Editing Liverpool Biennial (section)

===2016===

The ninth edition of Liverpool Biennial ran from 9 July 2016 to 16 October 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/ultimate-guide-liverpool-biennial-2016-11587709|access-date=26 September 2016|title=Liverpool Echo – Your ultimate guide to the Liverpool Biennial|date=8 July 2016 }}</ref>

44 international artists were commissioned to create new works for locations across the city. The artists were: [[Lawrence Abu Hamdan]], Andreas Angelidakis, Alisa Baremboym, Lucy Beech, Sarah Browne and Jesse Jones, Mariana Castillo Deball, Yin-Ju Chen, Ian Cheng, [[Marvin Gaye Chetwynd]], Céline Condorelli, Audrey Cottin, Koenraad Dedobbeleer, Jason Dodge, [[Lara Favaretto]], Danielle Freakley, Coco Fusco, Fabien Giraud and Raphaël Siboni, Hato, [[Ana Jotta]], Samson Kambalu, Oliver Laric, [[Mark Leckey]], Adam Linder, Marcos Lutyens, [[Jumana Manna]], Rita McBride, Dennis McNulty, Elena Narbutaite, Lu Pingyuan, Michael Portnoy, Sahej Rahal, Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh & Hesam Rahmanian ([[Ramin, Rokni, Hesam]]), [[Kōki Tanaka (artist)|Koki Tanaka]], [[Suzanne Treister]], Villa Design Group, Krzysztof Wodiczko, [[Betty Woodman]], and [[Arseny Zhilyaev]].

In 2016, Liverpool Biennial also presented an exhibition of works by ten Associate Artists, based in the North of England: [[Simeon Barclay]], Jacqueline Bebb, Lindsey Bull, Robert Carter & Lauren Velvick, Nina Chua, Matthew Crawley, [[Frances Disley]], Daniel Fogarty, Harry Meadley, and Stephen Sheehan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedoublenegative.co.uk/2016/03/completely-committed-to-the-development-of-young-talent-introducing-liverpool-biennials-associate-artists-programme/|access-date=26 September 2016|title=The Double Negative – "Completely committed to the development of young talent": Introducing Liverpool Biennial's Associate Artists Programme}}</ref>

The Liverpool Biennial 2016 exhibition was conceived as a series of 'episodes' drawing inspiration from Liverpool's past, present and future, named as ''Ancient Greece'', ''Chinatown'', ''The Children’s Episode'', ''Monuments from the Future'', ''Flashback'', and ''Software''.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/art/liverpool-biennial-review-exploring-the-citys-past-present-and-f/|access-date=26 September 2016|title=The Telegraph – Liverpool Biennial review: exploring the city's past, present and future|newspaper=The Telegraph |date=15 July 2016 |last1=Buck |first1=Louisa }}</ref>

Among the locations for Liverpool Biennial 2016 were the Cains Brewery on Stanhope Street, the former ABC Cinema on Lime Street, the Oratory, [[High Park Reservoir|Toxteth Reservoir]], streets, squares, restaurants, a supermarket, and all the key visual art venues in the city including Tate Liverpool, FACT, Open Eye Gallery and Bluecoat.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artinliverpool.com/liverpool-biennial-2016/|access-date=26 September 2016|title=ArtinLiverpool.com – Liverpool Biennial 2016}}</ref> Also presented during the 2016 Biennial are the John Moores Painting Prize 2016 at Walker Art Gallery, Bloomberg [[New Contemporaries]] 2016 at Bluecoat, and the Biennial Fringe.

Liverpool Biennial 2016 was curated by Sally Tallant, Dominic Willsdon, Francesco Manacorda, Raimundas Malasauskas, Joasia Krysa, Rosie Cooper, Polly Brannan, Francesca Bertolotti-Bailey, Ying Tan, Sandeep Parmar, and Steven Cairns.