The art critic John Ruskin, a great admirer of Turner, described this as, "...the last oil he painted before his noble hand forgot its cunning." It is a re-working of an earlier picture and a ...

The sitter is Cecilia Lock (1775-1824). She was the daughter of Emily FitzGerald, Duchess of Leinster (1731-1814) and her second husband William Ogilvie (1740-1832). She married Charles Lock ...

Dachinger was an Austrian artist who came to Britain as a refugee from the Nazis in 1938. At the outbreak of World War II, 74,000 men, women and children of German or Austrian origin were living in ...

Nessler was living in Germany when the Nazi government came to power. He was not Jewish, although he was part of a radical group of artists whose work was denounced as degenerate by the Nazi ...

As part of Neurodiversity Arts Festival we will going on an Arty Adventure at the Walker Art Gallery. The session will start with a monster mash up craft activity - creating your own monster. This ...

Dr Nathalie Rech will share early research into Black Women who entered UK state institutions in the early 20th Century. Her research aims to contribute to a better understanding of the mechanisms of ...

The Community Codex Workshop, held at the World Museum in Liverpool, offers an interactive and collaborative experience centred around the Codex Fejérváry-Mayer, an ancient Mesoamerican manuscript ...

This artwork has been identified as having links to a person connected with transatlantic slavery. This research is part of the Walker Art Gallery’s ongoing work to be more transparent about the ...

National Museums Liverpool is a step closer to realising its ambition for the city’s waterfront, after planning permission was approved to redevelop the International Slavery Museum and Maritime ...

Head with face of a baboon. White secretions around face make object indistinguishable. CONDITION NOTE 1998:Incomplete, chipped, surface dirt, white residue (pigment) label adhered to surface, surface ...

Did you know World Museum Liverpool has one of the best collections of Nigerian art and artefacts in the UK? Join us to explore the collection and learn more about our ‘Rethinking Relationships’ ...

Karl Franz Gruber was the brother and student of Professor Franz Xavier Gruver (1801-1862). Both were flower painters. This work illustrated four different plants from left to right: Pot-Marigold ...