Liverpool Biennial
Liverpool Biennial: engaging art, people and place
55 New Bird Street
Liverpool
L1 0BW
Liverpool Biennial is among the most successful art commissioning agencies in the UK, best known for presenting the UK’s largest festival of contemporary visual art. Established in 1998, 2010 will see the 6th festival take place between 18th September and 28th November. Since its inception, the International exhibition has commissioned well over 100 new works, many for the streets and public spaces of Liverpool, by established contemporary artists from around the world.
Liverpool Biennial also has a year-round role commissioning art for the public realm. Past projects include Antony Gormley’s stunning work Another Place, which has found a permanent home at Crosby beach, and the highly acclaimed Turning the Pace Over by Richard Wilson, which literally turns a building inside-out.
The mission through all our activities is engaging art, people and place. We do this by commissioning artworks and other programmes collaboratively, in partnership with a myriad of organisations and individuals, from the city’s established art institutions to community groups in local neighbourhoods. These activities find support from a range of local authorities, private trusts and regeneration agencies in the city region and beyond.
We also work towards ambitious educational objectives, through a programme of activities developed within the context of the work we commission. We play a key role in the ongoing development of Liverpool as a place for artists to learn, live and work, and engage in discourse-based activity with peers locally, nationally and internationally.