Arts & Culture
Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus
A captivating new display celebrating the groundbreaking fashion designer’s remarkable career spanning over five decades. This stunning showcase brings together a collection of Westwood’s revolutionary designs, from her punk beginnings to her status as a British fashion icon. Located in the Craft & Design Gallery, the display features key pieces from Westwood’s most influential collections,...
Turner: Always Contemporary
This exhibition will mark 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner, exploring both the artist’s own work and his enduring impact on later generations of artists. Turner: Always Contemporary will include National Museums Liverpool’s collection of Turner’s oil paintings, works on paper and prints, alongside modern and contemporary artworks that delve into themes of...
Major exhibition will mark 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner
Tickets for the Walker Art Gallery’s major exhibition exploring the work of JMW Turner and his enduring impact on later generations are on sale from today – exactly 250 years since the artist’s birth on 23 April 1775. Turner: Always Contemporary (25 October 2025 – 22 February 2026) will include National Museums Liverpool’s collection of...
What the Mountain Has Seen – Curator Talk
Join us at the Exhibition Research Lab Gallery for a talk by Dr Christine Eyene who will discuss her research on the links between Liverpool’s maritime history, colonisation, economic botany, and practices of extraction in rural Cameroon. Focusing on reproductions of archival material contained in the vitrine displayed in the exhibition ‘What the Mountain Has...
Welcome Home – Family Workshop
What does ‘home’ mean to you and your family? Join artist Artist in Residence, Dora Colquhoun, for this family friendly workshop, where people of all ages will be invited to explore the concept of home, as part of the Welcome Home project. Dora, a neurodivergent writer, facilitator, performer, and theatre maker, will be co-facilitating the...
WoWFEST 2025: Full festival programme now live!
Join our quarter-centennial birthday celebrations as we welcome old friends and first-time guests to our fantastic festival ran throughout May 2025. Featuring Dr John Cooper Clarke, Irvine Welsh, Joelle Taylor, Salenda Godden, The Singh Twins, Skinnyman, Armando Iannucci, Levi Tafari, Kit De Waal, Jackie Kay, Michael Rosen, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Gary Younge and many more....
Independents Biennial 2025
The art of artists living and working in the Liverpool city region will flood its six boroughs, in unusual, independent and non-traditional art spaces this summer as the Independentas Biennial returns. The artist-led festival, which runs concurrently to Liverpool Biennial, is created to showcase the vibrant art and art scene of the city-region. Since launching...
Hilbre Island, Bidston Observatory, Belle Vale Shopping Centre and more to host artworks
The art of artists living and working in the Liverpool city region will flood its six boroughs, in unusual, independent and non-traditional art spaces this summer as the Independentas Biennial returns. The artist-led festival, which runs concurrently to Liverpool Biennial, is created to showcase the vibrant art and art scene of the city-region. Since launching...
UK’s leading Indian Arts & Cultural organisation reaches incredible 40 year milestone
Established in 1985, with a shared vision of bringing people across the North West together with a common love for Indian arts, Milap are celebrating their 40th Birthday in 2025 as the UK’s leading Indian Arts and Culture company – with a legacy that has raised the profile of South Asian music, dance and culture...
WoWFEST: 25 Years of Radical Writing
Join our birthday celebrations as we welcome old friends and first-time guests for a fantastic festival throughout May 2025. Featuring Irvine Welsh, Frank Cottrell Boyce, The Singh Twins, Armando Iannucci Michael Rosen, Jackie Kay, Jordan Stephens, Prof. Phil Scraton, Simon O’Brien, Mike Berners-Lee Kit De Waal, Gary Younge, Brian Bilston, Henry Normal, Yusuf Aliamal, Basma...
