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Daniel Pasteiner
3 July – 15 August 2009
Daniel Pasteiner's first major solo show in the UK, which opens the series of exhibitions examining contemporary sculpture through single presentations of UK-based artists at A Foundation, Liverpool. 

Trip Through My Window
10 - 25 July 2009
Private Viewing: Thursday 9 July 2009, 18.00 - 20.00
New works by Anna Ketskemety.  Often using personal photography and her early background in architecture as a reference point, Ketskemety’s work explores the relationships between the flat surface and her constructs by employing painting as an exploratory method that calls into question the distinction between the painting and the object.

Bluecoat Display Centre 50th Anniversary Series at Various Venues 
As part of this year’s 50-year anniversary celebration of the Bluecoat Display Centre, some of Liverpool’s most innovative artists will create installations in the Philharmonic Hall, University of Liverpool’s School of History, the Roald Dahl Blood Centre at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.  We are delighted to launch the first in this series with Liverpool Art Prize People’s Choice winner, Elizabeth Willow.

Helen Chatterton: Floral Lawn Collection
13 June – 1 August 2009
A new summer collection of textiles by Liverpool based designer Helen Chatterton to complement the recycling themed exhibition Junkshop Revolution. The floral lawn range which includes Tana lawn cotton dupion silk backed cushions & scarves, covered buttons and lavender bags was inspired by a collection of fabric which belonged to Helen’s mother.

Junkshop Revolution
13 June – 1 August 2009
Junkshop Revolution presents contemporary designers who have found new use for everyday objects and reclaimed materials and whose work explores these green philosophies.  See also Floral Lawn Collection which coincides with this exhibition.

Magdalene Odundo Solo - The Elisabeth Zuckerman memorial exhibition
3 October – 28 November 2009
Magdalene showed her hand built and coiled ceramics in 1985, very early in her career, at the Bluecoat Display Centre and is now an internationally renowned artist who last year won the African Art Recognition Award. In this major new exhibition Magdalene will show her renowned ceramics alongside new forms in metal seen for the first time in exhibition in the UK.

Slow Magic
31 July – 13 September 2009
Private View: 30 July, 18.00 - 20.00
Slow Magic examines different approaches to contemporary painting that are playful and enchanting. Featuring the work of six international artists, the exhibition will offer summer visitors to the Bluecoat lively and colourful show.

The End of the Line: Attitudes in Drawing
22 May - 19 July 2009
The End of the Line: Attitudes to Drawing is a Hayward Touring exhibition exploring and celebrating fresh approaches to drawing in contemporary art. The exhibition is organised in collaboration with the Bluecoat, Liverpool and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art and in association with The Drawing Room, London.

Henny Acloque: A Dressing
3 July – 8 August 2009
Ceri Hand Gallery is delighted to announce Henny Acloque’s first solo show in the UK. London based Acloque’s new series of narrative paintings reference old masters such as Bosch, Bruegel and Dürer and explore the fragility of life and the self.

Raw Potential - University of Chester Degree Show
3 -10 July 2009 at Novas CUC
Viewing: FRIDAY 3 July 2009, 18.00 - 20.00
Touring exhibition of work produced by Fine Art and Photography students at the University of Chester.  From painting, sculpture, textiles and print-making to photography, installations and new media, around 70 students have joined forces to put together Raw Potential, an eye-catching, colourful and spectacular showcase of the striking work they have completed during their degrees.

FIS 09
10 July - 23 August 2009
Private View - Thursday 9 July 2009, 18.00 - 20.00   
The title FIS meaning "Vision" allows an open approach to the personal vision of the artist.  The chosen artists all adopt a sensitive approach to their work.  The majority of the aritsts are living in rural communities which creates an atmosphere of quiet contemplation.  While three of the artists Una Sealy and David Quinn and Emma Berkery live in urban environments they each approach their subject matter from an outside perspective.

Go Pink & Blue 09
29 May - 19 July 2009
Following the success of Go Pink 08, Novas Contemporary Urban Centre are again supporting this year's exhibition.  Over 70 local artists are donating their work to raise awareness & funds for male & female related cancer charities.

The Toxteth Primary Network Exhibition
24 June - 5 July 2009
The ‘Toxteth Primary Network Exhibition’ is comprised from a variety of artworks from local primary schools. The initial idea for the exhibition was to assemble a collection of work to celebrate the heritage of cultural education within the Toxteth/Granby area.

Curwen Studio at 50
5 June - 4 September 2009
The Curwen Studio, one of the UK’s most influential printmaking studios, specialising in lithography, is celebrating over fifty years of fine art printing with a special exhibition. The Exhibition is to be officially opened by Rolf Harris together with a book signing and opportunity to speak with Alan Powers, author of Art & Print: The Curwen Story, published by Tate publishing.

Memoirs of a Pedestrian
15 June - 17 July 2009
dot-art's first solo show of 2009 will showcase the paintings and photographs of celebrated local artist Nathan Pendlebury, who looks towards the urban environment for his inspiration. The exhibition will include an exclusive first look at exciting new abstract work created in Merseyside, New York and Italy.

Bernie Lubell - A Theory of Entanglement
19 June – 6 September 2009
FACT will unveil a major new commission by Lubell and bring together a series of his low-tech, lo-fi sculptures, powered entirely by the audience. Visitors will become part of the exhibition as they work together to animate the large-scale wooden mechanisms, creating a theatre for themselves and one another.  See also Events.

FACT's July Listings
Your diary of special events at FACT 

Lady Lever Art Gallery
Special events - April - June 2009

Lady Lever Art Gallery (July - September 2009)
Free activities for all the family at the Lady Lever Art Gallery.

Lever the Collector
The Lady Lever Art Gallery was founded by William Hesketh Lever (1851-1925) and is dedicated to the memory of his wife Elizabeth. The gallery contains the best of his personal art collection.

A new permanent display open from 5 July 2008, the Lever the Collector gallery, introduces the man and his collections, telling the story of how he built the gallery.

WHISTLER: The Gentle Art of Making Etchings
3 July – 20 September 2009
A fascinating exhibition gives remarkable insights into the etchings of American artist James McNeill Whistler, one of the greatest exponents of the art form. The exhibition features about 50 exquisite works drawn from the University of Glasgow’s world-famous Whistler collection.

Mixed Summer Show
4 June - Autumn 2009
A mixed show of work that will change regularly throughout the summer.

'Apocalypse Now'
25 July - 8 August (Thursday - Sunday 1pm - 6pm)
Viewing: 24th July 2009, 18.30 - late
Apocalypse Now will reflect on interpretations of the meaning of an Apocalypse today, and bring together artists from the U.K whose work deals with Apocalyptic themes, from a very contemporary viewpoint to reflect on a very human dilemma.

All Change
21 June - 4 July 2009
All Change garners and borrows five artists from the rain-soaked cobbleways and warrens of Manchester’s Rogue Artists Studios, to the seagull squawked, windswept sea air of the industrial sanctuary that is Liverpool’s The Royal Standard.

A Sweet Life: Fashion in a Liverpool sugar merchant’s family
April 2009 – Spring 2010
A new exhibition gives a fascinating insight into the family life of Emily Tinne – the lady whose amazing wardrobe of clothes reflects a vanished world between 1910 and 1940.  Whole wardrobes of clothes, as worn by one family over many years, are very rare, especially one of this size which includes more than 700 items.

Sudley House Museum Highlights: April - June 2009
Travel back in time and visit Sudley House, our grand sandstone mansion. Discover the story of former residents the Holt family and view the only art collection of a Victorian merchant still in its domestic setting. 

Sudley House (July - September 2009)
Free activities for all the family at the Sudley House.

Shoot Nations
Saturday, January 17, 2009 - Sunday, June 28, 2009

An exhibition of photographs taken by young people as part of the Shoot Nations global photographic competition.

ARTIST ROOMS: Sol LeWitt
12 May  –  13 September 2009
A major wall drawing by influential American artist Sol LeWitt as part of the first UK tour of ARTIST ROOMS, a collection created by dealer and collector Anthony d'Offay and acquired by the nation in 2008. The concept was to devote one room to an artist and show simultaneously in galleries across the UK.

Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today
29 May  –  13 September 2009
At a time of unprecedented interest in the role of colour in graphic design, fashion and interior design, Tate Liverpool will be presenting Colour Chart: Reinventing Colour, 1950 to Today. The exhibition looks at the moment in twentieth-century art, when a group of artists began to perceive colour as 'readymade' rather than as scientific or expressive.