Must-See Month starts today! 👀
Explore the stars, get crafty or get out and about on an arty trail this half term in Liverpool!
Organised by @LpoolBIDcompany, Must See Month runs until 17 March!
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🌸 Let your creativity bloom this #FebruaryHalfTerm with free activities designed by artist Hellen Songa!🌿Make your own herbal dream pillow or herbal wand to take home + create your own plant to add to our paper flower garden! 🌼15-23 Feb, 10.00-16.00. https://t.co/m7VYX5u1MP
Elsewhere in #Liverpool: Discover the research behind our display The Plant that Stowed Away in an exhibition at @LJMU curated by Dr Christine Eyene. See the show, What The Mountain Has Seen, in the John Lennon Art and Design Building at LJMU until 30 May. https://t.co/5bCl46lWtd
📹🌴From rugged coastlines to overgrown sugar plantations, see Shiraz Bayjoo's mesmerising film now display at Tate Liverpool + RIBA North. You'll explore the diverse landscape and history of the artist's home country, Mauritius. 🌊 https://t.co/4sjM6SzpUT
📸 Shiraz Bayjoo
🌱✨ The Plant that Stowed Away is now open! ✨🌱
You'll see artworks that show how plants have reclaimed the post-industrial landscapes & discover the connections between the trading history of cities and the global movements & resilience of plants. 🌍 https://t.co/Xl1OvoxUSf
Elsewhere in #Liverpool: Join the launch of @openeyegallery's new exhibition on 30 Jan, 18.00. The show reflects on & celebrates the fledgling queer club culture of the 90s in the UK. 🎉 Guest curated by @Duovision65 & supported by @HomotopiaFest. RSVP: https://t.co/e9pamnhBjQ
📣 Opening 5 Feb: The Plant that Stowed Away is a free display exploring the connections between the trading history of cities & the global movements of plants & people. 🌱 Find out more: https://t.co/Xl1OvoxUSf
🍃 #HenriMatisse The Dancer 1949. Tate
As the January chill settles in, this painting by George Clausen is a reminder of the quiet beauty of winter mornings. 🌅 It captures the stillness &serenity of a frosty landscape, where the soft glow of early light gently breaks through the cold. ❄️✨ https://t.co/CXAmiI0gg3
📣 Please note that Tate Liverpool + RIBA North will be closed from 13-16 January 2025 while we deinstall our Brickworks display. We'll be starting to install our next show, The Plant that Stowed Away which opens on 6 February. 🌱 Find out more here: https://t.co/Xl1OvoxUSf
📣 It's your last chance to see our free Brickworks display. From bold paintings to textured sculptures, discover artwork that champion the humble brick. Artists include #SarahLucas, #PhilipGuston, #DonaldRodney and more. 🧱
Closing 12 January. https://t.co/KFfr0uPaNl
Elsewhere in #Liverpool: Discover dramatic & moody artworks in @VictoriaGallery's small display, Play of Light. Explore how British artists of the late Georgian & Victorian eras, including JMW Turner & John Atkinson Grimshaw, use light & dark. https://t.co/Ddv9napjEQ
👔 As we head back to school, we're reflecting on how art & science can mix.
This drawing is part of a series by Franciszka Themerson that shows human interactions with machinery, including an electricity generator & a still for distilling spirits. https://t.co/kpxBRwbCEo
'If you want a subject, look around you.' 👀 - Peter Brook
In 1976-7, Brook made a lithograph for every month of the year, capturing the beauty of the changing seasons.
We'll be sharing each print over the next year, starting with JANUARY Pennine Valley 1976–7 ❄️🏔️
✨ #HappyNewYear! We're thinking about hopes, ambitions & new beginnings. ✨ What do you want to focus on?
🏊 Michael Andrews Melanie and Me Swimming 1978–9
👑 John Lavery The Chess Players 1929
🎨 Louise Jopling Through the Looking-Glass 1875
🥔 Spencer Gore The Gas Cooker 1913
Here's one of JMW Turner's paintings to enjoy as we watch the last sunset of the year. Happy New Year's Eve. ✨
Joseph M.W Turner, The Scarlet Sunset c.1830-40
Happy Birthday to artist Kader Attia who was born #OnThisDay in 1970. 🎈
See his installation, “Untitled” (Concrete Blocks), in our free Brickworks display until 12 January. https://t.co/KFfr0uPaNl
Got a 13-17 year old who's interested in gaming? 🎮 Join our free gaming workshop with artist John Powell Jones on 5 January, 11.00–12.00 and 12.30–13.30. Find out more and book your free tickets here ⤵️ https://t.co/ro050BMgbX
How are you spending #BoxingDay? 💚
Talking Music 1963 by Paul Dash shows a cosy interior with the artist’s father sitting in the centre with a guitar engaged in a heated discussion with his friend Bob Reid, who is seated opposite him. 🎸 The other figures silently look on. 👀