Liverpool Biennial

Art / 13 Jul 2018

Six artists not to miss at the Liverpool Biennial

Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest contemporary art biennial is back for its tenth run. Spread across Liverpool and showing for 15 weeks, this year’s edition is inspired by a poem – Beautiful world, where are you? – from German polymath Friedrich...

Art / 30 Jun 2016

Northern lights: Liverpool’s Biennal promises creative illumination

From pubs and vacant plots to cinemas and public parks, the ninth Liverpool Biennial shows new work from 42 international artists, both established and up-and-coming, from as far afield as Japan, Lithuania, Palestine and Taiwan. It may be the largest contemporary...

Art / 2 Apr 2015

Sir Peter Blake’s dazzle ferry adds a splash of colour to the Mersey

Set to the tune of Bill Haley’s Everybody Razzle Dazzle, Sir Peter Blake’s dazzle ferry made its maiden voyage across the Mersey this morning. The public event - the Sargent Pepper cover artist wouldn’t have it any other way -...

Art / 7 Jul 2014

The John Moores Painting Prize offers a snapshot of what’s happening in UK art now

The John Moores Painting Prize is one of the most prestigious art prizes in the UK. It counts David Hockney and Peter Doig among its winners, and Peter Blake, who won the Junior Prize in 1961, is its current patron...

Art / 7 Jul 2014

Architect Claude Parent gives a new slant to Tate Liverpool

With its grey and yellow ramps, slopes and semi-transparent walls, Tate Liverpool’s Wolfson Gallery is currently a far cry from its conventional cubic self. There’s barely a right angle in sight, which, says French architect Claude Parent, is entirely the...

Art / 24 Sep 2008

Made Up: Liverpool Biennial 2008

Liverpool is an extraordinary city and one far better suited to hosting citywide events than its bigger sibling, London, in the south. For a start it’s easily navigable on foot. Secondly it has heaps of venues, old and new, which...