Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Art exhibitions in Liverpool’s museums and art galleries and creative spaces
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The Invisible Wind Factory; Omphalos – ‘Energy Eternal’ Review
The Invisible Wind Factory is the Kazimier’s ‘vision of a cultural theme park from the future’. Situated on Regent Road in the North Docks, the warehouses will be a space for bespoke large scale performances. A ‘cultural themepark’ feels like an appropriate way to summarise the night we experienced on Wednesday. Not quite knowing what was in store for the night we waited patiently outside the large warehouse before the door swung open and we…
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Liverpool Biennial Open Call Out For Participants of The 1985 School Students Strike
School students strike of 1985 to be recreated for a new film as part of Liverpool Biennial 2016 Call out for those involved in the 1985 strike, their children, and students to take part in the recreation on Sunday 5 June at St. George’s Hall from 1pm In April 1985, children in Liverpool and cities across the country took to the streets in an impromptu strike against the Conservative Government’s Youth Training Scheme. The Liverpool…
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The Kazimier Opens New Sprawling Arts Complex, The Invisible Wind Factory, In The North Docks of Liverpool With An Immersive Theatre & Music Performance.
From 19 – 22 May 2016, the creative team behind Liverpool’s recently closed Kazimier Club will present Omphalos – ’Energy Eternal’ a spectacle which takes the form of a guided tour, featuring an eight person choir who use gesture to control audio, lighting and mechanical effects. A period of research and development has enabled the team to take an ambitious approach with this show, which combines theatre, performance and music with science and technological innovation.…
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Liverpool Biennial 2016 Announces Full Programme
The programme for Liverpool Biennial 2016, the largest contemporary art festival in the UK, running from 9 July to 16 October 2016, was announced today by Sally Tallant, Director of Liverpool Biennial. For the ninth edition of the Biennial, 42 artists are invited to create new work for locations across the city, alongside a showcase of ten associate artists working in the North of England. Artists from Australia, Belgium, China, France, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Palestine, Portugal, Russia…
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Festival Fusion At Liverpool Loves 2016
City festivals and culture groups join forces to create a huge event for 2016. Liverpool Loves returns to the world-famous Pier Head on Saturday 6th August 2016 to celebrate and promote the best of Liverpool life under the themes of Culture, Food and Wellbeing. Last year’s event was a resounding success and was hailed one of the stand-out moments of 2015, with over 27,000 people attending across the weekend. Liverpool Loves is working with a…
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Morning Gloryville Collaborates With LJMU
Morning Gloryville and Liverpool John Moores University are delighted to announce a new and exciting collaboration to bring the world of Rave, Fashion and Consciousness together… The Fashion RAVEolution! Inspired by the annual festival of ‘fashion revolution’. A match made in heaven, fashion to dance, from club to catwalk and everything in between, the next Morning Gloryville Liverpool will be encouraging bRavers to design and customise their best raving outfits, whilst increasing awareness of the fashion and clothing industry by…
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Liverpool Tattoo Convention Announces Packed Music Line-Up For May Event
Ahead of their 9th annual event this May, Liverpool Tattoo Convention have revealed a blistering line-up of live music to complement the three days of artists, fire shows, burlesque glitz, glamour and many other tantalising performances. Bands and artists from across the north west will be showcasing their talents at the convention from 6th-8th May, covering post-hardcore, metalcore, ska and punk, all the way through to some stripped-back acoustic and folk. Direct from Liverpool will be…
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New Large Scale Artwork At Liverpool Anglican Cathedral For LightNight 2016
Daniel Thorne (founder of IMMIX ensemble), to arrange stunning Bill Ryder-Jones composition for large scale audio visual artwork, ‘NO WORST, THERE IS NONE’, featuring Liverpool Cathedral Youth Choir and visual artists Sam and Damien Wiehl, at LightNight 2016. Ad Hoc Creative, a collaboration between Bido Lito! Magazine and Ad Hoc Property Management, have announced ‘No Worst, There is None’, a one-off audio visual composition for LightNight 2016 being held at Liverpool’s Anglican Cathedral on Friday…
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Threshold Festival Takes Over Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle With Biggest Event Yet
Liverpool’s finest annual showcase of grassroots music and arts – Threshold Six: Alchemy – took over the city’s thriving Baltic Triangle this past weekend with an eclectic festival celebration. An abundance of emerging artists, collaboration, DIY, avant garde and community based projects encompassing music, theatre, film, performance and visual arts showcased just what an embarrassment of riches this city of culture has to offer. Friday’s launch night set the tone with sets from the likes of Natalie…
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New Pop Up Exhibition At FACT – Scouse Roots: Art That Makes Itself
Scouse Roots: Art That Makes Itself is a new pop-up exhibition at FACT by Liverpudlian father and son artist duo Paul and Daniel Brown. Scouse Rootstells the story of the artists’ roots in the city, and Liverpool’s influence on digital creativity, exploring empowerment through digital design in computer based and generative art from two generations. The exhibition explores the history of digital art, showcasing several of Brown & Son’s early artworks including pieces made while in residence in…
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Light Night 2016; Friday 13th May
LightNight, Liverpool’s one-night arts & culture festival, takes place Friday 13th May. Experience an unforgettable evening of more than 100 free events as they unlock the doors of our world-class museums, galleries and heritage sites until late. Venues that will be opening late include Walker Art Gallery, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Philharmonic, Liverpool Cathedral, Liverpool John Moores University, The Bluecoat, FACT, Baltic Creative, Liverpool University and many more. Follow your own exciting trail of light projections,…
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‘The Creative Process’ Documentary of Liverpool Artists & Why We Make
The Creative Process interviews fourteen Merseyside artists – painters and photographers, sketchers and sculptors, each with their own compelling stories – and investigates the highly subjective nature of their creativity. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukUQQZ2A6Q0] The documentary asks them to explore their artistic journeys – uncovering the varying and extremely personal idiosyncrasies of each individual. We will see how emotionally charged the creation of art is – that the methods and styles of each artist are linked with deeply important people…
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New Exhibition At Unit 51 Announced – Collage Creations
A new exhibition of collages will be displayed at UNIT 51 in Liverpool’s thriving Baltic District next month. From 25th April to 4th May, 2016, artist Philip Hayes will be showcasing large scale examples of his work that have been inspired by Liverpool icons such as The Farm, Cast, The Cavern Club, Cream, as well as Merseyside festivals, Sound City and Threshold Festival. Hayes began making collages around 2004, drawing on the wealth of material he was amassing during the 25 years…
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‘Super Rat’ Hits The Streets of Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle
Liverpool artist Faith Bebbington has created an exciting new ‘Super Rat’ sculpture which re-uses over 200 plastic milk bottles and measures over 4 metres long from nose to tail! Catch a glimpse of the pop-up sculpture @Baltic Triangle, Liverpool from Easter weekend onwards. Faith is steadily developing a national reputation for her large sculptures using waste materials, having created a life – size Bengal Tiger using 400 plastic milk bottles for Veolia’s Save the Wild Tiger campaign launched at St Pancras station, to the Football Association…
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Liverpool Tattoo Convention Returns For Three Days of Entertainment This May
Liverpool Tattoo Convention returns to the city for its 9th year on the 6th, 7th & 8th May 2016 with a theme of ‘Respecting the Past, Celebrating the Present and Embracing the Future’. Renowned for its innovation, non-stop entertainment and atmosphere, and widely perceived as the most prestigious and innovative tattoo event in the UK – the convention returns to the Britannia Adelphi Hotel this year. The 3-day event will include over 250 UK and international tattoo artists, the…
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FACT Exhibition Ryoichi Kurokawa: unfold 11 March – 12 June ’16
The seasoned, Japanese born, avant-garde artist Ryoichi Kurokawa has received varying accolades and acclaim for his work with both music and film. His new project ‘unfold’, produced and funded by FACT, gives the artist his first major exhibition in the UK. Placed in the upper echelons of art with his synthesis of sound and vision. Ryoichi, has a certain notoriety for stimulating the brain with simultaneous audio/visual responses, examining the nexus between sensory stimuli and the physical experience. This is a…
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Sound City: Tim Peaks Diner / Tier 3 Tickets Running Low
Sound City have just announced that Tier 3 tickets are now running very low and are expected to sell out very soon. Be sure to get your tickets now at the limited price of £38 + booking fee for day tickets and £70 + booking fee for weekend tickets. Sound City are also delighted to add more great artists to the Tim Peaks Diner lineup in 2016. Including: Bear Growls • Beds In Parks • Blueprint Blue • Cabbage • Documenta • Hot Vestry • Pheromoans • Riding The Low • Tear…
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Full Live Music Line Up Now Confirmed For Threshold Festival 2016
It’s just one month to go until the 6th annual Threshold Festival of Music & Arts and the full music and visual arts line-up have now been released, as Day Tickets go on sale on Skiddle & Party For The People outlets. Organisers have declared this their most exciting event yet, with the 12 venues in the Baltic Triangle hosting a huge and diverse offering for all. Festival Producer Chris Carney said: “A long time…
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FACT Presents New Pop-up Exhibitions With Strong Community Links
This spring, a special programme of pop-up exhibitions will be showcased in the FACT Connects space, in the foyer at FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology). FACT Connects is a wide- ranging programme, which engages with members of the community, and allows FACT to connect even more with artists, musicians, and makers. The first two FACT Connects exhibitions of 2016 will explore perspectives on disability and empowerment, as well as delving into Liverpool’s position as a catalyst for digital…
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Threshold Reveal 24 More Acts As Advance Tickets Sell-Out For April Festival
With less than six weeks to go before Threshold Festival takes over Liverpool’s Baltic Triangle once again, organisers have revealed twenty-four more acts who will be playing as part of the 6th annual festival of grassroots music and arts. The third wave of acts join the eighteen already announced for what is set to be a fantastic celebration on April 1st, 2nd & 3rd. More Threshold announcements, including reveals on this year’s Visual Arts, Performance and Film components of the festival…
