / Francesca Woodman Tate Liverpool | Until 23 September A decade on from its acclaimed Gustav Klimt exhibition, Tate ... Read More...
Immersive experiences and a musical street party are among newly announced attractions for LightNight 2018 as the full programme is unveiled. Hundreds of free events will take place across the city centre on Friday 18 May with organiser Open Culture promising something for all ages and interests. The team behind Liverpool’s annual ... Read More...
LightNight 2018: Our pick of not-to-be-missed events Liverpool’s free one-night arts festival returns on 18 May with over 100 events across the city. Produced by Open Culture, this year’s LightNight programme explores ‘transformation’ and will look at the many changes happening around us, as well as the city’s revitalisation over the ... Read More...
Works by 60 artists will feature in Liverpool’s John Moores Painting Prize 2018 exhibition marking 60 years of the competition. The longlisted paintings have been selected from more than 2,700 entries by an esteemed panel of jurors including the 2017 Turner Prize winner Lubaina Himid MBE. The free display at the Walker ... Read More...