
Exhibition
Holly Hendry. Cenotaph.
14 Jun 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Exchange Flags
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The 10th edition of Liverpool Biennial, Beautiful world, where are you?, invites artists and audiences to reflect on a world of social, political and economic turmoil.
The artistic concept and title for Beautiful world, where are you? derives from a 1788 poem by the German poet Friedrich Schiller, later set to music by Austrian composer Franz Schubert in 1819. The years between the composition of Schiller’s poem and Schubert’s song saw great upheaval and profound change in Europe, from the French Revolution to the fall of the Napoleonic Empire. Today the poem continues to suggest a world gripped by deep uncertainty; a world of social, political and environmental turmoil. It can be seen as a lament but also as an invitation to reconsider our past, advancing a new sense of beauty that might be shared in a more equitable way.
The Biennial programme is presented in locations across Liverpool including public spaces and the city’s leading art venues: Bluecoat, FACT, Open Eye Gallery, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool John Moores University’s Exhibition Research Lab, National Museums Liverpool, RIBA North, the Liverpool Playhouse, Victoria Gallery & Museum (University of Liverpool), and Blackburne House.
Liverpool Biennial 2018 is curated by Kitty Scott (Carol and Morton Rapp Curator, Modern and Contemporary Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario) and Sally Tallant (Director, Liverpool Biennial) with the Liverpool Biennial team: Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey (Head of Production and International Projects), Sinéad McCarthy (Curator), Polly Brannan (Education Curator), and Joasia Krysa (Head of Research).
Also on show during Liverpool Biennial 2018 are partner exhibitions John Moores Painting Prize at the Walker Art Gallery, Bloomberg New Contemporaries at Liverpool John Moores University's Liverpool School of Art & Design, and the Biennial Fringe.
Liverpool Biennial 2018 will celebrate 20 years of presenting international art in the city and region.
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Exhibition
14 Jun 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Exchange Flags
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Bluecoat
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
FACT
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Tate Liverpool
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Open Eye Gallery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) North
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
St George’s Hall
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Liverpool John Moores University
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Blackburne House
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
The Oratory
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Resilience Garden
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Invisible Wind Factory
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Great George Street
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
George's Dock Ventilation
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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14 Jul 2018 – 28 Oct 2018
Derby Square
Liverpool, United Kingdom
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