With Liverpool taking centre stage in a Sky Arts documentary focused on the debate around statues, Mayor Anderson reflects on the importance of instigating a conversation about these city landmarks, and what they mean to us now. Walking through Liverpool this summer, I was fascinated to see the Queen Victoria statue in Derby Square draped … Read more
Beatles fans and hat lovers are being invited to put on their most flamboyant Fab Four headwear this Bank Holiday Monday and take part in a unique TV show being made in Liverpool. ‘Hats Off to The Beatles’ is part of Statues Redressed – a project where statues across the city have been given a temporary new look by artists and designers to celebrate and debate their place in the city today. As … Read more
Sky Arts’ unique summer long project following a collection of inspiring artists as they creatively reimagine some of Liverpool’s most iconic statues continues. Part of Culture Liverpool’s Very Public Art campaign, the next phase of reveals sees Queen Victoria placed in a ‘Gone With the Wind’ inspired dress by Karen Arthur working in collaboration with historian Laurence Westgaph; the Gladstone statue in St John’s Gardens wrapped … Read more
Some of Liverpool’s most iconic statues are getting a whole new look this summer as part of a unique Sky Arts project.