Beautiful world, where are you? at Bluecoat

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Beautiful world, where are you? at Bluecoat

Bluecoat, City Centre
14 July-28 October 2018

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Beautiful world, where are you? at Bluecoat – Liverpool Biennial 2018
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Part of Liverpool Biennial 2018Beautiful world, where are you? at Bluecoat presents work by several artists, including Abbas Akhavan’s monumental sculpture referencing artworks destroyed by ISIS over the last decade and Ryan Gander’s collaborations with five children from Knotty Ash Primary School in Liverpool.

Beautiful world, where are you? invites artists and audiences to reflect on a world of social, political and economic turmoil. Find our full Liverpool Biennial 2018 guide here.

What's on at Bluecoat

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EducationCity Centre
British Science Festival

Enjoy comedy shows to art installations, dynamic performances and more at this amazing celebration of all things science.

Free entry

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Probe Records record shop in Liverpool
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Photo of the shop's front window
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Bluecoat Display Centre

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City Centre
Shop
Root House Plants

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food and drink
City Centre
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Brass Monkey

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Mamasan Liverpool
City Centre
Mamasan Liverpool

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City Centre
Theatre
Epstein Theatre

The Epstein Theatre in Liverpool, formerly known as the Neptune Theatre, was renamed in honour of The Beatles’ Manager Brian Epstein.

What's on: Exhibitions

Image of a performer dressed as a creepy moon, wearing a beige suit jacket, grinning in front of a lamp
EducationCity Centre
British Science Festival

Enjoy comedy shows to art installations, dynamic performances and more at this amazing celebration of all things science.

Free entry

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Theatre in Manchester and the North
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