This weeks show features – what’s on and what’s coming up in the Liverpool’s arts scene. AND IT’S A BIG ONE

The New slaughterhouse Gallery opening exhibition by Adrian Henri, the Martha Rosler Library at the Site; 3 printmakers including Norman Ackroyd at Editions; One Step Forward, One Step Back by dreamthinkspeak at the Anglican Cathedral; Saturday at the Grange – ‘People and Love’ with Sarah Nicholson, Alex Simpson and Richard Ashworth. – There is more information in the show notes below.

Listen again to our special podcast – which came straight from the from the heart of the Bluecoat. We discussed the Bluecoat opening, the wishing tree and the all important question on the arts scene in Liverpool at the moment – the Bluecoat garden. Also featuring interviews with artists Alec Finlay and Hew Locke.

Art in Liverpool podcast 15 April 2008 [28:32m]: Play Now Play in Popup Download

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Notes:

Launching Adrian Henri exhibition ‘Of Meat and Flowers’ at the New Slaughterhouse, Catherine Marcangeli who recently published Adrian Henri: Selected and Unpublished<v id=”_x0000_t75″ preferrelative=”t” spt=”75″ coordsize=”21600,21600″ path=”m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe” filled=”f” stroked=”f”></v> is followed by Roger Phillips reading Adrian Henri‘s ‘I Want to Paint’ <o></o>; the Martha Rosler library at the Site; 3 printmakers including Norman Ackroyd at Editions; One Step Forward, One Step Back by dreamthinkspeak at Anglican Cathedral; Saturday at the Grange – ‘People and Love’ with Sarah Nicholson, Alex Simpson and Richard Ashworth.

This Week – View Two – Richard Meaghan solo exhibition; The Walker – ‘Art in the Age of Steam’ with works by Manet, Monet, Van Gogh, Hopper, photos by Bill Brandt and others; FACT – Al & Al Eternal Youth; Rob Davies ‘Vital Energy’ at Albert Dock; The Art Market at the Met Cathedral Piazza; Lark Lane Atelier. An exhibition of ‘Art Works By The Extended Family Of John Seymour’; Optimark opticians Bold St. with Dot Art artist Doug Robinson; Late at Tate – Griselda Pollock: Encounters with NIki de Saint Phalle and her Moment, Maghull Physical Theatre Performances, DJ Eric Soul and poet Symurai, LIPA Rodin Response, Ragz , Niki de Saint Phalle: Who is the Monster … Me or You?, Nneka

Plus Poetry in the City FestWriting on the Wall fest starts on May 1 for the whole month. With such eminent thinkers as Tony Benn, Phil Scraton, Yasmin Alibhia Brown; with the imagination of Poliakoff, Blake Morrison and Gilad; and the irreverence of Howard Marks and John Cooper Clarke, WoW 2008 will be a profusion of ideas and creative energy www.writingonthewall.org.uk

Plus – Passport to Liverpool premiere at the Liverpool Philharmonic Sunday 20 April – www.brightmoonfilms.co.uk

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