Liverpool BID Company has commissioned Liverpool Biennial to develop and deliver a five-year art strategy for the public spaces in Liverpool’s Commercial District BID area (in and around Castle Street, Old Hall Street and St Paul’s Square). The plan is to create an urban trail of "high-quality public commissions" throughout the ... Read More...
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Over 1 million people experienced an exhibition or public artwork during last year's Liverpool Biennial, according to a new report. The study, which examined the 14-week event across a range of areas, found that more than half of its visitors came from outside the city. According to the report, conducted by BOP Consulting, ... Read More...
A piece of artwork commissioned for the Liverpool Biennial has raised funding for a local charity dedicated to asylum seekers. Lara Favaretto’s ‘Momentary Monument - The Stone’ was a giant, hollowed-out boulder on display in the heart of Toxteth which members of the public were invited to fill with spare change. The ... Read More...
Details of the ninth edition of the Liverpool Biennial have been announced with the festival set to get underway on 9 July 2016 through to 16 October. Over three months of contemporary art events are planned across the entire landscape of the city, organised as a story narrated in several episodes: fictional worlds ... Read More...