Art in Merseyside
Arts Calendar lists 32 exhibitions at 16 venues in Merseyside. Liverpool has the most, with 15.
Exhibitions on these days
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Opens Sat 6 Feb
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Closes Sat 6 Feb
Exhibition
Echoes of the Floating World: Japanese Prints
Williamson Art Gallery, Birkenhead, Merseyside
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Closes Sun 7 Feb
Exhibition
The Theatrics of Nature: Jessica Brodigan
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford, Greater Manchester
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Closes Sun 14 Feb
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Closes Sun 14 Feb
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Closes Sat 20 Feb
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Closes Sat 20 Feb
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Closes Sat 20 Feb
Exhibition
Witches & Healers: something that was ours
The Portico Library, Manchester, Greater Manchester
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Closes Sat 27 Feb
Exhibition
Taking Centre Stage: Female Artists in The Atkinson’s Collection
The Atkinson, Southport, Merseyside

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Closes Sat 27 Feb
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Closes Sat 27 Feb
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Closes Sun 28 Feb
Exhibition
Memory Keepers by Yan Wang Preston
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford, Greater Manchester
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Until 4 Apr 2027
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Until 4 Apr 2027
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Until 17 Apr 2027
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Until 16 May 2027
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Until 29 Aug 2027
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Until 29 Aug 2027

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Until 19 Sep 2027

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Until 13 Feb 2028
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Until 7 May 2028

Monday 1 February
Happy birthday to Takashi Murakami (65 today)
Born on this day: Thomas Cole (1801)
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Mon 1 Feb 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Ancoats
Creative Art Courses, AWOL Studios, Hope Mill, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Tuesday 2 February
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Tue 2 Feb 19:30 21:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Plus Tuesdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Thursday 4 February
Happy birthday to El Anatsui (83 today)
Born on this day: Fernand Léger (1881) and McIntosh Patrick (1907)
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Thu 4 Feb 19:30 21:45
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Manchester Thursdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Monday 8 February
Born on this day: Franz Marc (1880), Guercino (1591), John Ruskin (1819), Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876), Peter Lanyon (1918) and Sebastião Salgado (1944)
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Mon 8 Feb 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Ancoats
Creative Art Courses, AWOL Studios, Hope Mill, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Tuesday 9 February
Happy birthday to Gerhard Richter (95 today)
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Tue 9 Feb 19:30 21:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Plus Tuesdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Thursday 11 February
Born on this day: James Fitton (1899), Robert Borlase Smart (1881) and William Henry Fox Talbot (1800)
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Thu 11 Feb 19:30 21:45
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Manchester Thursdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Monday 15 February
Happy birthday to Shepard Fairey (57 today)
Born on this day: Charles-François Daubigny (1817), Nickolas Muray (1892) and William Scott (1913)
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Mon 15 Feb 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Ancoats
Creative Art Courses, AWOL Studios, Hope Mill, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Tuesday 16 February
Born on this day: Jeong Seon (1676) and Kanō Eitoku (1543)
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Tue 16 Feb 19:30 21:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Plus Tuesdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Wednesday 17 February
Born on this day: Fay Godwin (1931)
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Wed 17 Feb 18:00 20:00
Drawing Group
Salford Museum Life Drawing Late
Salford Museum and Art Gallery, Salford, Greater Manchester
Thursday 18 February
Happy birthday to Yoko Ono (94 today)
Born on this day: Anders Zorn (1860), Louis Comfort Tiffany (1848) and Thomas Girtin (1775)
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Thu 18 Feb 19:30 21:45
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Manchester Thursdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Monday 22 February
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Mon 22 Feb 18:30 20:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Ancoats
Creative Art Courses, AWOL Studios, Hope Mill, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Tuesday 23 February
Born on this day: Alan Lowndes (1921), G. F. Watts (1817) and Kazimir Malevich (1879)
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Tue 23 Feb 19:30 21:30
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Plus Tuesdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Thursday 25 February
Born on this day: Martin Kippenberger (1953), Masahisa Fukase (1934) and Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841)
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Thu 25 Feb 19:30 21:45
Drawing Group
Life Drawing Manchester Thursdays
Studio Bee, above The Peer Hat, Manchester, Greater Manchester
Everything listed in Merseyside
Exhibitions 32
- Beyond the Brotherhood: The Legacies of the Pre-Raphaelites
- Echoes of the Floating World: Japanese Prints
- Guest Artist: Kerry Dunning
- Leonard McComb: Nature & Humanity
- Marc Davenant: REBELLION!
- Comfort Work
- Becky Beasley: A Gentle Man (Part II) (1975-2029)
- Big Data; Networked Narratives: Decentring Collection Histories with Data from the John Moores Painting Prize
- BRB
- Fractured Landscapes and How We Heal
- Made from Scratch: Celebrating Julia Carter Preston, Ceramicist
- Making a Mark: Artworks from the Studio Prints Collection
- New Faces, New Focus: Stories We Share
- Next Up 2026
- NOWHERE
- Pomp & Circumstance by LR Vandy
- Rae-Yen Song: TUA MAK
- Seema Mattu: Local Superstar II
- St Brigid’s Arms
- Vivienne Westwood: Designer in Focus
- Wide-Angle View
- May Morris: Crafting a Legacy
- ARTIST ROOMS: Gilbert & George
- Brian & George Fell: Always Something New
- New Faces, New Focus: Stories We Share
- Taking Centre Stage: Female Artists in The Atkinson’s Collection
- The Landing: Southport Palette Club, By Invitation
- A Cabinet of Curiosities
- The British Glass Biennale 2026
- Imagined Places
- LAKE Gallery Open 2026
- Time and Tide
Towns in Merseyside
- Liverpool (15)
- Birkenhead (5)
- Southport (5)
- West Kirby (3)
- St Helens (2)
- Kirkby (1)
- Port Sunlight (1)
Something in Merseyside we are missing?
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