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Arts editor Laura Davis picks out 10 must-see events for 2012

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:00:00 GMT

AS THE New Year dawns over Merseyside, it may seem like the region’s cultural scene is still locked in pantoland, but fear not – there is plenty to look forward to over the next 12 months.

Last chance to enter the Walker Art Gallery’s John Moores Painting Prize

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

ARTISTS have just one more month to register for the UK’s biggest painting prize.

New Banksy sculpture revealed at galllery

Liverpool Daily Post — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN sculpture by mysterious graffiti artist Banksy has been unveiled at the Walker Art Gallery.

Speculation that Banksy is back in Liverpool after mural appears on city building

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT

A HIGH-FLYING piece of street art, thought to be by the artist, Banksy, has appeared on the side of a city centre building.

Oxton artist Jacqui Chapman to exhibit in Florence Biennial

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

HUNDREDS of miles and extortionate shipping costs cannot stop Wirral artist Jacqui Chapman from taking part in next month’s exclusive Florence Biennial.

Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud are among the artists featured in Ceri Hand’s new selling show at the CUC

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

Damien Hirst and Lucian Freud are among the artists featured in Ceri Hand’s new selling show, she tells Laura Davis

Former Liverpool biennial director Lewis Biggs joins FACT’s board of trustees

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 GMT

FORMER Liverpool Biennial director Lewis Biggs has been appointed to FACT’s board of trustees.

Bill Drummond’s Liverpool Cake Circle is part of Static Gallery’s Terminal Convention

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 07:00:00 GMT

BILL DRUMMOND will be distributing freshly-baked cakes to Merseyside addresses this weekend, as part of Static Gallery’s Terminal Convention event.

Sir Peter Blake named first patron of the Walker Art Gallery’s prestigious John Moores Painting Prize

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 04:00:00 GMT

SIR PETER BLAKE will today be named as the first patron of the Walker Art Gallery’s John Moores Painting Prize.

TODAY, arts editor Laura Davis reports (Page 14) on the departure of Alistair Upton, chief executive of the Bluecoat Gallery.

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 23:00:00 GMT

Alistair has steered the gallery successfully through a dramatic period of change, as it was renovated and modernised for 2008.

Wirral Open Studios tour takes place this weekend

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

ARTISTS across the Wirral Peninsula will be opening their studios to visitors this weekend.

Serpentine Gallery head of programmes Sally Tallant appointed as Liverpool Biennial’s new artistic director

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE chief curator of one of London’s most popular art galleries was appointed the Liverpool Biennial’s new artistic director.

Cheshire and North West artists invited to apply for Tatton Park Biennial

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:00:00 GMT

TATTON Park Biennial is calling for submissions from Cheshire and North West-based artists for its festival in 2012.

Liverpool Walker Art Gallery in line for £60k prize

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:00:00 GMT

LIVERPOOL’S Walker Art gallery is in the running for a £60,000 prize, after being shortlisted for a national award.

It’s Liverpool, I’m Liverpool campaign to reposition Liverpool as global city (VIDEO)

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 07:00:00 GMT

A new campaign aims to reposition Liverpool as a modern and global city, as City Editor David Bartlett reports

Hilbre Island inspires Hydrography exhibition at Liverpool’s National Oceanography Centre

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 06:00:00 GMT

PILGRIMS once trod the sandy path to the tiny sandstone islands to pray at its chapel, and rock salt refinery workers once drank beer in the tavern close to the factory.

From assasins to musical saws Laura Davis presents the first half of an alternature A to Z of Liverpool culture

Liverpool Daily Post — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 23:00:00 GMT

From assassins to musical saws, Laura Davis presents the first half of an A to Z of Liverpool culture

Mike McCartney’s Liverpool exhibition will open the Museum of Liverpool’s Skylight Gallery

Liverpool Daily Post — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 23:00:00 GMT

THE exhibition – Mike McCartney’s Liverpool – will open the temporary display space in the museum’s Skylight Gallery.

Unholy Heart by Ernesto Muñiz opens at the Corke Gallery in Aigburth, Liverpool

Liverpool Daily Post — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:00:00 GMT

NINE new collages by Mexican artist and award- winning photographer Ernesto Muñiz are on display at the Corke Gallery in Aigburth.

Liverpool Biennial chief Lewis Biggs and former footballer Dave Hickson are awarded with Liverpool city council’s Citizen of Honour roll

Liverpool Daily Post — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 23:00:00 GMT

A SPORTING legend and an arts guru were among the latest people to receive one of Liverpool’s highest honours last night.