Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Art exhibitions in Liverpool’s museums and art galleries and creative spaces
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New FACT Exhibition: Lesions in the Landscape by Shona Illingworth 17 September – 22 November 2015
Lesions in the Landscape by UK/Danish artist Shona Illingworth is a powerful multi-screen installation, exploring the impact of amnesia and the erasure of individual and cultural memory. Revealing the devastating effects of amnesia on one woman and the striking parallels with the sudden evacuation of the inhabitants of St Kilda in the North Atlantic in 1930, the work examines the profound effect and wider implications of memory loss on identity, space and the capacity to imagine the future. Lesions in the Landscape opens at FACT (Foundation…
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Live Music Line-up Announced For Above The Beaten Track Festival Next Month At The Bluecoat
Liverpool’s grassroots celebration, Above the Beaten Track returns to the Bluecoat for its eighth year next month and has just announced a selection of artists for this year’s festival. The event celebrates the best in grass-roots live music, DJs, artists, traders, makers and audio-visual extravaganzas. This year will see the debut performance from The Blue Soul. These beat modernists are the new project of songwriter Nick Ellis: soulful and bluesy – with a Scouse filter…
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Liverpool World Mental Health Day 2015 Art Exhibition Announced – “Dignity in Mental Health”
Liverpool will celebrate World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10th October with a programme of events more extensive and varied than those offered in any other city in the UK. The activities range from music, performance and debates to film, training, advice and information. Now in its 6th year and organised by Liverpool Mental Health Consortium, one of the most popular events in our World Mental Health Day programme has proved to be the art…
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Albino Mosquito, The Disadvantages of Time Travel At FACT 14th-19th July
The Disadvantages of Time Travel is an installation by creative visual technologists Albino Mosquito, offering a unique interactive audience experience using mind control. Open daily 10.30am – 5.30pm The audio and visual experience of the narrative film The Disadvantages of Time Travel will be driven by the viewer’s brain waves and emotional response to what appears on the screen, resulting in each visitor seeing a different version of the film, with every scene varying from person to…
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‘Ou Topos’ A Collection of Work By London Based Graphic Designer Ruben Martinho At Golden Square Coffee 25th June
Ruben Martinho is an analog collage artist hailing from Portugal and residing in London. Ruben has amassed a body of collage work tapping into his childhood nostalgia, his affection for space and the limits of surrealism for inspiration. His work is enchanting to say the least and has the capabilities to swallow you whole. For his private show ‘Ou topos’ Ruben together with Alex Smith have put together this exhibition showing some of his best…
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Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots At Tate 30th June – 18th October
Jackson Pollock is widely considered to be one of the most influential and provocative American artists of the twentieth century. Pollock famously pioneered action painting, a process that saw him drip paint on canvases resting on the studio floor. Jackson Pollock: Blind Spots at Tate Liverpool is the first exhibition in more than 30 years to explore the artist’s black pourings, a lesser known but extremely influential part of his practice. The exhibition offers a unique opportunity to…
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'No Homers Club'; A Simpsons Inspired Multidisciplinary Art Weekend At Constellations 17th-19th April
The ‘No Homers Club’ exhibition will be bringing together artists with a common love for the The Simpsons TV show. It is a Multidisciplinary Exhibition which means you can expect more than just your regular art show, so on top of artists and their work here’s a sneak preview of what else they have in store for the weekend: Friday: Launch, Art, Food & Drink, Simpson’s inspired music (courtesy of Organ Freeman). Saturday: Bespoke Screen Printing Workshop by…
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Tricia Porter: Liverpool Photographs 1972-74 The Bluecoat, Liverpool Saturday 4 April – Sunday 5 July, 2015
When young London photographer Tricia Porter arrived in seventies Toxteth she was warned off by the locals. Undeterred, Tricia gained unprecedented access to the residents’ homes resulting in this evocative portrayal of everyday life. The exhibition forms part of the LOOK/15 festival. Also showing under the Bluecoat’s historic roofs are Xavier Ribas’ Nitrate and Tabitha Jussa’sMemorandum of Understanding. Tricia Porter: Liverpool Photographs 1972-74 The Bluecoat, Liverpool Saturday 4 April – Sunday 5 July, 2015 Open…
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Threshold V; Day Three Roundup
The last day of Threshold V seemed a little subdued at first. Perhaps folks were getting over the riotous shenanigans of the previous night, or maybe it was the bitingly windy weather. I had put aside the afternoon session for a suitably restrained look at the static art on show at the festival in The Craft Beer venue. I thought the exhibition, ‘Contrasting Geometries’, had some vital contemporary art and sculpture on show, and that the sophisticated way the…
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Sketching in the Palm House Sunday 29 March
Led by award winning artist Josie Jenkins, this three hour workshop will give you the opportunity to learn or recap basic techniques to help you draw from observation, try different materials and express what you see through drawing, all in the inspiring surroundings of the Sefton Park Palm House. Tickets £25 from http://sketchinginthepalmhouse.eventbrite.com Sketching in the Palm House Sunday 29 March 10.00am – 1.00pm
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Constellations Welcomes The Food For Real Film Festival
Now into its third year and returning with a spring-green equinox edition – Food for Real is the UK’s only free film festival focussed on food. Brought to you by socially engaged, creative food enterprise Squash Nutrition, the festival seeks to explore the environmental, cultural and political impacts of the foods we grow, eat, waste and share. Moveable Feast & Film; Friday 20th March 7:30pm til Late Equinox marks the spot at 22:45 Free to attend…
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Treat Yourself & Your Mum To A Vintage Pamper With Madame Medusa At Rex Concept Store This Mother's Day
Rex, the concept store are serving up a Mother’s Day treat this Sunday (15th March) with a vintage pop up hair and beauty shop. This will include; £5 Beauty Fix – Perfect Pouts & Vintage Winged Liner £10 Vintage Express Hair – Victorious Victory Rolls, Buzzin’ Beehives, Rockin’ Rockabilly Quiff £15 Vintage Express Up Do – 40’s Sweetheart, 50’s Marilyn Set & Betty Grable Poodle £20 Vintage Makeover – Vintage Hair & Beauty Fix Also,…
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Threshold Laid Bare: Theatre & Performance At Threshold V
The fifth annual Threshold Festival of Music and Arts takes place on 27th-29th March 2015 in venues across the Baltic Triangle district of Liverpool. A strong music and visual arts line-up as always make up the majority of programming at the event, but theatre and performance arts play an increasingly important role for the festival. As a grass-roots, multi-arts event, Threshold aims to platform the very best of what’s happening in the city and a…
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Artisans in the Palm House Saturday 21 & Sunday 22 March
The artisans are back in the Palm House… Join the most diverse range of artists/makers under the fabulous glass roof. There will truly be something for everyone, with emphasis on quality & value. A treasure trove of products that are not found on the High Street, wonderful world foods prepared by chefs and refreshments including freshly brewed coffees, specialist teas, locally brewed beers & ciders. To see up to date information go to: www.facebook.com/ArtisansInThePalmHouse Artisans in the…
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FACT Exhibition; Group Therapy – Mental Distress In A Digital Age
Originating from FACT’s extensive work within mental health, the exhibition will explore how far our personal wellbeing is related to the values of the society we live in and the impact of new technologies. The exhibition will feature a variety of works by artists, designers and researchers that illustrate the diverse ways we use technology to manage and mediate our emotions in the 21st Century. Highlights include: Madlove, a major new commission by the vacuum cleaner,…
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200 Leading Women From Across Merseyside Gather To Reveal Their ‘Super Hero Self-Portraits’
A Liverpool artist is preparing to welcome top city businesswomen, councillors, MPs, CEO’s and survivors of difficult life experiences, during the private view of a unique and powerful art health project, Stand up for Sistahood. To celebrate the social initiative that helps top business women de-stress and brings healing to vulnerable women in the city through the use of ‘expressive art’ – founder of Big Love Sista Clare Campbell is inviting participants and the public…
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DAYDREAM: Music, film and performance feat. Natalie McCool & Silent Cities
Showcase Event in association with Rebel Soul. Daydream, a collaborative project of music, film and performance pairing Silent Cities and Natalie McCool, is the brainchild of Liverpool-based artist & designer Laura Lomax. “I remember first coming up with the idea last year, as I love both artists and felt they’d compliment one another’s styles really well. I was listening to Spotify when ‘Daydream in Blue’ by I Monster came on, and thought it would be…
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Africa Oye Announces First Acts For 2015 Festival In Sefton Park
UK soul legend Omar will be joined by Mali’s BKO Quintet and Lindigo from Reunion Island. ‘This isn’t just the largest festival of African and Caribbean music in Britain, it’s the best’– The Sunday Times ‘Perhaps Britain’s best free festival’ – Clash Magazine The UK’s largest, free African music festival Africa Oye will grace Sefton Park once again this summer and organisers have unveiled the first 3 acts of a globally acclaimed line up for…
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Capstan's Bazaar in 2015: Urban Markets In Liverpool
Capstan’s Bazaar urban markets return to Constellations with three exciting new dates in 2015. The Capstan’s Bazaar team are celebrating their fifth successful year in Liverpool and to kick off their first event of the year on 29th March they are teaming up with Threshold Festival – the unique grass-roots event offering live music, DJs and festival vibes – who also happen to be celebrating their fifth birthday! Founder of Threshold, Chris Carney says; “I…
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New 'Glow-In-The-Dark' Wheels Park Commission For Everton Park
Liverpool Biennial in partnership with Liverpool City Council, Liverpool Vision and Friends of Everton Park have commissioned leading South Korean artist Koo Jeong A to design a new wheels park for Everton Park. Subject to planning permission, this will be the last of four wheels parks produced and built in Liverpool as part of a citywide project. In 2012, Koo Jeong A designed and built OTRO, a glow-in-the-dark skate park in France. In Everton, the artist…
