Liverpool Biennial’s International exhibition team has already started work on the 4th Biennial, taking place 16 September to 26 November 2006. Gerardo Mosquera (New Museum, New York), Maria Lind (Stockholm) and Manray Hsu (Taipei) have agreed to contribute to the research and development of the next show. They will work with local curators from the major art venues to develop the vision, concept and implementation for 2006. And I'm planning a super-duper biennial2006 blog. --------

One of the projects I followed with interest during the Biennial was Dorrie Halliday's Urban Angels. The full size prints were on the walls of the Quarter Cafe in Falkner St. and during the biennial Dorrie was releasing balloons with postcard size prints of the angels. Her friends filmed the event and you can now see 3 minutes worth on the BBC Video Nation page. Most balloons were released at night so its a bit dark. They angels are still being discovered in all kinds of places, see Dorrie's website for the latest --------

Its official, statistically anyway. Now the numbers have been crunched, 350,000 visited the Biennial (41% from outside the city) and added £8.3 million to the local economy. Daily Post report. --------