Liverpool Biennial is best known as the promoter and organiser of the UK’s international festival of contemporary art every second year. But we also have an ongoing role commissioning art for the public realm, such as Richard Wilson’s Turning the Place Over and Antony Gormley’s Another Place at Crosby Beach, and delivering our educational objectives through a programme of activities in partnership.
Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Ltd has presented four festivals, in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Plans are now being laid for Liverpool Biennial 2008 (20 September – 30 November). Click on the dates to find out more.
The ‘mission’ through all our activities is ‘engaging art, people and place’. We do this by commissioning artworks and other programme collaboratively, in partnership with other organisations wherever possible. For instance, we do not have our own building for exhibition or education purposes because we work with other organisations that do have buildings, and we can get closer to Liverpool’s communities by working in this way. Our projects typically involve local and international artists working with non-art organisations, and find support from a range of local authorities and regeneration agencies in the city region. We consider the relationships built through these projects to be an important aspect of the quality of the artwork produced.
Our Board Members include: Paula Ridley (Chair), formerly Chairman of the V&A Museum and Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director, the Bluecoat, Liverpool; Walter Brown, Principal, Liverpool Community College; Lesley Chalmers, Chief Executive of the English Cities Fund; Jim Gill OBE, Chief Executive of Liverpool Vision; Roger Goddard, Retired Director of Finance & Internal Services of Arts Council (Manchester); Alison Jones, Arts Project Manager, North West Disability Arts Forum; Simon MacKinnon, President, Corning China; Francis McEntegart, Chime Creative Management Ltd; Declan McGonagle, Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Ulster and Director of Interface; Alistair Sunderland, Senior Partner, Austin-Smith: Lord Architects; James Warnock (Deputy Chair), Consultant; Jane Wentworth, Independent Consultant; Tony Wilson, Senior Partner, Hill Dickinson.
Established in 1998, Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art Ltd has presented four festivals, in 1999, 2002, 2004 and 2006. Plans are now being laid for Liverpool Biennial 2008 (20 September – 30 November). Click on the dates to find out more.
The ‘mission’ through all our activities is ‘engaging art, people and place’. We do this by commissioning artworks and other programme collaboratively, in partnership with other organisations wherever possible. For instance, we do not have our own building for exhibition or education purposes because we work with other organisations that do have buildings, and we can get closer to Liverpool’s communities by working in this way. Our projects typically involve local and international artists working with non-art organisations, and find support from a range of local authorities and regeneration agencies in the city region. We consider the relationships built through these projects to be an important aspect of the quality of the artwork produced.
Our Board Members include: Paula Ridley (Chair), formerly Chairman of the V&A Museum and Director of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation; Bryan Biggs, Artistic Director, the Bluecoat, Liverpool; Walter Brown, Principal, Liverpool Community College; Lesley Chalmers, Chief Executive of the English Cities Fund; Jim Gill OBE, Chief Executive of Liverpool Vision; Roger Goddard, Retired Director of Finance & Internal Services of Arts Council (Manchester); Alison Jones, Arts Project Manager, North West Disability Arts Forum; Simon MacKinnon, President, Corning China; Francis McEntegart, Chime Creative Management Ltd; Declan McGonagle, Professor, School of Art and Design, University of Ulster and Director of Interface; Alistair Sunderland, Senior Partner, Austin-Smith: Lord Architects; James Warnock (Deputy Chair), Consultant; Jane Wentworth, Independent Consultant; Tony Wilson, Senior Partner, Hill Dickinson.
Liverpool Biennial was founded by James Moores with the support of 