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Liverpool Biennial<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Haegue Yang, Long Neck Woman Upside Down, 2016. Installation view at Tate Liverpool, Liverpool Biennial 2018. Photo: Roger Sinek \u00a9Tate Liverpool<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Liverpool Biennial is the largest festival of contemporary visual art in the UK, commissioning more than 40 artists from around the world to make and present their work in Liverpool at free exhibitions across the city. This year sees the melancholically titled Beautiful world, where are you?<\/em>  reflect on a world of social, political and economic turmoil to mark 20 years of international art presented in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We highly recommend catching Haegue Yang\u2019s immersive installation at the Tate, along with Madiha Aijaz\u2019s film installation<\/a> exploring public libraries in Pakistan at Open Eye Gallery. But really, just try and get to as many as you can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All exhibitions are free and open Tuesday\u2013Sunday. Public artworks, Tate Liverpool, Bluecoat and Walker Art Gallery are also open on Monday. You can check here for opening times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

14 Jul \u2013 28 Oct, various galleries across Liverpool<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moniker Art Fair 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\u00cele, acrylic and pyrography on wood by Michelle Loa Kum Cheung, Zealous creative<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Featuring Secret Art Prize winner Michelle Loa Kum Cheung<\/a>, Moniker Art Fair bring UNCENSORED to The Old Truman Brewery as part of their 10th edition art fair. Priding themselves on be unabashedly loud about the commodification of urban contemporary art due to it\u2019s popularity boost, Moniker are trying to prove that being popular doesn\u2019t mean you need to soften the edges some of the movement\u2019s revolutionary core values.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fair is open to the public on Friday 5th October until Sunday 7th October, so catch it while you can!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 Oct \u2013 7 Oct, The Old Truman Brewery, London, E1 6QL<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brighton Photo Biennial<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Too Many Blackamoors (#8), 2015, Heather Agyepong. (Courtesy of the artist-Autograph ABP)<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Brighton Photo Biennial is \u2018examining the current state of flux as the United Kingdom redefines its role in Europe\u2019 this year to mark it\u2019s eighth festival. With a month of photography events and exhibitions for all, it\u2019s a great way to explore the the current geopolitical climate through the eyes of some fantastic emerging and established photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can catch Emerge Awards finalist Heather Agyepong\u2019s Habitus: Potential Realities<\/em><\/a>, as well as thought-provoking talks such as \u2018Brexit will spell the end of British art as we know it. Discuss.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening days and times vary across sites so it\u2019s best to check beforehand when planning a trip to one of the exhibitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 Sep \u2013 28 Oct, various galleries across Brighton<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visions in the Nunnery<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Artwork by exhibiting artist Tina Keane<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Presenting an overview of some of the most exciting digital art from over 60 international artists, the Nunnery Gallery\u2019s renowned showcase is currently running it\u2019s first programme<\/a> with themes exploring gender, the body, feminism, obsession and the search for identity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re incredibly excited to see the work of revered multi-media artist Tina Keane lead the way, with the themes for the exhibition being based around those \u2018for which Keane\u2019s pioneering films laid the groundwork<\/em>\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Nunnery Gallery is open from Tuesday to Sunday, 10am \u2013 5pm weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 Sep \u2013 28 Oct, The Nunnery, London, E3 2SJ<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flora at Corvi-Mora Gallery<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Flora at Corvi-Mora,\u00a0Dorota Jurczak & Walter Keeler<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Dorota Jurczak and Walter Keeler present their works<\/a> at the brilliant Corvi Mora gallery in South East London. In her works, Dorota Jurczak \u2018drives the abundance of colour and pattern towards the visual contents of the gloomy and uncanny<\/em>\u2018, while Walter Keeler \u2018has done much to reinvent the language of British functional ceramics over the past thirty years<\/em>\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The enigmatic exhibition looks to be an intriguing and well curated show of exceptional talent which we can\u2019t wait to go and check out. Corvi-Mora gallery is open from 11am to 6pm, Tuesday \u2013 Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

28 Sep \u2013 3 Nov, Corvi-Mora Gallery, London, SE11 4NU<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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