We look forward to welcoming you to Liverpool Biennial 2023.
We have worked closely with our partner venues and colleagues in the city to bring you the 12th edition of Liverpool Biennial.
Places to explore
Tate Liverpool
Envisaged as a flagship for making the national collections accessible to more people, Tate Liverpool is as relevant now as at its conception 34years ago; exchanging ideas, deep roots in the City and facing both home-grown and global communities.
Find out moreRoyal Albert Dock, Liverpool L3 4BB
Monday to Sunday 10.00am-5:50pm
FACT
FACT is the UK’s leading centre for art, film and the creative use of technology.
Find out more88 Wood St, Liverpool L1 4DQ
Tuesday to Sunday 11:00am-6:00pm
Bluecoat
The Bluecoat is Liverpool’s centre for the contemporary arts - a bustling cultural venue that sees 700,000 visits each year.
Find out moreSchool Lane, Liverpool, L1 3BX
Tuesday to Sunday 11:00am–5:00pm
Tobacco Warehouse
Built in 1898-1901 and designed by architect A. G. Lyster, Tobacco Warehouse is the world’s largest brick built warehouse, standing quayside at Stanley Dock, Liverpool, opposite the smaller North Warehouse, now home to the award winning Titanic Hotel.
Find out moreDock, 21a Regent Road Stanley, Liverpool L3 0BA
Wednesday - Sunday 10am - 6pm
Cotton Exchange
Cotton Exchange opened in 1906 and was once the home to Liverpool’s cotton industry.
Find out moreBixteth St, Liverpool L3 9LQ
Wednesday to Sunday 10:00am-6:00pm
Open Eye Gallery
Founded in 1977, Open Eye Gallery is an independent, not-for-profit photography gallery based in Liverpool.
Find out more19 Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP
Tuesday–Sunday 10:00am–5:00pm
Victoria Gallery & Museum
Housed in a spectacular 1890s gothic building, the Victoria Gallery and Museum is a vibrant mix of the historic and the new.
Find out moreUniversity of Liverpool, Ashton Street, Liverpool, L69 3DR
Tuesday–Saturday 10:00am–5:00pm
World Museum
World Museum is the oldest of the museums and galleries operated by National Museums Liverpool.
Find out moreWilliam Brown St, L3 8EN
Tuesday to Sunday 10.00am-5:00pm
St Nicholas Church Gardens: Ranti Bam
Created especially for Our Lady and St Nicholas Church Gardens – the burial location of Liverpool’s first recorded Black resident and former slave, Abell (d.1717) -Ranti Bam offers a new meeting point for visitors to gather in mediation, contemplation, and discourse.
Find out moreOld Churchyard, Liverpool L2
Derby Square: Hummingbird Clock
'Hummingbird Clock' (2016) by Lawrence Abu Hamdan is a permanent public artwork for the city, commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and Liverpool BID Company for the 2016 Liverpool Biennial.
Find out moreDerby Square, Liverpool, L1 7NU
2016- Ongoing
Crosby Beach: Another Place
Antony Gormley’s installation, 'Another Place', comprises 100 cast-iron sculptures made from 17 different moulds taken from the sculptor’s own body, installed on Crosby Beach on the Mersey Estuary, all facing the open sea, and evoking the relationship between the natural elements, space and the human body.
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Crosby Beach, Liverpool, L23 6SX
Pier Head: Dazzle Ferry
Liverpool Biennial, 14-18 NOW: WW1 Centenary Art Commissions and Tate Liverpool commissioned one of the major figures of British pop art, Sir Peter Blake, to dazzle a Mersey Ferry, in partnership with Merseytravel and National Museums Liverpool.
Find out morePier Head Ferry Terminal, Georges Parade, Liverpool L3 1DP
April 2015- Ongoing
St Nicholas Place: Merseyside Totemy
'Merseyside Totemy' is a new public artwork that visualises statistics and figures related to the impact of climate change on the Liverpool City Region, one of the areas most at risk from rising sea levels caused by climate change.
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St Nicholas Place, Princes Dock, Liverpool, L3 1QW
From 14 July 2022- Summer 2024
Mann Island: From Here
'From Here' by Turner Prize shortlisted artist Nathan Coley is a landmark new co-commission between Liverpool Biennial and Culture Liverpool on Liverpool’s UNESCO World Heritage Waterfront.
Find out moreSt George's Pumping House, Mann Island, Liverpool, L3 1BP
Albert Dock: Liverpool Mountain
'Liverpool Mountain' by internationally renowned artist Ugo Rondinone is a major new public artwork for the city region, commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and Tate Liverpool.
Find out moreRoyal Albert Dock, Hartley Quay, Liverpool Waterfront, L3 4AQ
Stanley Dock: Brook Andrew
Brook Andrew presents a new large-scale neon work at Stanley Dock, entitled ‘NGAAY’ (2023) (a Wiradjuri word meaning ‘to see’).
Find out moreStanley Dock, L3
Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters: Eleng Luluan
Eleng Luluan presents a monumental sculpture at Princes Dock, Liverpool Waters, inspired by the artist’s memories of growing up in the indigenous Kucapungane community, a Rukai aboriginal village in the mountains of southern Taiwan.
Find out morePrinces Dock, Liverpool Waters, L3
Liverpool ONE: Rudy Loewe
At Liverpool ONE, Rudy Loewe presents a new large-scale installation based on the artist’s painting ‘February 1970, Trinidad #1’, which depicts Moko jumbie (a stilt walker) and other Carnival mas players (participants who wear masquerade costumes and march in the parade) coming to the aid of the people at a moment of Black Power revolution in Trinidad and Tobago.
Find out moreThomas Steers Way, L1
St John’s Gardens: Nicholas Galanin
At St John’s Gardens, adjacent to St George’s Hall, Nicholas Galanin presents ‘Threat Return’ (2023): a gathering of overturned, cast-bronze handwoven baskets, modified to resemble burglary masks.
Find out moreSt George’s Quarter, Liverpool L1