Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll, we can’t promise you that but here is a run down of what’s on the in visual arts this week.

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NEWS

nThe new Liverpool City Council Quartertly Seasonal guide is out, and only 1 week left to nominate for the Liverpool Art Prize (closes 22 Jan)
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• Commission opportunities for New Cultural Journeys

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• Nominations Open for the Lottery Arts Projects Awards 2010

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• Chinese New Year 2010

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• Time to Play – Opportunity for Disabled Artists

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• Go Penguins Auction, 4 Feb 2010. Tickets on Sale

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• Call for Entries – National Sculpture Prize 2010, Bluecoat Display Centre

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ROUNDUP
An exciting year ahead (as always!) with the Afro Modern at Tate and related exhibitions and events at Walker, Bluecoat, METAL etc. then the Liverpool Art Prize, Picasso at the Tate, Lautrec at the Walker, Global Studios at the Bluecoat.
Hopefully Open Eye will re-open, then we have the Biennial which will of course be massive!

THIS WEEK
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STARTS: Mike Badger’s Reclaimed World

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TUESDAY 12 January 2010 at The Vitreum

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An exhibition of sculpture, collage & objects by Mike Badger. The show is entirely made from reclaimed materials. Venue: The Vitreum, Merchant Taylors’ Girls’ School. Exhibition details

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VIEWING – Spasticus Artisticus

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THURSDAY 14 January 2010, 18.00 – 20.00 at Ceri Hand Gallery
The title for Ceri Hand Gallery’s inaugural 2010 exhibition is taken from the song “Spasticus Autisticus,” penned by the legendary Ian Dury of the band Ian Dury and the Blockheads. Curated by Jota Castro & Christian Viveros-Fauné. Exhibition details

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VIEWING – Captivated by Colour

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THURSDAY 14 January 19-21.00. Captivated by Colour at Eggspace. Exhibition -15 January – 7 February 2010
The exhibition will feature artwork by: Loz Blackman, John Ford, Richard Foster, Paul Fulton, Andrew March, Lee McCarthy, Christine Physick and Lauren Reisn

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VIEWING – Mad About Liverpool

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THURSDAY 14 January 16.30 – 18.30 at The Gallery, Clayton Sq. ‘Mad About Liverpool’
Exhibition 15-30 January 2010
The Gallery, Clayton Sq. Shopping Centre. Are you Mad About Liverpool? This Open Exhibition explores all art types looking closely at the City of Liverpool! Presented by Madelainartz.

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STARTS: Stuart Williams: 1948 – 2007

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FRIDAY 15 January 2010 at The Gallery Liverpool

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Stuart Williams was a self taught Liverpool Artist. Born in 1948 in Liverpool he was educated at The Blue Coat School, near Penny Lane. After a career with Merseyside Police in Fingerprints and Photography, he became a guide at The Maritime Museum, at Albert Dock, Liverpool, which gave him much pleasure because of his love of Sailing Ships. Exhibition details

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STARTS: Aubrey Williams: Atlantic Fire

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FRIDAY 15 January 2010 at Walker Art Gallery
An exhibition of paintings by the renowned Guyanese artist Aubrey Williams. The exhibition includes a selection of Williams’ vibrant large scale oil paintings. Exploring an eclectic range of inspiration from Mayan motifs to the work of composer Russian Shostakovich, his work is intensely alive with colour and motion. Exhibition details

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STARTS- Willard Wigan, Micro Sculptures

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SATURDAY 16 January. Willard Wigan, Micro Sculptures. Gallery at Hard Days Night Hotel. 16 January – 9 April 2010
Willard Wigan, MBE, the British artist who famously makes sculptures that fit in the eye of a needle returns to Liverpool’s Hard Days Night Hotel in January 2010 after a triumphant US tour that has seen his work being exhibited in Los Angeles, Hollywood, Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas and currently in Washington DC.
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FURTHER AHEAD
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STARTS: Lewis’s 5th floor: a department story

nFRIDAY 26 February 2010 at National Conservation Centre
This brand new exhibition of photography taken in one of the UK’s oldest and most iconic department stores reveals a world that has been hidden since the 5th floor was closed to the public in the early 1980s. Local photographer Stephen King has beautifully captured the faded glamour of the hair salon, cafeteria and restaurant which were the epitome of style when they opened on Lewis’s 5th floor in the 1950s. Exhibition details

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