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Open Eye's Self-Defined exhibition explores lives led under Soviet rule
Artists from Central and Eastern Europe explore their own families’ complex stories along with historical archives in a new exhibition at Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery. Self-Defined: New Stories from Archives, which opens today and runs until June 7, features the work of contemporary artists from countries which were occupied or influenced by the former Soviet Union, including Ukraine, Poland, Germany and Latvia along with ethnic Crimean Tartar communities. The work explores i
LOOK Climate Lab aims to open eyes at Liverpool gallery
Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery has being turned into a lab this month where ideas around the topic of climate change can be explored and tested. LOOK Climate Lab 2026 runs at the Mann Island venue until to March 29, bringing together artists, activists and researchers and offering audiences the opportunity to engage with their work. The biennial LOOK programme explores how photography can be ‘a relevant and powerful medium’ in the conversation about climate. Projects being high
Follow the Science of Light in Liverpool this autumn
River of Light returns to the city’s waterfront this autumn and this year the 10-night free festival has the theme of the Science of Light. Follow a 1.8mile (3km) trail of light sculptures and installations along the banks of the Mersey and through the city’s business district between October 24 and November 2. Ten largescale artworks will be on show in this eighth edition of the festival, all inspired by science, technology or nature. Among them will be Dandelion (pictured a
RIBA spotlights football stadium design in new exhibition in Liverpool
Football stadia are in the spotlight in a fascinating new exhibition on the Liverpool waterfront this autumn. Home Ground: The...
DaDaFest is all the Rage for 2025
Liverpool’s DaDaFest returns next month with the 2025 event celebrating 40 years of the city-based disability and Deaf arts-led...
Tate Liverpool explores roots of nature and trade in new exhibition
The connections between Liverpool and its trading history are explored through nature in a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool and RIBA...
Open Eye exhibition focuses on Liverpool people and places
Liverpool’s Open Eye Gallery is exhibiting evocative images captured over more than four decades of photographing people and places...
River of Light 2024 installations come out to play
River of Light has returned to the Liverpool waterfront for 2024 with 12 playful artworks to explore – and here is what you can see and...
River of Light full programme of installations announced
The full line up of illuminated installations forming this year’s River of Light have been announced. The free, 12-day trail of colourful...
Tate Liverpool celebrates the built environment in summer show
Bricks are the building blocks of a new Tate Liverpool exhibition going on show on the city’s waterfront. Brickworks, at RIBA North on...
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