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Tag : Liverpool Biennial

14 Jun 2023

Liverpool Biennial announces programme for its 12th edition opening June 2023

Liverpool Biennial has now launched the full programme for its 12th edition, taking place from 10 June – 17 September 2023. Titled ‘uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things’, the Biennial festival is curated by Khanyisile Mbongwa with Director Dr Samantha Lackey and the Liverpool Biennial Team. Taking over historic buildings, unexpected spaces and art galleries, Liverpool Biennial – the UK’s largest free festival of contemporary visual art – has been transforming the city through art for over two decades. […]

14 Jul 2022

ALICJA BIALA’S MONUMENTAL PUBLIC ARTWORK ‘MERSEYSIDE TOTEMY’ UNVEILED AT LIVERPOOL’S PIER HEAD

Merseyside Totemy visualises statistics and figures related to the impact of climate change on the Liverpool City Region, one of the areas most at risk from rising sea levels caused by climate change*. The colourful 4.5m totems have been unveiled next to the Royal Liver Building. Artwork is latest project commissioned by Liverpool Biennial in partnership with Liverpool BID Company and will remain in situ until Summer 2024. Alicja Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool BID Company today unveil a monumental new […]

26 Jan 2022

KHANYISILE MBONGWA ANNOUNCED AS CURATOR FOR LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2023

Liverpool Biennial is delighted to announce the appointment of Khanyisile Mbongwa as Curator for the 12th edition, which will take place June – September 2023. 2023 marks the 25th anniversary of Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest contemporary visual arts festival. Mbongwa (pictured above) previously Chief Curator of the Stellenbosch Triennale 2020, will curate the 12th edition with the Liverpool Biennial team. The 11th edition of Liverpool Biennial, the largest festival of contemporary visual art in the UK, took place in […]