Event type: Exhibition

Selector: Mark Leckey Talk

Join us for an evening of conversation as Turner Prize winning artist Mark Leckey discusses the influence of music culture on his art.

Mark Leckey (born 1964) is a British contemporary artist, originally from Birkenhead. His found object art and video pieces, which incorporate themes of nostalgia and anxiety, draw on elements of pop culture. In particular, he is known for Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore 1999 and Industrial Light and Magic 2008, for which he won the 2008 Turner Prize.

This event will be hosted by DJ, curator, and multidisciplinary cultural producer Thristian, the founder of Global Roots, and co-founder of both Boiler Room and Worldwide FM.

Check out Selector: Mark Leckey performances – three nights of performances at Future Yard led by Mark Leckey.

About Selector

Selector is a collaboration between Future Yard and Tate Liverpool, centred on the connections between contemporary music and art.

Accessibility

Tate Liverpool is temporarily located at RIBA North, Mann Island, a short distance (425m) along Liverpool’s iconic waterfront. There is step free access to the main entrance. There is a lift to the first floor gallery, or alternatively you can take the stairs.

  • Toilets are located on the first floor
  • The nearest Changing Places toilet is located at the Museum of Liverpool
  • Ear defenders are available to borrow. Please ask a Visitor Engagement Assistant

Additional seating is also available. Please ask a member of staff if you require assistance.To help plan your visit to Tate Liverpool + RIBA North, have a look at our visual story. It includes photographs and information of what you can expect from a visit to the gallery.

For more information before your visit:

Email visiting.liverpool@tate.org.uk

Our Freedom: Then and Now

 

 

We are delighted to present Our Freedom: Then and Now, a vibrant national photography exhibition bringing together images from 60 locally led projects, marking 80 years since the end of the Second World War.

This exhibition features work from communities across the UK, exploring what freedom meant in these communities in 1945 and how those ideas resonate today. These 60 projects form a powerful nationwide portrait of people, place and belonging.

Developed by Future Arts Centres and Open Eye Gallery, the exhibition forms part of the wider Our Freedom: Then and Now programme. In total, 22 photographers collaborated with communities of all ages and backgrounds, inviting them to reflect on their own histories, experiences and identities.

The exhibition opened at the Southbank Centre in London and is now touring to 18 arts centres and libraries across the UK — from Exeter to Inverness, and Ipswich to Belfast — all of which were part of the programme.

Our Freedom: Then and Now is delivered by Future Arts Centres in partnership with Libraries Connected and supported using public funding by the UK Government through Arts Council England. The exhibition is produced by Future Arts Centres, Open Eye Gallery and the Socially Engaged Photography Network.

We’re proud to see the communities’ story represented within this national exhibition and to welcome audiences to experience this collective reflection on freedom — then and now.

 

 

Wirral Open Studio Tour

 

 

An old fire station in Port Sunlight, a room in a former New Brighton greengrocer’s and a Georgian town house in Hamilton Square are just a few of the exciting spaces visitors are invited to explore during this year’s Wirral Open Studio Tour.

Taking place over the weekend of 13-14 June 2026, the event will see more than 90 artists across the peninsula welcoming the public into their creative spaces.

Founded in 2009, this will be the 16th edition of the annual celebration of Wirral artistic talent, which is a rare opportunity to meet artists, find out more about their creative processes and even take home a piece of unique art.

The artists’ work spans a wide variety of styles, media and subjects, including painting, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture, glass, textiles, photography, woodworking and jewellery.

A free tour brochure is available online at wirralarts.com or you can pick up a printed copy at galleries, cafes, community centres and libraries in the run-up to the event.

A selection of studios are also open on Friday 12 June 6-9pm.

Pictured: Daniel Meakin in his studio.

 

 

 

Untethered

Tongue n Cheek presents their first exhibition ‘untethered’, examining the perfumed and honeydewed haze of womanhood and femininity alongside the perverse disillusioning underbelly undermining such ‘naive’ portrayals.

Please come and visit our exhibition including installations, films and paintings done by Lara Eskikaya, Megan Manning and Ruby Herd at ‘The Bakery’ in Kensington, Liverpool. 

Opening night will be on the 20th of April 2026 from 6-10pm running to the 23rd April. Enjoy baked goodies and drinks, alongside live music too!

 

 

Angel Field Festival 2026

Angel Field Festival is an exciting week-long multi-arts festival at The Capstone Theatre and Liverpool Hope University’s Creative Campus, taking place from Friday 17th April until Saturday 25th April. 

Not to be missed, expect an enthralling and diverse programme of music, art, dance, film, workshops and discussion.

Angel Field Festival presents, Built on Bach – Neil Cowley Trio, The Loose Moose String Band & The Speakeasy Bootleg Band: A Double Bill Concert, Electronic Music Triple Bill: Ian Boddy / Sulk Rooms / Field Lines Cartographer, Liverpool Hope University Musical Theatre Summer Showcase and loads more.

 

CO-LABOURING WITH SOIL EXHIBITION

CO-LABOURING WITH SOIL grew out of a collaboration between artist Imayna Caceres, Squash and Liverpool Biennial 2025. Imayna (Peru / Austria), is a transdisciplinary artist and writer interested in what we can learn from plants, animals, and other Earth beings by paying attention, caring for and living with them. After first visiting Squash in September 2024, Imayna came back in July 2025 during Liverpool Biennial for a clay workshop in the Squash garden. The sculptures made with community members were inspired by the artist’s commission Underground Flourishings (2025).

If you look closely at the different clay sculptures, you may see how the forms are also inspired by plants and flowers found on Windsor Street, as well as spontaneous conversations that took place both on the day of and leading up to the workshop. The clay sculptures will eventually erode and return to the Earth, as an offering, in keeping with the ecosystemic cycles and elemental forces that have underpinned the project and are shared interests between the artist and Squash. 

From this spring equinox (Saturday 21st March*) to autumn equinox (Wednesday 23rd September) we invite you to come and see the clay sculptures and relax in the Grapes Community Garden. If you look closely, you may see how the forms are also inspired by plants and flowers found on Windsor Street, as well as spontaneous conversations that took place both on the day of and leading up to the workshop. The clay sculptures will eventually erode and return to the Earth, as an offering, in keeping with the ecosystemic cycles and elemental forces that have underpinned the project and are shared interests between the artist and Squash. 

With special thanks to Imayna Caceres, Jackie Swanson (Squash Horticulture Lead), Clare Owens (Squash Artistic Director), Marie-Anne McQuay (Liverpool Biennial 2025 Curator), James Harper (Liverpool Biennial Programme Manager), Attila Olah (Altar Pottery), Squash gardeners and cooks, all collaborators and all the elements and teachings of Cosmos and Community.

Imayna Caceres’ 2025 project was commissioned by Liverpool Biennial and produced in collaboration with Phileas – The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art, with support from Catherine Petitgas

*Come and see the sculptures on Saturday 21st March during the Spring Treasures event. There will be a guided walk from Squash, meeting at 1pm. After this you can visit the garden during the weekly drop-in garden sessions 10.30-12.30 each Wednesday morning. The Grapes Community Garden is located on Windsor Street next door to Toxteth TV. Message admin@squashliverpool.co.uk for more information.

 

Spring Treasure

 

 

As we all unfurl from winter into spring, come and have a magical afternoon of becoming & belonging with us on Windsor Street. The Vernal Equinox is a potent and powerful time to sow your seeds of possibility for the rest of the year – what would you like to grow this year you incredible seed you? We’re working with our wonderful associate artist Angelica Vanasse, the brilliant youth-led Climate & Nature Advocacy group Mersey Wilders and the evergreen & marvellous Grapes Gardeners.

This event is especially aimed at younger folks in our community and across the Liverpool City Region aged up to 25 years and is open to all ages too!

SEED GROWING – grow herbs; fast growing green hearty, healthy tasty-ness to add to your spring cooking!

CLOTHES SWAPPING – refresh your wardrobe… bring a few colourful items to share! We’re looking for clothes with a story…share what they mean to you before you swap for something new!

NATURE DRAWING – we’re thinking about ourselves as seeds in our neighbourhoods, growing together. Let’s draw and paint what that could look like.

Plus taste delicious fresh made spring foods and drinks!

This event is part of Treasure; a hands-on, creative project that explores food, waste and materials through growing, cooking, preserving, repair and sharing that the Squash crew has been sharing at youth clubs & groups in Liverpool, Sefton, Knowsley & St. Helens. Sessions are relaxed and practical; growing herbs, cooking together from scratch, learning how to use leftovers, sewing & upcycling clothes, and hosting shared meals or a clothes swish (swap!). The emphasis is on creativity, confidence, skill building and connection! It’s been a winter into spring delight, made possible through funding from the Zero Waste Community Fund 2026/27, managed by Merseyside Recycling & Waste Authority (MRWA) in partnership with Veolia, supporting community and voluntary groups, social enterprises and not-for-profit organisations to develop initiatives that cut household waste, increase recycling and reuse, and help reduce carbon emissions.

CO-LABOURING WITH SOIL EXHIBITION, GARDEN TOUR & WINDSOR STREET WALK AT 1PM FROM SQUASH BUILDING – let’s take a walk along Windsor Street and notice what is springing up. Come and see Co-labouring with Soil; the newly installed clay sculptures in the garden inspired by and in collaboration with artist Imayna Caceres’ and her exhibition Underground Flourishings as part of Liverpool Biennial.

 

 

Data as a Story

 

The exhibition brings together creative, community-driven, and research-informed pieces exploring the many ways data can become narrative—how stories are shaped, shared, and sometimes silenced.

Alongside the exhibition, they are hosting a series of free creative workshops at Mount Pleasant Library, each led by LJMU academics whose work engages with community storytelling, social change, and reflective practice.

The exhibition will be held at Mount Pleasant Campus Library, Liverpool John Moores University , 29 Maryland Street , Liverpool L1 9DE

Located in the Ground Floor foyer and Lower Ground Floor of the Mount Pleasant Library

The exhibition is free and open Monday – Friday 8.45am-7pm, Saturday and Sunday 10am-4pm.

 

 

The Weight of Light Exhibition at the LAKE Gallery

Two artists explore how light transforms space into something felt as much as seen

With Clare Maria Wood and Alistair Tucker.Clare’s new landscape and seascape paintings all have a wonderful glow, their surfaces layered with acrylic glazes, gold and silver leaf, hand-painted collage, and drawing.

Alistair’s work investigates how weather—wind, rain, and cloud— continually reshapes the land. He is particularly renowned for his beautiful etchings and a selection of these sit alongside his atmospheric watercolour paintings.

The exhibition opens on Thursday 5th March and runs until Saturday 4th April.

Opening times: Thurs – Sat, 10am – 4pm

 

Liverpool Print Fair – Spring 2026

Liverpool Print Fair returns to Bluecoat this April for its first event of 2026, a carefully curated weekend market celebrating the art of printmaking.

Across two days, over 25 independent artists, illustrators and designers from across the UK will showcase and sell their work, including screen prints, risographs, linocuts, etchings, zines, and illustrated goods. Visitors can meet the makers, discover unique pieces, and find affordable art and gifts in a relaxed, creative setting.