Liverpool Sculpture Walk! Sunday 27 November 2022 (Sold Out)
- Liverpool Sculpture Walk
- 13.30-15.30 GMT (2 hours) Sunday 27 November 2022
- Location: Liverpool City Centre
- Language: English
- Cost: ‘Pay what you can’ tickets (£25, £10, £5 options) via PayPal (secure, immediate, see below). £25 ticket includes a signed copy of our book, Present Tense, plus a much coveted The Double Negative tote bag!
- Booking essential
The walk: details
‘Perhaps public artworks are created knowing they will be relinquished to external forces: to the elements, to politics, and their publics…’
Join us for a relaxed, autumnal walk around Liverpool city centre’s key and most controversial public artworks.
This special sculpture walk is inspired by an essay in our book, Present Tense (available to buy here), entitled ‘Finding Richard and Barbara: A Sculpture Walk’ by writer and The Double Negative Fellow Denise Courcoux. We’ll visit several important, city centre artworks, including Barbara Hepworth’s Square with Two Circles (1964), chatting along the way. Hosted by The Double Negative co-founders, Mike Pinnington and Laura Robertson, plus special guest Denise Courcoux, we’ll be your tour guides for the afternoon: pointing out and discussing the very best public artwork that Liverpool has to offer.
We’ll ask: why is public art typically met with either immediate affection or outraged horror? What effect does this type of civic sculpture have on us, the passersby, everyday, or as a one-off surprise? How do these acclaimed and key artworks evolve after years of weathering, urban renewal and fashion?
Our walk will conclude at one of Liverpool’s historic (best?) pubs, the Grade II-listed Baltic Fleet, so we can unwind over an ale (or three) by the log-burning stove!
How must does this tour cost?
We want as many people to enjoy this walk as possible, so, please ‘pay what you can’. Book via PayPal ticket options (secure, immediate), below. All proceeds go straight into our official Donations Pot: keeping The Double Negative, and independent arts journalism in Liverpool, going and growing. Donations of £25 include a ticket to the walk, a signed copy of Present Tense (a collection of essays by some of the UK’s most exciting writers, commenting on tensions in the fields of art and culture), and an exclusive, posh, The Double Negative tote bag! You’ll be the envy of all your friends.
Who is this tour for?
- All routes and venues fully accessible
- Group bookings welcome
- Dogs welcome
- No additional costs on this walk (e.g. no entrance fees)
- Wear comfy shoes and warm clothes!
- Weather forecast is cloudy and chilly: do bring a brolly, just in case!
Where?
- Meeting at Mitzi Cunliffe, The Quickening (1951) Randall Building, University of Liverpool
- Ending at Liverpool Mountain, Ugo Rondinone, Tate Liverpool, Royal Albert Dock, L3 4BB
More about us:
The Double Negative magazine is Liverpool’s premier, dedicated indie arts magazine, trusted by art lovers to deliver top-notch criticism and cultural commentary since 2011. Co-founded by writers and art critics Mike Pinnington and Laura Robertson in a post-European Capital of Culture Liverpool, we’ve since grown our ranks to more than 500 contributors based all over the UK and across the world. Our writers freelance for the world’s top arts and culture publications — including BBC Radio 4 Front Row, ArtReview, Frieze, Art Monthly, Elephant, Hyperallergic, The Art Newspaper, a-n, Art Quarterly, the Guardian, Tate Online and more.
The Double Negative tells the stories that matter most to our readers: what’s happening behind the scenes, who’s making the wildest, ambitious projects in the most interesting, unexpected places. As editors and commissioners, we have a particular investment in encouraging and developing the next generation of art writers. We believe it is incredibly important to offer platforms for fearless, well-researched and balanced criticism, which represents a wide range of voices, subjects and stories. We love discussion, debate and peeking behind the scenes!
Looking forward to seeing you!
BOOKINGS NOW CLOSED.
Photos from our 2019 Liverpool Sculpture Walk:
FAQs: please note, these tickets are non-refundable. If you are unable to join us, or wish to change the name on the tickets, please let us know asap. You will receive an acknowledgment of purchase and, nearer to the time, an email with meeting spot details. Any queries? Email Laura Robertson laura[at]@thedoublenegative.co.uk and I’ll be happy to help!
