Last night was The Long Night in Liverpool which basically means that most of the art galleries and a load of other venues open up until late at night and one, The A-Foundation, even stayed open right through the night showing films until breakfast was served at 8am! I didn't stay that long but did manage to get around a fair few venues and this was taken at The Walker where people were getting guided tours of some of the work on display.
One last photo from last night's White feather launch and this one's of May Pang who is a former assistant and girlfriend of John Lennon and is here seen taking a photo of herself with her daughter.
Just a few more photographs from yesterday's White Feather launch with Cynthia and Julian Lennon who for the record are very very nice! Lots more to edit so I'll hand you over to the official exhibition website for more information!
This is the new public sculpture, called Dream, which stands 20 metres high on the top of Sutton Manor in St.Helens. The artist who created the piece is Jaume Plensa and the work is incredible though there's still some work to be done around the base but it's going to be an amazing place to visit when it is finished. It's no doubt also going to rival Another Place in Crosby as the piece of public art that everybody goes and photographs.
Another photograph from Saturday's event at Metal, Edge Hill Station.
Floella Banjamin was in Liverpool last Saturday to do a talk in celebration of the fact that it was International Women's Day. The talk was held at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.
I photographed Donna Berry yesterday who is a Liverpool based artist I've worked with many times over the years. This time I was photographing her new piece of work which is on display at NOVAS' Contemporary Urban Centre, an amazing new Gallery on Greenland Street. As well as loads of new gallery space, the centre has a ground floor cafe bar and will be opening studio spaces, education and resource areas and a theatre/cinema! This debut show features 70 pieces of work whilst also on display at the centre is a selection of work first ever Liverpool Art Prize. This competition was organised by Art In Liverpool and features work by Emma Rodgers, The Singh Twins, Imogen Stidworthy, Jayne Lawless, Gareth Kemp, Mary Fitzpatrick.
The artist Ben Johnson has been resident in the Walker Art Gallery for the duration of February publicly finishing this large scale painting of Liverpool and will continue doing so until March 7th. The final work will then go on show at the gallery from May 24th-November 2nd along with other works from his World Panorama Series.
This incredible installation forms part of the Holocaust Memorial Day Exhibition which is on show in Liverpool Town Hall until Saturday and open 10am-7pm. The work is composed of thousands of donated second hand spectacles and was inspired by photographs taken during the Holocaust.
