Walker Art Gallery Archive

Friday 12 February - Sunday 5 June 2016. Through renowned works by Pre-Raphaelite masters including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Ford Madox Brown, William Holman Hunt and John Everett Millais, the exhibition will explore the significance of the Liverpool Academy and the city’s Autumn Exhibitions, which enabled the movement to flourish.

Thursday 19 November 2015 - Monday 28 March 2016. This small display in Room 13, includes a new commission by Paul Scott, together with a selection of Liverpool ceramics from our historic collections that inspired him.

Thursday 29 October 2015 – Sunday 31 January 2016. John Walter's sculpture at Walker Art Gallery and Alien Sex Club exhibition at Camp & Furnace as part of Homotopia Festival.

14 July 2015 - Saturday 31 October 2015. 'Picasso on paper' is a small display featuring a recently acquired drawing, 'Study for Temptation of St Anthony' by Pablo Picasso, one of the most influential artists of the 20th century.

10 July - Sunday 29 November 2015 Also read the Review by Patrick Kirk-Smith here. A vibrant new exhibition curated by artist Chris Stevens and organised by...

26 May 2015 1pm Free Greg Hobson, Curator of Photographs from the National Media Museum explores the work of British photographers Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr and...

13 February - 7 June 2015 Open daily 10am-5pm Free entry A new exhibition explores the lasting influence of the photographer Tony Ray-Jones on the development of...

4 October 2014 - 15 February 2015 Open daily Free A new acquisition for the Walker Art Gallery takes the centre of a stunning collection of work...

27 September 2014 - 15 March 2015 Open daily Free Tabitha Moses, Liverpool Art Prize 2013 winner, presents Investment, a new body of work at the Walker Art...

5 July - 26 October 2014 Open daily 10.00 - 17.00 Free For Liverpool Biennial 2014, Michael Nyman creates a new film installation entitled Aztecs in Liverpool. The...

5 July - 30 November 2014 Open daily 10.00 - 17.00 Free The John Moores Painting Prize is the UK’s best-known and longest-running painting competition. Named after...

17 May - 8 June 2014 Free Inspired artworks from the winners of the dot-art Schools’ competition are to go on display alongside the likes of Rubens, Rembrandt...

16 May - 10 August 2014 Open Daily Free Part of Light Night 2014 Six stunning tapestries by Turner Prize winning artist (2003), Grayson Perry explore taste and class...

15 March 13.00 Free To coincide with the final weekend of the exhibition, Hockney's biographer Christopher Simon Sykes is delivering a free lecture entitled Art as Autobiography, which will trace...

15 March 2014 13.00 - 14.00 Join writer and photographer Christopher Sykes for a lecture covering the period from Hockney’s childhood to when the artist left...

4 March 2014 13.00 - 14.00 ‘This is a show about the fascination of struggle’ The Independent 11 Oct 2013. Join us for a guided tour of the...

11 October 2013 - 16 March 2014 10.00 - 17.00 daily Free Exploring the relationship between objects, architectural space and language, The Narrators: Works from the Art Council...

11 October 2013 - 16 March 2014 Open 10.00 - 17.00 daily Free The exhibition is part of National Museums Liverpool’s Modern Masters series, part funded by the European...

21, 22 September 2013 11-11.30, 14.00 - 14.30 Free Join this informal introductory tour and find out more about this stunning building and discover some of the highlights...

13, 14, 15 September 2013 14.00 - 16.00 each day Free The Oratory (please note this event takes place at the Oratory) Take this rare opportunity to see inside...

17 May - 15 September 2013 Part of LOOK/13 Photography Festival Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EL 0151 478 4199

17 May - 15 September 2013 Part of LOOK/13 Photography Festival Walker Art Gallery, William Brown Street, Liverpool, L3 8EL 0151 478 4199

20 April - 9 December 2013 Part of LOOK/13 Photography Festival From young couples kissing on a dingy dance floor to the faded grandeur of a...

2 February 2013 - TBC Open daily Free Included in the selection are works by Anish Kapoor, Louise Bourgeois, Paula Rego, Yoko Ono, Lubaina Himid and Haroon...

18 January 2013 15:00 Free Join Nicola Green in conversation with Richard Benjamin, Head of the International Slavery Museum. The conversation will include exploration of the artist's...

18 January - 14 April 2013 The story of Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign told in seven iconic silk screen prints by Nicola Green, who followed...

17 November 2012 - TBC Free entry This display from the Tinne collection features 14 outfits, 10 of which have never been on public display before. Whole...

The interesting characters and stories from the Walker Art Gallery’s Victorian paintings will be ‘unlocked’ in free performances by artist Aaron Williamson on the...

2 - 4 November 2012 The future of painting under the spotlight at the Walker Art Gallery Three days of debate, talks and tours, which interrogate...

15 September 2012 - TBC Patrick Murphy’s 'Belonging' responds to the Biennial’s notion of the uninvited guest. Banished from city centres and branded a nuisance, pigeons...

14 July 2012 (end date TBC) Official posters for the 1972 Munich Olympics go on display at the Walker Art Gallery to celebrate London 2012 The striking 18 lithographic prints, all...

19 May - 12 August Viewing 18 May ‘Rolf Harris: Can you tell what it is yet?’ will be a major retrospective of legendary artist, musician...

WALKER ‘BAA’RT GALLERY - Ewe don’t want to miss this! The Walker ArtGallery has always been a feast for the eyes and on Saturday 31...

24 March - 15 July Elements & Satellites, a display of recent work by 2011 Liverpool Art Prize winner Markus Soukup, opens at the Walker...

  Walker Art Gallery :The Living and the Dead, John Kirby 13 January - 15 April 2012 Viewing 12 January 18- 20:00  Free admission This exhibition is the...

  21 October 2011 - 15 April 2012 at The Walker Art Gallery. The Art Books of Henri Matisse - First public showing in the...

  24 June 2011 - 25 September 2011 at The Walker Art Gallery 'Art in Revolution: Liverpool 1911' City of Radicals exhibition features work by...

1 July 2011 - 24 July 2011 at Walker Art Gallery. Wael Shawky: Drawings and flags from 'Cabaret Crusades' Wael Shawky is one of Egypt’s...

13 May - 25 September 2011. 'Like you’ve never been away' Paul Trevor photo exhibition of 1970s Liverpool at the Walker Art Gallery....

David Jacques: The Irlam House Bequest 2 February 2011 - 12 May 2011 (Extended) The Irlam House Bequest is a fictional subversive banner workshop “discovered” in...