Independents Biennial 2023 📅 10th June – 17th September (ish)
Full programme calendar below ⬇️ with more details on the artists and venues that keep Merseyside running to come 👀

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Project Lovebomb
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Whirligig! / Jon Barraclough plus Germanager and Emily Landsley
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Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
Launch: Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
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Code // Canvas, Adam Cain
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Project Lovebomb: Part One: The Lovebombs (14th – 27th August) 
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Creatures of the Psyche
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Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
Launch: Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
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Conversations Around the City
Launch: Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
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Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
Launch: Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
Film Screening: The Undesirables + When The Sea Sends Forth A Forest
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Spectrum, by Lo Tierney
Project Lovebomb: Part Two: The Appreciation Campaign
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Beyond the Fell Wall
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Project Lovebomb
Project Lovebomb
01/08/2023 - 31/08/2023    
All Day
Lark Lane / Lucerne Street
Project Lovebomb 14th August - 10th September 2023 Held across the city at venues including Whisc, Lovelocks, Gasp Vintage & Make North Docks Project Lovebomb [...]
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Whirligig! / Jon Barraclough plus Germanager and Emily Landsley
Whirligig! / Jon Barraclough plus Germanager and Emily Landsley
04/08/2023    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Bridewell Studios & Gallery
Whirligig! / Jon Barraclough plus Germanager and Emily Landsley Friday 4th August 6pm - 9pm FREE/Book HERE This event is part of The Drawing (Paper) Show. [...]
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Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
05/08/2023 - 14/08/2023    
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Royal Standard
Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan Working to the duo’s distinctive forms of making, and their signature of treating video as a sculptural device, [...]
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Launch: Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
Launch: Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
05/08/2023    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Royal Standard
Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan Working to the duo’s distinctive forms of making, and their signature of treating video as a sculptural device, [...]
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Code // Canvas, Adam Cain
Code // Canvas, Adam Cain
11/08/2023 - 17/09/2023    
12:00 pm - 11:45 pm
Liverpool Brewing Company Tap
Code // Canvas, This unique showcase delves into the fascinating interplay between artificial intelligence (AI) and other forms of art, exploring new frontiers of creativity [...]
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Project Lovebomb: Part One: The Lovebombs (14th - 27th August) 
Project Lovebomb: Part One: The Lovebombs (14th - 27th August) 
14/08/2023 - 27/08/2023    
All Day
WHISC (The Women's Health Information & Support Centre)
Part One: The Lovebombs (14th - 27th August)  Project Lovebomb originated from an experience of being lovebombed into an abusive relationship and aims to reclaim [...]
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Creatures of the Psyche
Creatures of the Psyche
16/08/2023 - 24/08/2023    
11:00 am - 4:30 pm
Bridewell Studios & Gallery
Creatures of the Psyche Twenty-six years on, Liverpool based artists, Ketskemety and le Bon, invite their former fellow art students Lloyd, May and Turnross to [...]
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Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
17/08/2023 - 31/08/2023    
9:00 am - 12:00 am
Elevator Studios
Evocation; the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind. An exhibition of work by Tate Staff Artists across [...]
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Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
17/08/2023 - 27/08/2023    
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
The Royal Standard
Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey Dan O’Dempsey presents a multisensory installation consisting of large format poetical prints, interactive paintings and an interactive sculpture resembling a Karesansui Garden. [...]
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Launch: Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
Launch: Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
17/08/2023    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Elevator Studios
Evocation; the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind. An exhibition of work by Tate Staff Artists across [...]
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Conversations Around the City
Conversations Around the City
18/08/2023 - 01/09/2023    
All Day
‘Conversations Around the City’ exhibition takes place in 6 distributed venues across Liverpool- from pub, to riverside, to shop, to side street ….in keeping with [...]
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Launch: Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
Launch: Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
18/08/2023    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
The Royal Standard
Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey Dan O’Dempsey presents a multisensory installation consisting of large format poetical prints, interactive paintings and an interactive sculpture resembling a Karesansui Garden. [...]
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Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
24/08/2023 - 14/09/2023    
8:00 am - 8:00 pm
Avenue HQ
Evocation; the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind. An exhibition of work by Tate Staff Artists across [...]
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Launch: Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
Launch: Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
24/08/2023    
6:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Avenue HQ
Evocation; the act of bringing or recalling a feeling, memory, or image to the conscious mind. An exhibition of work by Tate Staff Artists across [...]
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Film Screening: The Undesirables + When The Sea Sends Forth A Forest
Film Screening: The Undesirables + When The Sea Sends Forth A Forest
24/08/2023    
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Open Eye Gallery
Film Screening: The Undesirables + When The Sea Sends Forth A Forest Thur 24 Aug / 6–8pm / Open Eye Gallery FREE, REGISTER HERE As [...]
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Spectrum, by Lo Tierney
Spectrum, by Lo Tierney
28/08/2023 - 03/09/2023    
All Day
Cass Art
What advice would you give on coping with autism? And what makes a good autism ally? Spectrum is Lo Tierney's answer to that, but also [...]
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Project Lovebomb: Part Two: The Appreciation Campaign
Project Lovebomb: Part Two: The Appreciation Campaign
28/08/2023 - 10/09/2023    
All Day
Make. North Docks
Part Two: The Appreciation Campaign (28th August - 10th September) Project Lovebomb originated from an experience of being lovebombed into an abusive relationship and aims [...]
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Beyond the Fell Wall
Beyond the Fell Wall
02/09/2023 - 03/09/2023    
10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Kent Street Studios
Beyond the Fell Wall Kent St Studio Kent Street Oxton Village CH43 6TX Saturday and Sunday September 2nd and 3rd - 10-5pm Beyond the Fell Wall [...]
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Events on 01/08/2023
Project Lovebomb
Project Lovebomb
1 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 04/08/2023
Whirligig! / Jon Barraclough plus Germanager and Emily Landsley
Whirligig! / Jon Barraclough plus Germanager and Emily Landsley
4 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 05/08/2023
Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
5 Aug 23
Liverpool
Launch: Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
Launch: Post Factum: Cos Ahmet & Gary Finnegan
5 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 11/08/2023
Code // Canvas, Adam Cain
Code // Canvas, Adam Cain
11 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 14/08/2023
Project Lovebomb: Part One: The Lovebombs (14th - 27th August) 
Project Lovebomb: Part One: The Lovebombs (14th - 27th August) 
14 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 16/08/2023
Creatures of the Psyche
Creatures of the Psyche
16 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 17/08/2023
Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
17 Aug 23
Liverpool
Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
17 Aug 23
Liverpool
Launch: Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
Launch: Evocation, by Tate Staff Artists
17 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 18/08/2023
Conversations Around the City
Conversations Around the City
18 Aug 23
Launch: Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
Launch: Karesansui: Dan O’Dempsey
18 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 24/08/2023
Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
24 Aug 23
Liverpool
Launch: Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
Launch: Evocation #2, by Tate Staff Artists
24 Aug 23
Liverpool
Film Screening: The Undesirables + When The Sea Sends Forth A Forest
Film Screening: The Undesirables + When The Sea Sends Forth A Forest
24 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 28/08/2023
Spectrum, by Lo Tierney
Spectrum, by Lo Tierney
28 Aug 23
Liverpool
Project Lovebomb: Part Two: The Appreciation Campaign
Project Lovebomb: Part Two: The Appreciation Campaign
28 Aug 23
Liverpool
Events on 02/09/2023
Beyond the Fell Wall
Beyond the Fell Wall
2 Sep 23
Oxton