Art Exhibitions in Liverpool
Your guide to the latest art exhibitions in Liverpool, featuring major galleries, independent spaces, and must-see shows across the city.
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Work of International Artist Who Made Liverpool Her Home Spotlighted In New Exhibition
An exhibition by an artist once deemed “the wrong sex” is on display at Liverpool University’s Victoria Gallery & Museum ahead of International Women’s Day. Abstract Thinking: Fanchon Fröhlich & Her Contemporaries explores the work of Liverpool-based artist and intellectual, Fanchon Fröhlich (1927 – 2016) alongside British abstract artists of the 20th century. The free exhibition features 11 of her paintings and prints from The British Art and Design Association (BADA) archives, showing her strongly gestural and spontaneous…
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Paul Curtis Reveals Red Rum Club Mural At New Bootle Music Venue
Paul Curtis has unveiled his latest mural ahead of his exhibition at The Royal Liver building. The mural, featuring Liverpool band Red Rum Club, is located at Salt and Tar, the new 3000 seater venue in Bootle. Paul is delighted to be a part of the Salt and Tar venture, which hopes to expand the city’s thriving and vibrant music scene. The artist commented, “Music has always been a part of my life and I’m…
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Paul Curtis First Ever Exhibition To Take Place This February
Paul Curtis has just announced his first ever exhibition is due to take place at The Royal Liver Building next month. Paul who was born and raised in Liverpool is the most prolific street artist in the region. Since rising to fame following his now famous “Wings” mural on Jamaica Street, (officially entitled “For All Liverpool’s Liver Birds”), Paul has produced over 230 public works of art and is responsible for the largest piece of…
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Tate Liverpool To Exhibit RESOLVE Collective And Greenhouse Project In Early 2024
Tate Liverpool has announced plans to present two new installations at the start of 2024. RESOLVE Collective are working with community-focused spaces across Liverpool to redistribute and re-use material from Tate Liverpool and will share this work through their new installation, You Get a Car [Everybody Gets a Car]: RESOLVE Collective at the RIBA North gallery from 9 February. The project extends beyond the walls of the gallery, with activations and collaborations that will platform community organisations…
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‘The Many Faces of HIV’: Laura McCann’s Debut Exhibition At The Museum of Liverpool For World AIDS Day
Laura McCann has spent 2023 curating other people’s art but she will end the year exhibiting her own work as she makes her Museum of Liverpool debut. Initially Laura didn’t know where her work would be displayed but said when the charity Sahir asked her to work on a project to help them mark the 35th World AIDS Day, she says she “didn’t hesitate”. The photographer went on to explain, “Sahir are an amazing organisation…
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FACT Celebrates 20th Birthday With Weekend of Free Events
On Friday 20 and Saturday 21 October 2023, FACT celebrates its 20th Birthday with a weekend of free events for all to enjoy. Marking two decades since the opening of the acclaimed arts centre in Liverpool, the celebrations include the unveiling of two new major exhibitions, talks by contemporary artists and influential figures, family-friendly activities, the grand opening of Studio/Lab – a dedicated space for artistic experimentation, and a birthday party. Friday 20 October 2023…
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Dip Into Pride Installation Coming To Liverpool’s Lush Store
If you didn’t see the Dip into Pride installation in the Baltic area of Liverpool this July, you’re about to get a second chance and the location couldn’t be more perfect. As curator Laura McCann explains, “The installation is a bath tiled in Pride colours and even before the artist finished it I said how incredible it would look in Lush. So we’re really excited it’s now happening”. The piece was created by @titsupartistliverpool, who…
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Liverpool Takes Top Spot For Visitor Attractions
New figures have revealed attractions in Liverpool as some of the most visited in England – with World Museum taking the top spot in the North West. Nearly 2.5million people visited National Museums Liverpool’s venues during 2022 and there is anticipation of further growth this year, as the region enters the Eurovision spotlight, and a series of new exhibitions and special events get underway. Latest figures from the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) named…
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Ukrainian Artist’s Powerful Installation ‘Izyum to Liverpool’ Coming To Liverpool Cathedral
Liverpool Cathedral is preparing to welcome a poignant new art installation, which depicts the one-way journey of escape that has been taken by many Ukrainians since the full-scale Russian invasion began. Izyum to Liverpool by Ukrainian artist, Katya Buchatska, opens on 28 April and is free to experience until 19 May. In her first UK exhibition, Buchatska delivers a heart-wrenching reminder of why the Eurovision Song Contest is being held in Liverpool instead of Ukraine. Commissioned as part…
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Experience A Virtual Reality Joyride Into The Heart of The Acid House Movement at FACT This Spring
To coincide with Eurovision celebrations, FACT Liverpool has announced the arrival of In Pursuit of Repetitive Beats, a multi-sensory virtual reality rave experience taking place from 20 April to 15 May. Created by immersive artist Darren Emerson, the euphoric, interactive adventure transports audiences to the heart of the Acid House movement, taking visitors back to the heyday of the UK’s Acid House scene. Combining the latest in VR technology with 3D modelling, archive materials, 360° video,…
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Step Into The Fantastical Worlds of LuYang In new Exhibition At FACT
This spring, renowned multimedia artist, LuYang, presents a free, immersive exhibition at FACT Liverpool. LuYang Arcade Liverpool transforms the gallery into a retro-futuristic arcade, complete with vibrant graphics and interactive gaming consoles. Displaying a collection of LuYang’s previous works, including both video and gaming installations, the showcase centres around the ambitious Material World Knight (2018 – 2020) project. LuYang Arcade Liverpool is the Tokyo-based artist’s first UK solo exhibition outside of the capital. Combining animation, live-action cos-play, video games, and specially…
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Art Explora Launches Mobile Museum With Tate Liverpool
Tate has joined forces with the international art foundation, Art Explora to launch the Mobile Museum in the UK, taking masterpieces from its collection out of its store to communities across the Liverpool City Region on a 10-week tour until 29 April 2023. The Art Explora Mobile Museum in collaboration with Tate and MuMo, aims to make great art accessible to everyone. The tour will bring works from Tate’s collection directly to communities in St Helens,…
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Equalise Nightlife: Exhibition Exploring Femininity, Sexuality & Gender Relations In Drinking Culture
A new art exhibition, Equalise Nightlife, is launching on Monday 27 February, which explores women and LGBTQ+ people’s experiences of alcohol and nightlife spaces such as bars and clubs. The Equalise Nightlife project is a programme of research, led by Dr Amanda Marie Atkinson, with research support from Beth Meadows. Taking an intersectional feminist perspective, it investigated how drinking and nightlife are experienced unequally and are influenced by alcohol brand and nightlife venue marketing. The…
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‘The Wrong Sex’: Exhibition For ‘Forgotten’ Liverpool Artist
A major exhibition of a forgotten female artist opening this month in Liverpool marks the start of a reappraisal of her work which was largely disregarded because she was “the wrong sex”. While the world is very familiar with many of her male contemporaries like Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko or Willem de Kooning, Fanchon Fröhlich, an American-born Liverpool artist has been long underappreciated because – she was a woman. The exhibition, The Wrong Sex, a world premiere…
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‘Coalescence’ Huge Sculpture Suspended From Ceiling At Liverpool Cathedral As Artist Shines A Light On Energy Consumption
Thousands of pieces of coal are suspended from the ceiling at Liverpool Cathedral as part of a monumental artwork, created by internationally acclaimed British designer Paul Cocksedge. The Coalescence art installation, which makes its world debut at Liverpool Cathedral, opens today (9 February) and runs until 12 March. Spanning six metres in diameter, the thought-provoking artwork is made up of over half a tonne of coal, creating a visual representation of how much power it takes to keep a…
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Veronica Ryan Wins Turner Prize 2022
The Turner Prize 2022 has been awarded to Veronica Ryan. The £25,000 prize was presented by musician Holly Johnson during a live broadcast on the BBC. A further £10,000 is awarded to each of the other shortlisted artists. The jury congratulated all four nominated artists for their strong and varied presentations which have offered visitors a rich sensory experience. All have pushed the boundaries of material exploration through unravelling the complexities of body, nature and…
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Unmissable Art Exhibitions & Events To Catch In Liverpool In 2023
Liverpool City is steeped in history, culture and art – with countless amazing exhibitions coming up in 2023. There is something for everyone from January right through to December, whether its for pleasure, inspiration, or just a day out. Here’s some of the coolest art exhibitions lined up for 2023. Art of the TerracesWalker Art Gallery | 5 Nov 2022 – 12 Mar 2023 Up to the early Spring of 2023, Walker Art Gallery will…
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Free Digital Art Exhibition At LMA In The Metquarter
Liverpool will have its first free Digital Art Exhibition highlighting some of the city’s leading artists with work on the Blockchain on Tuesday 29 November at LMA, one of the fastest growing creative institutions in the UK, in the Metquarter. The exhibition is brought to the city by NFT Public Relations, who has been hosting monthly meet-ups and exhibitions since February of this year, and building a like-minded community to discuss the ever-evolving digital art…
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Tate Liverpool Re-Evaluates The Art of Landscape With Major Exhibition ‘Radical Landscapes’ Coming Summer 2022
In summer 2022 Tate Liverpool will present Radical Landscapes, a major exhibition showing a century of landscape art revealing a never-before told social and cultural history of Britain through the themes of trespass, land use and the climate emergency. The exhibition will include over 150 works and a special highlight will be Ruth Ewan’s Back to the Fields 2015-22, an immersive installation that will bring the gallery to life though a living installation of plants, farming tools and…
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24 Kitchen Street Exhibit Selection of Panels From UK AIDS Memorial Quilt for World AIDS Day
From World AIDS Day 1 December – 5 December 2021, 24 Kitchen Street in Liverpool will exhibit handmade panels from the UK AIDS Memorial Quilt. This is the first time in UK History UK AIDS Memorial Quilt has been exhibited inside a nightclub. The Nobel Peace Prize nominated AIDS Quilt commemorates lives lost to the AIDS pandemic during the 1980s and 90s. Traditionally nightclubs were, and still are, a space where most Queer people feel safe…
Art exhibitions in Liverpool form a central part of the city’s thriving creative landscape, reflecting both its rich cultural history and its forward-looking artistic energy. Liverpool has long been recognised as a city of creativity and innovation, and its galleries, museums, and independent art spaces provide countless opportunities to experience work from local, national, and international artists. Whether you’re passionate about contemporary art, intrigued by historical collections, or looking to discover emerging talent, Liverpool’s art exhibitions offer something for everyone.
The city is home to some of the UK’s most renowned galleries. Tate Liverpool, located at the Royal Albert Dock, is one of the country’s leading contemporary art galleries, hosting major touring exhibitions and showcasing works from the Tate Collection. The Walker Art Gallery, often referred to as the “National Gallery of the North,” offers an impressive collection of Renaissance masterpieces, Victorian classics, and modern works, alongside regular temporary exhibitions that shine a spotlight on diverse artistic practices.
For those seeking a more contemporary and experimental edge, Bluecoat — Liverpool’s oldest contemporary arts centre — presents thought-provoking exhibitions alongside a vibrant programme of performance, literature, and community-focused projects. FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) is another must-visit, dedicated to exploring the intersection of art, film, and digital culture. Its exhibitions often push boundaries and highlight the ways technology and society influence creativity.
Beyond the larger institutions, Liverpool boasts a thriving independent arts scene. Galleries such as Open Eye Gallery, dedicated to photography and visual culture, and OUTPUT Gallery, which showcases work by artists from or based in Merseyside, provide vital platforms for fresh perspectives. Rathbone Studio and dot-art Gallery also play an important role in championing local talent and offering audiences the chance to engage directly with artists’ work.
Art exhibitions in Liverpool aren’t confined to traditional gallery spaces. The city’s creative energy spills into its streets and public spaces through murals, installations, and site-specific projects. Biennial festivals such as Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest festival of contemporary visual art, transform the city into an open gallery, bringing international attention and creating opportunities for residents and visitors to engage with art in unexpected ways.
Whether you’re planning a gallery day out, looking for inspiration from leading names in the art world, or wanting to support grassroots initiatives, Liverpool has an exhibition for you. From family-friendly shows to conceptual installations, the city’s art scene is inclusive, diverse, and ever-changing. Our coverage of art exhibitions in Liverpool brings together reviews, previews, and features to help you discover what’s on now and what’s coming up next.
If you’re passionate about visual arts or simply curious about new experiences, Liverpool is the perfect place to explore. The city’s exhibitions not only showcase incredible artistic talent but also reflect its character — open, experimental, and deeply connected to its community.