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HOPE artwork at Liverpool Cathedral

News · 29 October 2021

Art campaign brings HOPE to Liverpool Cathedral

The latest Very Public Art installation is bringing post-pandemic hope to Liverpool. Called From Now On the artwork consists of donated items which people associate with the Covid-19 pandemic – ranging from pieces which represent popular lockdown activities such as baking, knitting and exercising as well as poignant tributes to loved ones who lost their

News · 13 August 2021

New art installations unveiled this weekend

Two giant-sized sculptures are set to appear in Liverpool this weekend, as part of a major public art campaign to encourage people to rediscover the city this summer. On Saturday (14 August), Chinatown will become home to Cowherd & Weaver Girl– a giant pop-up story book which encourages people to step in to the pages

News · 6 August 2021

Very Public Art heads to Liverpool ONE

Award-winning leisure and retail destination Liverpool ONE is set to unveil a bright and eye-catching art installation produced by a local artist. The ‘Holiday Home’, located on Custom House Place outside John Lewis, is part of Culture Liverpool’s ‘Very Public Art’ project – a series of installations and activations showcasing local communities and their creativity.

News · 1 August 2021

More Liverpool statues receive an artistic transformation

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

News · 31 July 2021

BLOG – Very Public Art – a jolt “out of the everyday”

Culture Liverpool’s Head of Creative, Robin Kemp, talks about the city’s latest cultural campaign Very Public Art, which is all about injecting some colour and vitality into the city after the dark days of lockdown and living through a pandemic. If you cast your mind back to January, things were pretty bleak.  We were in

News · 28 July 2021

Liverpool’s Very Public With Its Art

Some Liverpool locations are getting new artistic additions thanks to an inspiring cultural campaign. Very Public Art will see a series of brand new art commissions land across the city which will showcase the local creative community and give the creators the chance to tell stories through their work. Each individual project will pop up