Editing Liverpool Biennial (section)

===2012===
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For its 7th edition, Liverpool Biennial explored the theme of hospitality, inviting artists and thinkers to bring forth new understandings for our increasingly globalised and complex times.
The biennial exhibition, ''The Unexpected Guest'', comprised 62 international artists, and the Cunard Building was used as a venue for the first time.
The programme included: ''Sky Arts Ignition Series'', in partnership with '''[[Tate Liverpool]]''', a public commission by US artist, [[Doug Aitken]], installed on [[Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool|Albert Dock]] in a temporary structure designed by [[David Adjaye]]; American composer [[Rhys Chatham]], known for his large-scale performance works presented a concert as part of the opening weekend; one of Argentina's most established and internationally renowned artists, Jorge Macchi, presented ''Refraction'' in the LJMU Copperas Hill Building; Israeli artist, Oded Hirsch presented ''Lift'' a work which appeared to burst through the floor of Liverpool ONE - Liverpool's retail destination.

Artists who were part of ''The Unexpected Guest'' included Doug Aitken with David Adjaye, [[John Akomfrah]], [[Hurvin Anderson]], [[Janine Antoni]], [[Keith Arnatt]], [[Kader Attia]], [[Yael Bartana]], [[Sylvie Blocher]], [[Andrea Bowers]], [[Sophie Calle]], Rhys Chatham, [[Libia Castro]] and Ólafur Ólafsson, [[Enrico David]], [[Eugenio Dittborn]], [[Elmgreen and Dragset]], [[Peter Fischli & David Weiss]], [[FormContent]], [[Dora Garcia]], [[Gilbert and George]], [[Simryn Gill]], [[Mona Hatoum]], [[Fritz Haeg]], [[Oded Hirsch]], [[Thomas Hirschhorn]], [[Nadia Kaabi Linke]], [[Markus Kahre]], [[William Kentridge]], [[Anja Kirschner]] and [[David Panos]], [[Jakob Kolding]], [[Jiri Kovanda]], [[Suzanne Lacy]], [[Runo Lagomarsino]], [[Jorge Macchi]], [[Dane Mitchell]], [[Sabelo Mlangeni]], [[Mark Morrisroe]], [[Patrick Murphy (artist)|Patrick Murphy]], [[Ahmet Ögüt]], [[Field Operations]], [[Trevor Paglen]], [[Christodoulos Panayiotou]], [[Martin Parr]], [[Pedro Reyes (artist)|Pedro Reyes]], [[Rhizome]], [[Pamela Rosenkranz]], [[George Shaw (artist)|George Shaw]], [[Pak Sheung Chuen]], [[Patrick Waterhouse]], [[Mikhael Subotzky]], [[Superflex]], [[Sinta Tantra]], [[Althea Thauberger]], [[Mark Titchner]], [[Jeanne van Heeswijk]], [[Mark Wallinger]], [[Jemima Wyman]], [[Ming Wong]], [[Kohei Yoshiyuki]] and [[Akram Zaatari]]

Liverpool Biennial 2012 was curated by [[Sally Tallant]], Artistic Director; ''The Unexpected Guest'' by: [[Lorenzo Fusi]], Curator, Liverpool Biennial in collaboration with: [[Sara-Jayne Parsons]], the [[Bluecoat]]; [[Mike Stubbs]] and [[Omar Kholeif]], [[FACT (the Foundation for Art and Creative Technology)|FACT]]; [[Karen Newman (art curator)|Karen Newman]], [[Open Eye Gallery]]; [[Sook-Kyung Lee]], [[Tate Liverpool]] and [[Jenny Porter]], [[Metal Liverpool]].