Editing Liverpool Biennial (section)

==History==
Liverpool Biennial was established by James Moores (with [[Jane Rankin Read]], [[Lewis Biggs]] and [[Bryan Biggs]]) in 1998 and has presented festivals in 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 (as part of Liverpool's year as [[European Capital of Culture]]), 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016{{citation needed|date=July 2019}} and 2018.<ref name="LB2018">{{cite web|url=https://www.biennial.com/archive/2018|access-date=23 July 2018|title=Archive &#124; Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art}}</ref> As of 2012, [[Sally Tallant]] is the Director of Liverpool Biennial.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

The Biennial exhibition is supported by [[FACT (the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology)]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fact.co.uk/news/press/press-release-liverpool-biennial-2010-international-10-at-fact|title=FACT is a Liverpool-based cinema, art gallery and the UK's leading organisation for the support & exhibition of film, art and new media.|access-date=19 August 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005212226/http://www.fact.co.uk/news/press/press-release-liverpool-biennial-2010-international-10-at-fact|archive-date=5 October 2011}}</ref> [[Tate Liverpool]], [[National Museums Liverpool]], Bluecoat, and [[Open Eye Gallery]]. The annual ''Bloomberg [[New Contemporaries]]'' Exhibition showcases new work by graduates from Fine Art schools in the UK.

Since 2006, the Liverpool Biennial has included 'collateral' events organised and supported by embassies, international agencies, or galleries, and promoted by Liverpool Biennial as a part of the programme. In 2010, for the first time, the biennial offered a platform for exhibitions organised overseas and promoted under the title ''City States''. Visitors to the Biennial spent £27 million total in 2010.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

Liverpool Biennial has a year-round programme of commissioning art for the public realm, such as [[Richard Wilson (sculptor)|Richard Wilson]]'s ''Turning the Place Over''<ref name="Ina Cole">{{cite book |editor1-last=Cole |editor-first1=Ina |title=“From the Sculptor’s Studio”, conversation with Richard Wilson, held in 2019 |year=2021 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing Ltd |page=256-269|isbn=9781913947590 |oclc=1420954826}}</ref> and [[Antony Gormley]]'s ''Another Place'' at [[Crosby Beach]]. The organizers also promote an ongoing educational programme.{{citation needed|date=July 2019}}

The Biennial coincides with the [[John Moores Painting Prize]], an open submission award to the best contemporary painting in the UK. The  winning work and shortlisted pieces are exhibited at the [[Walker Art Gallery]] as part of the Liverpool Biennial programme.