Welcome to Liverpool Biennial 2023! We are an organisation that works with lots of artists from around the world to create a visual arts festival that happens in Liverpool every two years. We show these artworks in art galleries, museums & disused buildings as well as in public spaces across Merseyside.
This year’s Liverpool Biennial theme is uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things. In the isiZulu language, ‘uMoya’ means spirit, breath, air, climate and wind. A lot of the venues are connected to the cruel trade in enslaved people called the Transatlantic Slave Trade, so the artists have also made work that reminds us to treat each other with kindness and to listen to important stories. Below you’ll find some helpful information to guide you through the art with activities.
In each Biennial venue you will find children’s activity cards to guide them around the exhibition, with question prompts and fun things to do whilst they explore.
In the following list of venues, you can find their opening days, times, addresses, websites and you can also find the precise location of the entrances using the what3words addresses with each one. This 3-word address corresponds to an exact location within an accuracy of 3m. Enter the link in the What3Words app to find them: https://what3words.com/products/what3words-app