Download the Christmas card from the Bluecoat and create your own festive Alec Finlay Nest Box, inspired by Specimen Colony, a project commissioned for Now Then, the opening exhibition at the Bluecoat.

RIBA Journal, the official magazine of the Royal Institute of British Architects has given a resoundingly enthusiastic review of the redevelopment of the Bluecoat declaring the building 'a linchpin of solidity in a sea of ephemeral modishness' hailing the redevelopment 'real architecture' and commending vision architects Biq for designing a building that is 'small-scale, solid masonry, taking its cue from history but managing to be effortlessly modern.'

On Tuesday 11 December at Leaf, Static Gallery,we held a very successful auction event featuring a total of 48 lots, 46 art lots and 2 ‘experiences’. It was a great night. 

Writer Malcolm Lowry described Liverpool as ‘that terrible city whose main street is the ocean’. Born on the other side of the river Mersey in middle-class Wirral, Lowry’s relationship to the Merseyside of his youth informs his writing and Liverpool itself continued to hold tremendous significance for him, even though he lived abroad for most of his life and never returned.

Acclaimed artists are donating exclusive artworks to support the final fit-out of public spaces at the Bluecoat, giving people the chance to bag original works by renowned artists like the Singh Twins, Pete Frame and Leo Fitzmaurice. Iconic pieces, such as a limited edition signed print of the illustration by Yvonne Gilbert, famously used on the cover of the 1983 Frankie Goes To Hollywood single ‘Relax’, are available.

The Bluecoat is looking for seven pairs of identical adult twins to take part in a breathtaking performance piece for the European Capital of Culture year and the climax of the Bluecoat’s live art series for the Liverpool Biennial.

Working with seven pairs of identical twins from Liverpool and its German twin city of Cologne...