LIVERPOOL.- The Walker Art Gallery has acquired a striking watercolour study of 19th century emigration by the French artist, James Tissot with help from the Art Fund, the UK’s national fundraising charity for works of art. Goodbye on the Mersey i…
A Table from the Sea’s Edge by Silas Birtwistle on Display in Liverpool’s World Museum
LIVERPOOL.- A massive conference table surrounded by 12 chairs created from driftwood by British furniture maker / artist Silas Birtwistle promotes conservation of the world’s seas, oceans and forests. He travelled to Belize, Vancouver Island, Tan…
Collection of Contemporary Bengali Scrolls Leave Liverpool to Tell Tales from India
LIVERPOOL.- From 15 February 2011 a collection of contemporary Bengali scrolls from National Museums Liverpool will tour across the region. ‘Telling Tales: Story Scrolls’ from India features six never seen before, beautiful and vibrant scrolls, created…
Salvaged Scotch on Display to Mark 70th Anniversary of SS Politician Grounding
LIVERPOOL.- The SS Politician ran aground off the west coast of Scotland on 5 February 1941 with 28,000 cases of malt whisky aboard. She had been bound for Jamaica and America . People came in small boats from near and far to help themselves to the wh…
Salvaged Scotch on Display to Mark 70th Anniversary of SS Politician Grounding
LIVERPOOL.- The SS Politician ran aground off the west coast of Scotland on 5 February 1941 with 28,000 cases of malt whisky aboard. She had been bound for Jamaica and America . People came in small boats from near and far to help themselves to the wh…
De Hallen Haarlem Presents the Dutch Premiere of The Krazy House by Rineke Dijkstra
HAARLEM.- De Hallen Haarlem presents the Dutch première of The Krazy House by Rineke Dijkstra. This work consists of a series of photos and a 4-channel video projection of dancing adolescents, and has previously been shown in Berlin and New York. Dijk…
Merseyside Maritime Museum’s Sailortown Project: Casting Light on Vanished World
LIVERPOOL.- People have been recalling their memories of Liverpool’s once-vibrant seafaring district in a study linked to Merseyside Maritime Museum displays. Historians, museum curators and film-makers are collaborating on the Mapping Memory of t…
National Museums of Liverpool Confirm the Origins of Bed-In for Peace Bedspread
LIVERPOOL.- The origins of one of the world’s most symbolic bedspreads has, for the last 40 years, been affiliated to the wrong person. The handcrafted ‘All You Need Is Love’ bedspread, presented to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in May 1969 d…
National Museums of Liverpool Confirm the Origins of Bed-In for Peace Bedspread
LIVERPOOL.- The origins of one of the world’s most symbolic bedspreads has, for the last 40 years, been affiliated to the wrong person. The handcrafted ‘All You Need Is Love’ bedspread, presented to John Lennon and Yoko Ono in May 1969 d…
Protest Painting by Nicholas Middleton Wins Visitors’ Choice
LIVERPOOL.- Nicholas Middleton is the winner of the John Moores Painting Prize’s Visitors’ Choice for the second time with his painting Protest, April 1st 2009. Nicholas scooped the £2,010 prize, sponsored by Rathbones, with a detailed photo…