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I went to the opening of the Liverpool Biennial last weekend. I’ve recently become Arts Manager for Wrexham County Borough Council. In that role I was invited by Axisweb to take part in their ACW funded Out and Beyond Programme. The programme aims to establish dialogue between artists and curators in the year of graduation […]
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Can art save a city? Probably not, at least not in the way usually put forward by proponents of “culturally led regeneration”, the idea that some wacky sculptures and purposeless Kunsthalles can raise places from the mire. Then again, in Liverpool, a city that over decades has been punched in the face and kneed in […]
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The Spectacle of the Lost – Victoria Gallery & Museum – University of Liverpool. Retracing ornithologist John James Audubon’s journey from New York to Liverpool, The Spectacle of the Lost exhibition sees contemporary artists engage with Audubon and his rare works for the first time at the Victoria Gallery and Museum. This exhibition is a […]
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Tags: Greenbank House, John James Audubon, liverpool, Liverpool University, Moses, New York, Sefton Park, Victoria Gallery & Museum
The impact of the incredible spectacle that takes place in Liverpool this weekend cannot be underestimated. The City was thronging with people for the procession/performance by Royal de Luxe. This is an ambitious investment in the power of art to affect and inspire people. The economic returns from this investment will undoubtedly help to secure […]
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Tags: Capital of Culture, European Capital of Culture, Everton F.C., liverpool, Liverpool biennial, Liverpool City Council, Merseyside, Royal de Luxe
Liverpool: cultural city
Liverpool is now a cultural hotspot! Currently there is the wonderful Alice exhibition at Tate Liverpool, the new Museum of Liverpool, and the Open Eye with a wrap by Mark S Gubb, all within five minutes walk of one another. Related articles Monet water lily paintings to make UK debut at Tate Liverpool (guardian.co.uk) Show […]
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Tags: Alice, England, liverpool, Liverpool Museum, mark s gubb, Merseyside, open eye, photography, Tate Liverpool
The Hardman’s House
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Liverpool Biennial
I spent a couple of days in Liverpool last week and managed to see quite a lot of the Biennial. It’s not got the tranquility of carless roads that Venice has, or the heat of Sao Paolo but it is the second most visited Biennial and last time attracted well over a million visitors. The […]
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Tags: A Foundation, arts council collection, belem, cooperative, cuc, exhibition, japanese, john moores, liverpool, Liverpool biennial, Marianna Morkore and Rannva Karadottir, novas, paper, performance, Ryan Trecartin, Sachiko Abe, Tate Liverpool, walker, wolfgang tillmans
I didn’t get a chance to see this exhibition but it looks really interesting. I’m going to have a look around the website when I’ve got more time. There’s a good blog on
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Tags: cut outs, Jad Fair, liverpool, paper, Red Wire Studios
Turning the Place Over
I really enjoyed seeing Richard Wilson’s public artwork in Liverpool. There is something extraordinary about seeing a Yates Wine Lodge, with a huge great hole cut out of the side, that magically manages to rotate in circle, before your very eyes. There is an element of the spectacle about this work and when I went […]
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We had a visit to Liverpool last week to meet Emma Gregory at her Bluecoat Print Studio. Emma had invited Tracy Griffin and Sean Rorke. It was really good to see Tracy and Sean. We had a very interesting discussion on Saline Copper Sulfate and Ferric Chloride. The Print Studio at Bluecoat is small but […]
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Steffan Jones-Hughes 