"Ever (artist) Ever (real name Nicolás Romero), is a street art artist from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ever has been commissioned for works in Miami's Wynwood Walls street art district, and to paint a parking garage wall on Atlanta's Second Avenue as part of the Living Walls conference. Ever began painting graffiti on his city's streets in the 1990s, starting with letter-based works. Since then, his work has evolved towards portraits of people, which Ever claimed is due to the influence of Gustav Klimt, Francis Bacon and Vincent van Gogh. Ever's preference is to paint ordinary people, based on photos he"
"Liverpool 08 Collection The Liverpool 08 Collection was the Public art collection exhibited by Liverpool John Lennon Airport in conjunction with the Liverpool Culture Company for the duration of 2008, the year when Liverpool was the European Capital of Culture. Exhibits were launched before and during the year by various celebreties including Yoko Ono and Phil Redmond and much of the exhibition remains in place today. As well as the iconic sculptures, The Yellow Submarine (sculpture) and the John Lennon Statue, the different pieces of artwork situated around the public areas of the terminal included; two rare suits worn by"
"local artists inviting them to display their work at the Airport... JLA received many applications and as a consequence formed an Art Panel which consisted of representatives from JLA, Liverpool Culture Company, Liverpool Biennial and a local artist to review all the submissions and make a selection. The first Public art exhibit in the recently opened airport terminal in 2002 was of John Lennon's portraits. opened by Yoko Ono. Public Arts Exhibits in the Collection ‘08 included:- The Liverpool 08 Collection also extended to the world of geology, perhaps more by chance than by design. On 25 July 2002 Liverpool"
"appeared at the Bluecoat, at a time before she met John Lennon. The Bluecoat was also visited by performing artists as Stravinsky, Michael Nyman, Doris Lessing and the Last Poets. The Bluecoat was reopened on 15 March 2008, during Liverpool's year as a European Capital of Culture, by Andy Burnham, the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The opening exhibition, entitled ""Now Then"", showed work by five artists, including Yoko Ono. During the early summer a display entitled ""Mr Roscoe's Garden"", comprising part of Liverpool's Botanic Collection, was held. On 13 May a fire broke out in a"
"some instances further afield. Notes Bibliography Go Superlambananas! Go Superlambananas! was an art exhibition that took place in Liverpool, England, during the city's European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008. Based upon Taro Chiezo's Superlambanana, which had been located in Liverpool since 1998, the exhibit consisted of 124 two metre high replicas, which were located throughout Liverpool and the surrounding areas. Each mini-Superlambanana was individually designed by local community groups and artists, with a range of public and private sector organisations providing sponsorship funding. The mini-Superlambananas were on display for ten weeks, from June to August 2008. The Go Superlambananas!"
"The Liverpool Sound The Liverpool Sound was a concert held at Anfield stadium in Liverpool on 1 June 2008 to celebrate the city's year as the European Capital of Culture. The concert was headlined by former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney, playing in his home city for the first time in five years. Anfield, home to Liverpool Football Club, played host to its first concert since the Hillsborough Justice Concert held 11 years earlier in 1997. Despite modernisation over the years, the nature of the 124-year-old stadium created a number of problems. The stadium's normal capacity of 45,362 was not realistic"
"worked with, and exhibited at, Tate Liverpool in 2008, the Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona in 2008, Bloomberg SPACE, London in 2009 and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 2010. He has also developed projects for Cab Gallery, the Frieze Art Fair, (with Ingleby Gallery), the Europalia Festival in 2007, Art Basel, Miami, in 2009 and Edinburgh's Sculpture Park, Jupiter Artland, also in 2009. His performances, such as Gin Stand, Plum Bread and Embossing Bank Notes present the viewers with a piece of work to take away with them. Another aspect of Liversidge's work is sending various objects"
"the Liverpool European Capital of Culture. He performed the work for the second time with Metal at the Village Green Festival on 29 September 2009, this time working with a group of musicians from Southend. Simpson then worked on recording the work. Very Present Tense Very Present Tense is the debut studio album by British actor Christopher Simpson. In 2008, whilst Simpson was artist-in-residence with creative arts group Metal, he completed the song cycle ""Very Present Tense"". He wrote it over a number of years in response to the death of his mother. The songs which reference musical idioms, including"
"venue. The opening of sister venue Exhibition Centre Liverpool, part of The ACC Liverpool Group, in September 2015 has resulted in the campus now being able to offer a much broader offer for standing concerts and international sporting events – accommodating competition, congress and training facilities all under the one roof. Since the arena's opening in 2008, it has regularly played host to many of the world's top musical acts. Many world-famous artists have performed at the arena, including Kiss, Diana Ross, Westlife, Little Mix, Paul McCartney, Noel Gallagher, Kylie Minogue, Paloma Faith, Roger Waters, Peter Gabriel, The Eagles, Lady"
"Go Superlambananas! Go Superlambananas! was an art exhibition that took place in Liverpool, England, during the city's European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2008. Based upon Taro Chiezo's Superlambanana, which had been located in Liverpool since 1998, the exhibit consisted of 124 two metre high replicas, which were located throughout Liverpool and the surrounding areas. Each mini-Superlambanana was individually designed by local community groups and artists, with a range of public and private sector organisations providing sponsorship funding. The mini-Superlambananas were on display for ten weeks, from June to August 2008. The Go Superlambananas! art exhibition was developed and based"
"Ghenie, Rodney Graham, Tue Greenfort, Teresa Hubbard / Alexander Birchler, Alison Jackson, Jesper Just, Otto Karvonen, Yayoi Kusama, Ulf Langheinrich (Granular-Synthesis), Luisa Lambri, Gabriel Lester, Annette Messager, Tracey Moffatt, Yoko Ono, Ged Quinn, Khalil Rabah, The Royal Art Lodge, Sarah Sze, Tomas Saraceno, Richard Woods. The 6th biennial in Liverpool was launched with a one night exhibition by Filip Gilissen on 14 May 2010 and ran from 18 September 2010 to 28 November 2010. It contained six programmes of contemporary art including: Bloomberg New Contemporaries, City States, John Moores Painting Prize 2010, S.Q.U.A.T. Liverpool 2010, and The Cooperative. Displays included"
"arranged. Over the Christmas periods of 2007 and 2008 an artificial skating rink was installed in the Concert Hall. In January 2008 Liverpool started its tenure as European Capital of Culture with the People's Opening at St George's Hall with a performance which included the Beatles' drummer Ringo Starr playing on its roof. The building has since been regularly used as a stage and backdrop for major civic and cultural events, from the city's Christmas Markets to the World War 1 tribute Weeping Window in 2015 and the Liverpool Giants in 2014 and 2018. Citations Sources St George's Hall, Liverpool"
"In 2008, Donkor was commissioned to curate the touring group show ""Hawkins & Co"" at Liverpool's Contemporary Urban Centre, featuring 70 works by 15 artists, including Raimi Gbadamosi, Keith Piper, George ""Fowokan"" Kelly and Chinwe Chukwuogo Roy MBE. The show, which toured to Liverpool from London, marked the bicentenary of Parliament's Act to Abolition the Slave Trade. In 2009, Donkor embarked on a three-year project at Tate Britain, ""Seeing Through"", which engaged a group of young people from London foster homes in producing and exhibiting art at the museum. Kimathi Donkor Kimathi Donkor (born in 1965) is a contemporary British"
"UK. Live 8 concert, London The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom on 2 July 2005. The event is also referred to as Live 8 London or Live 8 UK. All times BST It had been said that Paul McCartney and U2's Bono would wear Sgt. Pepper costumes during their performance together. However, when the show took place, the costumes were worn by a four-piece French horn section of free-lance London area players, Richard Steggall, Adam Walters, Joe Walters, and Matt Gunner. Immediately following Travis' performance, Bob Geldof told the audience that he ""couldn't"
"Liverpool Wall of Fame The Liverpool Wall of Fame on Mathew Street, Liverpool, England, in front of the Cavern Club is a litany of, and a tribute to, the groups which played at the original Cavern Club, including acts from the city which have reached number one in the UK Singles Chart. The wall also features a disc for every Liverpool musical act that had a number one hit. It was unveiled on 14 March 2001 by Lita Roza, whose song ""(How Much Is) That Doggie in the Window?"" was the first Liverpool based act's song to reach number one"
"Live 8 concert, London The main Live 8 concert was held at Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom on 2 July 2005. The event is also referred to as Live 8 London or Live 8 UK. All times BST It had been said that Paul McCartney and U2's Bono would wear Sgt. Pepper costumes during their performance together. However, when the show took place, the costumes were worn by a four-piece French horn section of free-lance London area players, Richard Steggall, Adam Walters, Joe Walters, and Matt Gunner. Immediately following Travis' performance, Bob Geldof told the audience that he ""couldn't resist"
"and mementoes of famous explorations lent by Queen Victoria. It included life-size depictions of ""Old Liverpool"" that were reproduced for ""The Graphic"". Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Liverpool The Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Liverpool, was held in Liverpool in 1887 on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It had a theme of the Arts of Peace and War. The exhibition was opened on 16 May 1887 by Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, and her husband the Marquess of Lorne with a musical performance from local choirs, the Exhibition Orchestra, and the band of the Coldstream Guards. Dramatic performances took"
"2008). Concurrently there was an exhibition of previous winners at Tate Britain in London. Unlike recent years, Sir Nicholas Serota was not the jury chairman; instead, the chairman was Christoph Grunenberg, the Director of Tate Liverpool. The panel was: The nominees were: Nelson and Wallinger had both previously been nominated for the prize. The Stuckists announced that they were not demonstrating for the first time since 2000, because of ""the lameness of this year's show, which does not merit the accolade of the traditional demo"". Instead, art group AAS re-enacted previous Stuckist demonstrations in protest against their own practice at"
"Mark Bradford, Matthew Buckingham, Chen Chieh-Jen, Esra Ersen, Carlos Garaicoa, Simryn Gill, Shilpa Gupta, Jeppe Hein, Oscar Melgar & Jesus Javier Jaime, Toba Khedoori, Hans-Peter Kuhn, Ken Lum, Teresa Margolles, Kelly Mark, Lee Mingwei, Priscilla Monge, Mario Navarro, Lisa Oppenheim, Philippe Parreno, Anu Pennanen, Amalia Pica, Jean-François Prost, Rigo 23, Qasim Riza Shaheen, Shimabuku, Julianne Swartz, The Kingpins, Kuang-Yu Tsui, Adriana Varejao, Humberto Velez, Matej Andraz Vogrincic, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jun Yang, Yang Jiechang. The theme and title of the Biennial’s showpiece ""International 08"" exhibition was ""Made Up"". Throughout 2008 as part of Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, new"
"Kasabian, The Killers, Lady Gaga, Oasis, Pink, Rihanna, UB40. Liverpool has more galleries and national museums than any other city in the United Kingdom apart from London. National Museums Liverpool is the only English national collection based wholly outside London. The Tate Liverpool gallery houses the modern art collection of the Tate in the North of England and was, until the opening of Tate Modern, the largest exhibition space dedicated to modern art in the United Kingdom. The FACT centre hosts touring multimedia exhibitions, while the Walker Art Gallery houses one of the most impressive permanent collections of Pre-Raphaelite art"
"Liverpool on 2 February 2008, and another at the Shepherd's Bush Empire in London on 3 February 2008. The group remains particularly popular in France and Japan. Two compilations have been issued: ""Longshot For Your Love"" (Marina, 1998) and ""Something On My Mind"" (Crépuscule, 2013), the latter with a bonus live CD recorded in 1982. The Pale Fountains The Pale Fountains were an English band formed in Liverpool in 1980, and composed of Mick Head (vocalist/guitarist), Chris McCaffery (bassist), Thomas Whelan (drummer) and former Dislocation Dance trumpeter Andy Diagram (horns). Inspired by 1960s music such as Love, Burt Bacharach and"
"as a result of the Cathedral's disadvantageous acoustics). To coincide with Liverpool's year as European Capital of Culture, 2008's festival is broader than previously. On their first visit to Liverpool, ""Shakespeare's Globe Theatre's"" perform ""The Winter's Tale"" in Liverpool Cathedral and St James Cemetery in August. The festival also includes open air cinema nights and of course, the main event: Lodestar's production of ""A Midsummer Night's Dream"", performed from 13 August to 7 September entirely within St. James' Cemetery. The production received excellent reviews: 'Wonderful. . .outstanding . . .faultless!' (Liverpool Confidential) ""a group that has seemed to gel incredibly"
"city. The artists are: 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, Koki Tanaka, Suzanne Treister, Villa Design Group, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Betty Woodman, and Arseny Zhilyaev. In 2016, Liverpool Biennial also"
"Liverpool 8 Liverpool 8 is the 15th studio album by Ringo Starr, released worldwide on 14 January 2008. Received with mixed reviews, it marks Starr's return to EMI for the first time since leaving the label in 1975, following the end of The Beatles' recording contract with the company. The album was originally planned for release in June 2007, and began as another production by the collaborative team of Mark Hudson and Starr (the two had previously co-produced ""Vertical Man"", ""I Wanna Be Santa Claus"", ""VH1 Storytellers"", ""Ringo Rama"", and ""Choose Love""). However, the release date was pushed back to"
"genuine interest in McCartney's art. In September 2000, the first UK exhibition of McCartney's paintings opened, featuring 500 canvases at the Arnolfini Gallery in Bristol, England. In October 2000, McCartney's art debuted in his hometown of Liverpool. McCartney said, ""I've been offered an exhibition of my paintings at the Walker Art Gallery ... where John and I used to spend many a pleasant afternoon. So I'm really excited about it. I didn't tell anybody I painted for 15 years but now I'm out of the closet"". McCartney is lead patron of the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, a school in"
"readings, musical concerts and recitals, and cultural lectures. It held book, record, and antiques fairs and became a centre for working artists and craftspeople. Some of the events have continued to hold a place in history. The 1908 exhibition of works mostly by members of the Sandon Society also included the first showing in Liverpool of Claude Monet who received a special invite. In 1911, the Sandon Society took on parts of Roger Fry's London Post-Impressionist exhibition, showing works by Picasso, Matisse, Cézanne, and Van Gogh for the first time in the UK outside the capital. In 1967 Yoko Ono"
"Liverpool's Dream Liverpool’s Dream was a three-day outdoor performance art event featuring giant marionettes, that took place in Liverpool, England, from 5 to 7 October 2018. The event attracted more than a million visitors to the city and was, in part, a celebration of the 10th anniversary of Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008. It was billed as being the last appearance of the giants and the final show of the ‘Giants Trilogy’ after and Memories of August 1914. The performance was designed and performed by Royal de Luxe who are based in Nantes, France. The performance"
"in 1983 with ""A Shared Experience"" at Manchester City Art Gallery, an exhibition which looked at pregnancy and childbirth and garnered critical praise. Liverpool’s Capital of Culture status in 2008 led the artist to produce a major new work ""The Empty Tomb"" which was unveiled by the Bishop of Liverpool on Easter Sunday 2008. This was followed by the equally acclaimed ""Ghislaine Howard 365"" at the Imperial War Museum North, an exhibition which group together 365 small canvases, one for each day of the year, in which she depicted a news event of the day. She has shown her large"
"Mann, Daniel Pincham-Phipps, Matthew Robinson, Mary von Stockhausen. Godfrey Blow, J Todd Dockery, Brett Hamil, Tony Juliano, ZF Lively, Terry Marks, Jesse Richards Andy Bullock, Larry Dunstan, Wolf Howard, Charles Thomson The Stuckists Punk Victorian The Stuckists Punk Victorian was the first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art. It was held at the Walker Art Gallery and Lady Lever Art Gallery in Liverpool from 18 September 2004 to 20 February 2005 and was part of the 2004 Liverpool Biennial. It comprised more than 250 paintings by 37 artists, mostly from the UK but also with a representation of international Stuckist"
"rendered online. On 7 June 2008, Page and John Paul Jones appeared with the Foo Fighters to close the band's concert at Wembley Stadium, performing ""Rock and Roll"" and ""Ramble On"". For the 2008 Summer Olympics, Page, David Beckham and Leona Lewis represented Britain during the closing ceremonies on 24 August 2008. Beckham rode a double-decker bus into the stadium, and Page and Lewis performed ""Whole Lotta Love"". In 2008, Page co-produced a documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim entitled ""It Might Get Loud"". The film examines the history of the electric guitar, focusing on the careers and styles of"
"Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Liverpool The Royal Jubilee Exhibition, Liverpool, was held in Liverpool in 1887 on the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria. It had a theme of the Arts of Peace and War. The exhibition was opened on 16 May 1887 by Princess Louise, daughter of Queen Victoria, and her husband the Marquess of Lorne with a musical performance from local choirs, the Exhibition Orchestra, and the band of the Coldstream Guards. Dramatic performances took place at the Royal Victoria Theatre. The theme of the exhibition was the Arts of Peace and War with trophies of war"
"have played Blackpool in the last hundred years. The project was commissioned by the Blackpool Council as part of its redevelopment plan, and it is one of the largest pieces of public art in the United Kingdom. Stanshall is represented in the work by two quotes and his name. In 2012, Poppydisc Records reissued both a vinyl and CD version of ""Men Opening Umbrellas Ahead"", remastered with new liner notes from his widow and daughter. In June 2010 the 1978 ""Sir Henry at Rawlinson End"" LP was re-imagined by Michael Livesley as a one-man show, in which he stars as"
"Show', which first introduced many prominent younger British artists to a wider public. She has had one-person exhibitions at various venues throughout Western Europe including Magill has held fellowships at the Tate Liverpool and Saarlandisches Kunstlerhaus, Saarbrücken, Germany. Her work has also featured in several group exhibitions, including Magill is represented in many public and private collections worldwide including those of the Irish Museum of Modern Art, the Arts Council of England, Southampton City Art Gallery, the British Council and the National Gallery of Australia. In 2006 Sotheby's Auction House reported achieving a record price for Magill's work at an"