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Arts
REVEALED: Liverpool 8 in black and whiteEvocative 1970s photographs unearthed for Bluecoat show
REVIEW: Metamorphosis of Japan After The War/Open Eye…Only UK showing of 123 rarely seen images. Liverpool is lucky to have bagged it
All Together Now: the statue and the singleChristmas Truce sculpture unveiled in St Lukes as all-star Peace Collective bids for festive chart-topper
Christmas Truce football match: sculpture revealed in…Scarves drape bombed out church as star-studded remake of All Together Now bids for festive number one
Liverpool's name in lights at new-look Philharmonic HallGerry Corner is among the first glimpsers of £13.8m revamp as doors open on new season
Fading Royal Iris in last bloomIn the rot of the Mersey's abandoned ferries, Thom Gorst sees only beauty
Bill Drummond: How To Sell Your Soul To The DevilThe artist behind the KLF reveals he is flogging it again - this weekend at the Manchester Contemporary 
From 1950s Aero girl to John Moores hero girl£25,000 painting prize for Rose Wylie, 80: artist loved by the A-listers
Tracey Emin's bed rolls into townTate hosts 'defining work of art' and Matisse's Snail
Warhol's Marilyn goes on show at Tate LiverpoolStar of the silver silkscreen among 100 works
I can do that: Theatres open playwriting scheme to…Big chance for fresh scripting talent on Liverpool stages as under 25 age limit is scrapped
Prince Edward unveils Liverpool Pals sculptureRe-enactment of call to arms exactly 100 years on
A Mondrian for MerseysidePier Head to stage a living and breathing abstract artwork inspired by the Dutch painter
The Beatles - for saleNew York artist sets up shop with just one item in stock - 1,000 used White Albums
Check the oils on these VW CampervansRecession is something to smile about in Matt Wilde show at View Two
Voyage to Nantes - land of the Giants25 years ago, the ailing French port backed its last stack of francs on arts and culture - and won. Words: Angie Sammons
There's no one quite like GrandmaShe spits, she farts, she's out to win your hearts. Meet the sleeping giant of St George's Hall
Everyman appoints new bloodNick Bagnall and Lindsey Alvis 'delighted' to join Gebra
James McNeil Whistler/BluecoatHated by the art establishment, his life was the art. Larry Sidorczuk observes a fat slice
Revealed: Giant creator's hidden grief that dwarfed his Sea…Royal De Luxe founder Jean Luc Courcoult tells Larry Neild why he plunged into the Mersey and of his plan to buy Mayor Joe an Irish Setter
Israeli links to Liverpool Biennial challengedFriends of Palestine call for end to 'sponsorship'
Revealed: The lost mural that steals the Biennial showThere's just one thing... it's not actually part of the Biennial
Art or not art?You decide in our fun Liverpool Biennial quiz
Thank you for the music: Phil boss Simon Glinn says goodbyeBuxton beckons man who put Liverpool into the Philharmonic Hall
First ever street art festival this weekendDo you have a crawling for scrawling? Then MARKIT
Review: Liverpool Art Prize/METALImages of broken L8 streets bring honours for Tabitha Jussa
Review: Mondrian And His Studios/Tate LiverpoolLines, lines and more damned lines
Edmund Gardner prepares to be dazzledCarlos Cruz Diez and Cammell Lairds begin pilot boat makeover
Mari Wilson beats the beat to Liverpool galleryRockboys and Livergirls show opens at View Two
The Grid and Science Fiction reviewedWhat have Young Everyman Playhouse and FACT been up to and is it any good?
120 troops enlisted for giants spectacularWorld War I event pays homage to Liverpool Pals
Rock stars unwrapped in View Two showPaul Terence Madden residency a work in progress
Way to goPosters of Liverpool shipping liners go on show
Magic, mayhem and Mu Mu on Mathew StreetAnd a brief encounter for CG Jung
The Cosmic Trigger driving Miss DaisyReady for Illuminatus!-style magic? Meet Ken Campbell's daughter who's casting some in Liverpool
Ten grand UK comedy writing prize launchedLiverpool Royal Court looks for next Oscar Wilde
Confirmed: There will be giantsAll eyes on Liverpool for World War I centenary as Nantes puppets return
Philosopher in residence for BluecoatA UK first to make you think
A new Everyman for Hope StreetFirst picture of new look Bistro, Twelfth Night, and March 1 opening party
Review: Art Turning Left/Tate LiverpoolBanners, bells and whistles bang drum for the common manLatest Rants
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