BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.7//EN TZID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8369@artinliverpool.com DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240419 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20240728 DTSTAMP:20240223T212505Z URL:https://www.artinliverpool.com/events/williamson-art-gallery-going-to- the-match/ SUMMARY:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum: Williamson Art Gallery: Going To T he Match DESCRIPTION:\nGoing To The Match\n\nFREE\n \;\n\n\nGoing to the Match\, painted in 1953\, is LS Lowry’s best-known and most popular picture. Al though he painted football-themed scenes before and after this date it is Going to the Match which has become iconic – an enduring representation of what match day means to fans.\n\nThe 1953 work shows fans arriving for a Bolton Wanderers game at their former home\, Burnden Park. The painting ’s iconic status has been recognised and loved by visitors of all ages: especially those who love football and those who celebrate this quintessen tially Northern experience.\n\nThis hugely important and much-loved work o f art had been on public display at The Lowry\, Salford since it opened in 2000\, courtesy of a loan by the then owners the Professional Footballers Association (PFA). Following a high-profile campaign\, Going to the Match was purchased by The Lowry in Salford for The Lowry Collection at the Mod ern British &\; Irish Art Sale at Christie’s in London in October 202 2\, thanks to the generous support of The Law Family Charitable Foundation . The painting returned to public display at The Lowry in November 2022 as part of Salford’s Lowry Collection and The Lowry is now working with ga lleries and venues across the North West to ensure that the piece can be e njoyed by the widest possible audience across the region. Supported by a £95\,000 grant from Arts Council England through its National Lottery Pro ject Grants programme\, the tour will mean this iconic painting can be enj oyed by the widest possible audience across the region.\n\nThe painting wi ll be at the Williamson alongside other works by Lowry and a selection of pictures from the Williamson’s collection which place Lowry in the wider context of painting in Northern England in the mid 20th Century.\n\nFurth er details about engagement programme and how you can get involved coming soon.\n\n#LowryGTTM\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.artinliverpool.com/wp-content/upload s/2024/02/52521545643_0b5fcd0def_o-2048x1366.jpg.webp CATEGORIES:Exhibitions LOCATION:Williamson Art Gallery & Museum\, Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirra l\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom GEO:53.384568;-3.040443 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Slatey Road\, Birkenhead\, Wirral\, CH43 4UE\, Wirral\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Wil liamson Art Gallery & Museum:geo:53.384568,-3.040443 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240331T020000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR