Events and Exhibitions

a tent next to a hut in the rural countryside
11 March 2024 to 30 April 2024

SixBySix presents: Lost in the Wilderness by Kalpesh Lathigra, exhibition currently showing at Ropes and Twines until 30 April, 2024.

Woman photographed close-up against a bright pink backdrop
11 April 2024 to 18 May 2024

Saturday Town is a photography series by the award-winning photographer Casey Orr. Since 2013 Casey has travelled throughout the UK with her pop-up portrait studio photographing young people on Saturday afternoons. The project explores fashion, identity and the self-expression of young people on Saturday afternoons on the high streets and public spaces of towns across the country. 
This is the largest show of Saturday Town and Casey Orr’s first retrospective show - on at Open Eye Gallery intil 18 May.

Venues

Past Events and Exhibitions

11 October 2014 to 22 February 2015

This major group exhibition marking the Centenary of the First World War explores how artists have communicated the impact of military conflict on the body, mind, environment and human senses between 1914 and 2014.

17 May 2014 to 22 June 2014

Ebb and Flow is an audio-visual survey of the history and changes that have taken place within the oldest Chinese community in Europe, curated by Jill Carruthers.

Drawing from the rich selection of photographic prints preserved in the Open Eye Gallery Archive, the show looks at the physical and architectural transformations of Liverpool’s Chinatown, as well as documenting the establishment and development of the local Chinese community.

22 February 2014 to 4 May 2014

Open Eye Gallery presents, for the first time in the UK, the intense work of Sicilian photographer and photojournalist Letizia Battaglia (born 1935 in Palermo, Italy). Breaking the Code of Silence will guide the viewer along a journey into one of the darkest periods in post-war Italian history.

27 March 2014 to 10 April 2014

MMU's Institute of Humanities and Social Science Research proudly present an exclusive exhibition of photography and community art as part of the "Encountering Corpses" symposium.

The exhibition will be comprised of three interleaved elements, all of which evoke themes of death, contemplation and empathy.

7 December 2013 to 9 February 2014

The exhibition focuses on the area of the Piers in New York City during the mid 1970s - while Matta-Clark was pursuing the idea that art could act as a catalyst for urban regeneration and land re-appropriation, Baltrop investigated the life at the margins.

21 January 2014, 18:30 to 21:00

Please note - this event is now fully booked and we would advise you not to come unless you have registered for a place.

6 September 2013 to 24 November 2013

Two years after his death, Open Eye Gallery pays tribute to the work of Liverpool-born photojournalist Tim Hetherington (1970 – 2011) in an exhibition of photography and film work.

The show is presented in collaboration with the Tim Hetherington Trust and Magnum Photos.

10 October 2013, 18:00 to 20:00

Open Eye Gallery presents an exclusive screening of 'Which Way is The Frontline From Here? The Times and Life of Tim Hetherington', followed by a Q&A with director Sebastian Junger and producer James Brabazon.

The event will take place at Camp and Furnace, 10th October, from 7pm.
You can book your ticket online using the event link, or by ringing the gallery on 0151 236 6768.

17 May 2013 to 25 August 2013

In collaboration with LOOK13, Liverpool International Photography Festival, Open Eye Gallery presents the work of Charles Fréger and Eva Stenram. The exhibitions are institutional premieres in the UK.

Both shows respond to this year’s festival title (WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?), approaching the notion of subjectivity and selfhood from different perspectives.

17 May 2013 to 25 August 2013

In collaboration with LOOK13, Liverpool International Photography Festival, Open Eye Gallery presents the work of Eva Stenram and Charles Fréger.

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