Touched
18 September – 28 November 2010
Liverpool, UK
www.biennial.com
Liverpool Biennial International Festival of Contemporary Art 2010 takes place in venues and sites around Liverpool City Centre, including the Walker Art Gallery, FACT (Foundation for art and creative technology) the Bluecoat, Open Eye Gallery, Tate Liverpool, A Foundation Liverpool, and many other gallery and non-gallery sites.
The International: Touched
At the heart of the festival is Liverpool Biennial’s International Exhibition: Touched. Selected international artists are invited to showcase their work, principally new commissions as well as several key works previously unseen in the UK.
Touched can be seen at
Non-gallery sites: unusual and non-gallery spaces, concentrated around Renshaw Street.
Former Rapid Hardware: the old ‘Rapid’ houses the festival visitor centre and a wealth of exhibitions and projects.
A Foundation: The beating heart of Liverpool’s contemporary art scene, in the Baltic Triangle district.
the Bluecoat: newly refurbished, this is Liverpool city centre’s oldest building, the UK’s oldest arts centre and a community of creative businesses.
FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology): the UK’s leading organisation for the commissioning and presentation of film, video and new media art forms.
Open Eye Gallery: For over 30 years at the cutting edge of contemporary photography and a range of media, including film, video and installation.
Tate Liverpool: home to the national collection of Modern and Contemporary art and one of the most visited galleries outside of London.
John Moores Painting Prize
The UK’s leading contemporary painting competition at the Walker Art Gallery organised in partnership between National Museums Liverpool and John Moores Liverpool Exhibition Trust.
Bloomberg New Contemporaries: the very best from the UK’s up-and-coming artists at A Foundation.
City States: International exhibitions exploring the cultural dynamics between cities and states at the Contemporary Urban Centre including: Future Movements – Jerusalem; Vilnius: City Without Walls; Caribbean Pavilion: The Bahamas, Barbados, Martinique; Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Denmark: Nordic Artists; Québec City: Tactful Rituals; Taipei: Organic Interface; Seoul (Loop): Moving Fast.
S.Q.U.A.T. Liverpool 2010: presented by No Longer Empty/The Art Organisation (TAO) to re-animate abandoned spaces in the city centre.
The Cooperative: one-off high-impact activity that brings together the foremost arts collectives in Liverpool.
For further information about the Professional Visitor Programme: www.biennial.com or contact mary@biennial.com
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