exhibition
Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening?
Williamson Art Gallery & Museum presents Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening?, a touring exhibition from the University of Salford Art Collection which showcases two award-winning series of photographs; Bank Top and Thatcher’s Children. Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? seeks to challenge typical stereotypes of northern communities through authentic representation and raise aspirations of young people...
The Lives of Artists: Blue Room Gallery Tour and Open Studio
Explore The Lives of Artists season with fresh perspective from Blue Room members on tour of the gallery showing works from Babak Ganjei and Joshua Clague. As part of the tour we will also celebrate the launch of Tess Gilmartin’s billboard commission, Horse Big on the exterior of the building. Gilmartin’s expressive work features brightly...
Makers at the Mansion – Spring Craft Market
Join us at our spring craft market featuring handcrafted items from over 30 local makers. The event takes place in the beautiful surroundings of Calderstones Mansion House, garden and courtyard in Calderstones Park, Liverpool, L18 3JB. Enjoy a great shopping experience, live entertainment and tasty food and drinks from The Reader bar and cafe. Dogs...
Curator announced for Liverpool Biennial 2025
Liverpool Biennial is excited to announce the appointment of Marie-Anne McQuay as Curator for the 13th edition, taking place 7 June – 14 September 2025. McQuay will be seconded to curate the Biennial – the largest festival of contemporary visual art in the UK – returning to her current role as Director of Projects at...
Outfits to Go on Display at the BME in Celebration of 30 Years of the Spice Girls
Girl Power! Spice Girls at 30 at the British Music Experience is a temporary exhibition charting the history of the most important girl band in British history. In March 1994 an ad was placed in The Stage asking “Are you street smart, extrovert, ambitious, and able to sing and dance?”. The rest is history. The...
LOOK Climate Lab 2024
LOOK Climate Lab is a biennial programme exploring how photography can be a relevant and powerful medium for talking about climate change. Once again we’ll transform the gallery into a lab: bringing together researchers and artists to test their ideas and encouraging our audiences to discuss systematic changes needed for dealing with the climate crisis....
Joshua Clague: and it feels like I just got home
Joshua Clague’s and it feels like I just got home, echoes Madonna’s Ray of Light. Clague is interested in enduring memories of the female voice in his life. The exhibition often riffs on the pop-icons and divas that he once emulated. His work lays out how his sense of self changes at different times, in...
Babak Ganjei: Thanks for Having Me
In his exhibition, Thanks for Having Me, Ganjei reflects on vignettes from his life and career as an artist. He has re-staged the market stalls that he began selling his work from; a means of sharing his work that Ganjei has outgrown, and yet can’t let go of. The deferential title of his exhibition, Thanks...
Studio Me: The Billboard Commissions – Tess Gilmartin
We’re delighted to share a new outdoor billboard commission by Tess Gilmartin. Gilmartin’s expressive work features brightly coloured animals and plants, drawing upon her experience of spending time outdoors. Tess Gilmartin is a Wirral based visual artist. Gilmartin creates drawings and paintings inspired by the world around her. Using bright colour palettes and gestural mark...
Studio Me: The Billboard Commissions – Ottman Said
We’re delighted to share a new outdoor billboard commission by Ottman Said. Said uses abstraction as a way to create beautifully complex landscapes that are rooted in a sense of belonging and place. Ottman Said is a visual artist. He creates drawings, collages and sculptures, with his own distinct use of line. His recent works...