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C.U.C. View From the Outside - Anthony Jadunath

image'View from the Outside' Anthony Jadunath
Exhibition: 29th August – 5 October 2008

An inspiring show of subversive outsider artist, Anthony Jadunath- View from the Outside. This exhibition is an opportunity for the viewer to have a glimpse at Jadunath’s world; full of vibrant and powerful images to represent phases of emotions which the artist experienced for many years.

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EggSpace - Organic Matters
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Organic Matters: Curated by HeadSpace
20 August - 17 September 2008

Group exhibition of mixed media artwork, painting & drawing by the following artists: George Cottier, Karen Gilbert, Lauren Reis, Amanda Roberts, Esther Ruth Payne, Felicity Rothwell, Kaya Sinclair, Claire Weetman

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DaDaFest 08 - Full Programme
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DaDaFest International 2008
Main Festival 4 - 7 September 2008
(Exhibitions at A Foundation from 22 August)

 

Tickets are now on sale. Call The Bluecoat box office on 0151 702 5324 and more information will be available at www.nwdaf.co.uk in the lead up to the festival. See Full Listings below

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Gallery at Hard Days Night Hotel - Willard Wigan

imageWillard Wigan - Micro Sculptures
Exhibition: 28 August to 30 September 2008

Willard Wigan MBE (born 1957) is a sculptor from Wolverhampton, England. He was awarded an MBE for services to art in July 2007. He is the creator of the world's smallest sculptures, often taking months to complete one, working between heartbeats to avoid hand tremors.

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Edge Hill Pavilion - Bootworks
Exhibition ImageBootworks Theatre Collective
Workshops Mon & Tues 25 & 26 August 2008
Performances Thurs 28 & Fri 29 August
See two of their latest shows, watch the films that inspired them, and learn how to make work the Black Box way!
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A Foundation - DaDaFest 2008
imageDaDaFest 08 Exhibitions
22 August to 7 September 2008

DaDaFest International 2008 has expanded its programme to include artists from around the globe with innovative and experimental work plus the popular classics returning to wow audiences from previous festivals.
Includes: Ju Gosling, Gus Cummins, Wolfgang Temmel, Tanye Raabe.

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National Conservation Centre - Best of Merseyside

imageBest of Merseyside
Exhibition: 22 August to 5 October 2008

The works on show are a selection of the best from the open exhibitions held throughout 2008 in the Merseyside boroughs of Wirral, Sefton, Knowsley, St Helens and Halton.

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Liverpool Academy of Arts - Ronnie Wood

imageThe Art of Ronnie Wood
Exhibition 19 August to 29 August 2008


Liverpool's very first exhibition of artworks by Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.
Away from the stage and recording studio, the 61 year-old rock star has become an established and prolific artist.

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Liverpool Academy of Arts - Come Together 08

image'Come Together' 2008. Annual exhibition of art on the Beatles theme.
Exhibition 19 August - 29 August 2008

Features paintings, sculpture, etc. by a wide cross section of artists from Merseyside and beyond

 
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Diary of Events
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Bluecoat Display Centre - National Sculpture Prize

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National Sculpture Prize 2008
Exhibition 9 August to 13 September 2008

The winner of the cash prize will be announced on Friday 5th September at 6pm

Work by the six artists who have been shortlisted for this competition will be exhibited at Bluecoat Display Centre Two.

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People's Centre - Stephen Collett

imageStephen Collett - Cities Collection
Monday 4th August 2008 to Friday 29th August 2008


To Celebrate Liverpool’s position as Capital of Culture, the exhibition views great cities around the world. This new set of works follows on from Stephen’s successful sell out exhibitions in New York, Berlin and Paris.

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C.U.C. - Fis 2008

imageFis 2008 - 12 Contemporary Irish Artists
Exhibition 25 July - 7 September 2008

Recognising the strong links between Ireland and Liverpool the exhibition features the work of 12 contemporary Irish artists. Fís 2008 also includes a series of Irish language films and talks.
Artists: Martin Campbell • Eamon Colman • Elizabeth Cope • Derek Culley • Rodney Dickson • Mary Fitzpatrick • Fiona Ní Mhaoilir • Pauline O’Connell • Geraldine O’Neill • Anna Marie Quinn • David Quinn • Raymond Watson

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Royal Liver Atrium - 'Super Cilia'

imageSuper Cilia Exhibition in the atrium of the Royal Liver Building
18 July to 29 August 2008

Presents ten artists who aim at re-introducing our unconditional trust in our senses, on the
possibilities awakened by touch. Curated by Anthony Francis.

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Gostins -The Leopardettes

imageThe Leopardettes - Natalie Russell, Colin Holmes and Sonny
Exhibition: 17 July to 30 August 2008

Paintings by Natalie Russell, Large scale works by Colin Holmes and pop art by Sonny

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Bluecoat - New Ends, Old Beginnings
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New Ends, Old Beginnings (Bluecoat and Open Eye)
Exhibition 12 July 08 - 3 September 2008

Can Altay, Ziad Antar, Lara Baladi, Cevdet Erek, Tarek Al Ghoussein, Chourouk Hriech, Randa Mirza, Michael Rakowitz, Hrair Sarkissian, Sharif Waked and Tarek Zaki.

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FACT - Pipilotti Remixed!
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FACT invites you to remix Pipilotti!
Pipilotti Remixed!

Throughout her exhibition running until 31 August 2008, FACT would like to invite you to remix Pipilotti.
Pipilotti Rist’s practise can be understood as a constant remix of fantasy and the everyday, creating works that subvert the music video, merging music with the female voice and body through electronic manipulation.

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World Museum - Big Bang
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BIG BANG!
27 June 2008 - 22 September 2008
Free entry

A ground-breaking experiment‚ which could unlock some of the biggest mysteries of the universe‚ is explored in 'BIG BANG! Celebrating the World’s Largest Physics Experiment'.

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FACT - Pipilotti Rist

image Pipilotti Rist
27 June - 31 August 2008
One of Europe’s leading contemporary artists, Pipilotti Rist explores the world and our relationship with our environment to address the third element of the Human Futures programme. Famed for her stunning sculptural video installations that are often presented in unusual locations, the exhibition will traverse the natural to the industrial world.

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Tate - Gustav Klimt
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Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900
May 30 to August 31 2008

The first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt’s work ever staged in the UK.
The exhibition focuses on the life and art of one of the world’s most influential and revered artists.

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Artwork of the Week 32
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'Arbores Laetae' by Diller Scofidio + Renfro for Liverpool Biennial
 
Podcast for the Week Aug 27

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27/08/08 - Your arts MP3 brings you news from of Art in Liverpool FM, The best of Merseyside, View from the Outside by Anthony Jadunath and Superlambananas have gone. Plus what's opening in the visual arts this week. 
 
Liverpool Art Map

imageDownload copies of the Liverpool Art Map

You can now download jpg or pdf versions of the Liverpool Art Map.
This current version is from June 2008.

Note that they are copyright artinliverpool.com and
should not be re-used or sold on without our permission.

The original map grid was created by keydesign.biz, all additional design
by anothermedia.org to our specification.

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Merseyside Fire Fighters Exhibition at Liverpool Arena
imageFaces of Merseyside Fire Fighters.
Monday 25 August to 2 September 2008

Artistic presentation of Merseyside Fire Fighters at work.
Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service take part in Face of the City by exhibiting photographs and poems at Liverpool Echo Arena during the World Fire Fighters Games.
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University of Liverpool - Stuart Sutcliffe

imageStuart Sutcliffe Retrospective
Exhibition: 21 August 2008 to 31 January 2009

This exhibition draws on the collection of the Stuart Sutcliffe Estate and charts the development of his style. Early works from his days at Prescot Grammar School will be seen, together with material produced at the School of Art.

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Artroom - Modern Contemporary Creatives
imageModern Contemporary Creatives - Claire McCarthy, Elaine Preece Stanley, Jacqui Chapman
Exhibition: 22 August to 12 October 2008

Contemporary Merseyside artists Claire McCarthy, Elaine Preece Stanley and Jacqui Chapman display innovative works.

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Ceri Hand - Doug Jones
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Doug Jones: Inservi Deo et Laetare
Exhibition: 15 August to 11 September 2008

As a child from a long family line of Freemasons, Jones has always been fascinated by the secret aprons his father kept in a box in the study, and the books which detailed the ceremonies the Masons performed behind closed doors.

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View Two - Fruitopia. Luli Barzman

Exhibition Image'Fruitopia' by Luli Barzman
Exhibition 14 August to 13 September 2008

Barzman's 2008 "Fruitopia" collection, 30 photographs blending stark nudes and brilliant
cascading tropical fruits marks her first exposure on the Liverpool scene.

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Almiro - Flower Festival

Exhibition ImageAlmiro Flower Festival

Exhibition 17 August to 31 August 2008

A selection of floral artwork by a range of accomplished artists.

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Microzine - Jaws - the Exhibition
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Jaws - The Exhibition
Opens Friday 1 August 2008, continues through August

Microzine has joined forces with renowned ‘Jaws’ movie fan, archivist and collector, Edward McCormack to launch ‘Jaws – The Exhibition’.

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Beatles Story - Backstage at CBS
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The Beatles! Backstage and Behind the Scenes at CBS!
April 4 to November 2008 (extended)

The exhibition documents the whirlwind few months of 1964 when the Beatles took America by storm and changed pop music for ever.

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Domino - Mali

Exhibition ImagePhotographs of Mali by Peter Goodbody
Exhibition through August 2008

£20 from each sale goes to Oxfam

 
NML - July - August Events & Exhibitions
Details of all National Museums Liverpool
FREE Exhibitions and Events for July and August 2008
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World Museum - The Beat Goes On
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The Beat Goes On
12 July 2008 to 1 November 2009

From The Beatles to The Zutons, Liverpool is a city buzzing with musical talent and The Beat Goes On will be a celebration of Liverpool’s edginess, energy and creativity.

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Open Eye - New Ends, Old Beginnings

imageNew Ends, Old Beginnings (Open Eye and the Bluecoat)
Exhibition 12 July 08 - 3 September 2008

New Ends, Old Beginnings explores the cities of the Arab region through their local and everyday culture, a perspective rarely encountered in the mainstream media.

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Lady Lever - Lever the Collector
imageLever the Collector
The Lady Lever Art Gallery was founded by William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) and is dedicated to the memory of his wife Elizabeth. The gallery contains the best of his personal art collection.

A new permanent display open from 5 July 2008, the Lever the Collector gallery, introduces the man and his collections, telling the story of how he built the gallery.

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University, Victoria Gallery. Collection Display

imageThe Victoria Gallery & Museum of University of Liverpool
Opens on Tuesday 1 July 2008
Collection includes Early English watercolours, ceramics, fine art and silver.

Paintings by Joseph Wright of Derby and JMW Turner, the largest collection outside the US of oil paintings by American wildlife artist, James John Audubon, and works by twentieth century artists including Jacob Epstein, Lucien Freud and Elizabeth Frink.

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Lady Lever - Masterpiece Watercolours and Drawings
imageMasterpiece Watercolours and Drawings
28 June 2008 - 9 November 2008

This exhibition comprises fifty British drawings and watercolours from the significant collections of the Lady Lever Art Gallery. The most attractive and important works have been selected from a group of around 300, including those by JMW Turner, David Cox, Peter de Wint, Edward Burne- Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti.

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