Liverpool Biennial is the largest international contemporary art festival in the United Kingdom.
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12 Facts About Liverpool Biennial
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Cultural organisations in Liverpool Biennial provide context for the presentation of contemporary art and culture.
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Since its launch in 1999, Liverpool Biennial has commissioned over 300 new artworks and presented work by over 444 artists from around the world.
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Liverpool Biennial was established by James Moores in 1998 and has presented festivals in 1999,2002,2004,2006,2008,2010,2012,2014,2016 and 2018.
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Since 2006, the Liverpool Biennial has included 'collateral' events organised and supported by embassies, international agencies, or galleries, and promoted by Liverpool Biennial as a part of the programme.
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Liverpool Biennial has a year-round programme of commissioning art for the public realm, such as Richard Wilson's Turning the Place Over and Antony Gormley's Another Place at Crosby Beach.
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Liverpool Biennial coincides with the John Moores Painting Prize, an open submission award to the best contemporary painting in the UK.
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Liverpool Biennial 2010 was curated by Lorenzo Fusi, Artistic Director in collaboration with: Frances Loeffler and Raj Sandhu.
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Liverpool Biennial 2012 was curated by Sally Tallant, Artistic Director; The Unexpected Guest by: Lorenzo Fusi, Curator, Liverpool Biennial in collaboration with: Sara-Jayne Parsons, the Bluecoat; Mike Stubbs and Omar Kholeif, FACT; Karen Newman, Open Eye Gallery; Sook-Kyung Lee, Tate Liverpool and Jenny Porter, Metal Liverpool.
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Liverpool Biennial 2014 was curated by Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman.
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Also presented during the 2016 Liverpool Biennial are the John Moores Painting Prize 2016 at Walker Art Gallery, Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2016 at Bluecoat, and the Liverpool Biennial Fringe.
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Liverpool Biennial 2016 was curated by Sally Tallant, Dominic Willsdon, Francesco Manacorda, Raimundas Malasauskas, Joasia Krysa, Rosie Cooper, Polly Brannan, Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey, Ying Tan, Sandeep Parmar, and Steven Cairns.
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