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Lewis Biggs: On Biennials – Triangulating Validation.

In her landmark 2004 book, The Infinite Line, art historian Briony Fer begins “We are lost without repetition”. Her book is a radical interpretation of the innovative art of the late 1950s and...

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EVERYTHING IN ITS RIGHT PLACE

How important is art in the public realm? And what is the Biennial’s commitment to ensuring we get the public art we deserve? David Lloyd talks to Laurie Peake… Those hardy souls who braved the slopes...

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Some Notes on Strategy for the Arts – Paul Smith

My briefing notes for an upcoming scenario planning meeting start with a question that looks backwards rather than forward: what is the most important factor that has shaped the visual arts in the last...

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Slow Art Day – 17 April 2010

While at the “Best of Britain and Ireland” Trade Forum last month, I had the excellent opportunity to hear Carl Honore speak about his book In Praise of Slow.  He discussed not only the popular Slow...

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All Spin?

It’s been almost 3 years since the daring piece of architecture and/or eyesore has been erected across from Moorfields Station. So what do people think about it now? Turning the Place Over When it...

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Sometimes it has to be the whole constellation

Tony Chakar said at his talk on Wednesday that all the individual videos, poems, writings and thoughts he was presenting (rather than presenting some kind of decided worthy style polemic) were like the...

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Freire Barnes: Liverpool Calling

Writer Freire Barnes is inspired and engaged on a recent trip to survey the art scene in Liverpool… Full of anticipation for a weekend of exhibition openings and talks, I arrived in sunny Liverpool....

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Liverpool Biennial 2010 supported by sponsors and partners both old and new.

The 6th Liverpool Biennial festival sees a host of sponsors and partners in support of this year’s festival. Alongside welcoming back our National Media Partner, The Independent, we are delighted to...

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The Inside Story

For curator Lorenzo Fusi, the best Biennials never forget where they came from. For him, the word on the street is far more important than the sensational headlines… Talk about culture shock. You’re...

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Speaking the Naked Truth

One of the projects included in this year’s Liverpool Biennial, a performance-based piece created by Romanian artist Daniel Knorr, bears the suggestive title of The Naked Corner. The work references...

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“What is a car, if not a piece of travelling sculpture?” -Bruno Munari

Liverpool Biennial 2010, 18 September – 28 November 2010, presents the Official Liverpool Biennial Car 2010, designed and driven by artist Daisy Delaney. The car will be turning up outside all the...

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The Cuts

Liverpool Biennial’s Artistic Director, Lewis Biggs, gives his opinions on the Government’s Cuts and how they affect the most vulnerable. A recent letter from Sir Paul Judge to the Daily Telegraph (19...

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The Affective Turn

There were long-term causes for the current credit crisis, going back to the deregulation of the London Stock Exchange in 1986 and beyond (the comparison with the current resilience of the Canadian...

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Using the space

Viewing artwork in real life, like listening to live music, is an experience which can’t yet be beaten by any virtual facsimile, but as screen resolutions get better and mobile devices ever more...

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Art and Social Change: learning collectively to take responsibility

Artist Jeanne van Heeswijk explores keyquestions in her practice. This text formed part of her acceptance speech as she was awarded the Annenberg Prize for Art and Social Change. In a time of...

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Getting Critical – by Juan Cruz

Guest Blog Getting Critical By Juan Cruz, School Director LJMU’s School of Art and Design Criticism is vital to the development of artistic practice and a key medium for challenging and developing the...

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