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Liverpool Biennial

Best known for presenting the UK's largest festival of contemporary visual art, Liverpool Biennial is among the most successful art commissioning agencies in the country.

Our north west office covers the arts in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.

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For press and media enquiries only please contact:

Marie Nixon
Out of hours contact
Senior Manager, Advocacy and Communications
Phone: 0191 255 8573
Mobile: 07725 660 550

Julie Leather
Officer, Communications
Phone: 0161 934 4464

Sarah Howarth
Assistant, Communications
Phone: 0161 934 4458

For all other enquiries please call 0845 300 6200

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Latest news

Dream, St Helens, by Jaume Plensa - just named by VisitEngland as the face of a new tourism campaign

Cultural tourism boosts North West economy

During Liverpool 2008, 1.5 million visitors spent £40 million on events costing nearly £11 million. Liverpool Biennial, which achieved 960,000 visits in 2008, continues to generate an international profile for the city. This demonstrates how such international and national attention enhances the identity of cities as tourism destinations, so it …

Artist Steph Matthews creating the new mural at the study lab @ PNE FC

A perfect match - football and poetry combine to develop literacy skills

Football and poetry are proving a winning combination for young people across Preston thanks to …

Installation by Karajana’ Safanova Ollis

Best in Eden festival opens in the Eden Valley

A new initiative, Best in Eden, is inviting local people to celebrate the culture of …

Latest publications

Responses to the Digital Britain interim report

In January 2009, the Government published Digital Britain, a plan to secure Britain’s place at the forefront of the global digital economy. The interim report contains more than 20 recommendations, including specific proposals on: next generation networks universal access to broadband the creation of a second public service provider of …

Great art for everyone 2008-2011: North West

Our mission for the next three years is great art for everyone. Our regional plan, …

Annual review 2007

The annual review looks at a range of funded arts activity across the country, and …

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Rick Moody - The Four Fingers of Death

Struggling writer Montese Crandall lands himself a job writing the novelisation of a remake of 1960s horror classic The Crawling Hand. A funny and frenetic tale of literary science fiction, it's populated by a motley crew of characters and set against the backdrop of a near-future America on the brink of collapse.

Culturecritic aggregates reviews from the media. These views do not necessarily reflect those of Arts Council England.