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Every two years Liverpool hosts the UK's largest international contemporary arts festival.
Kohei Yoshiyuki, Untitled, 1971
Kohei Yoshiyuki, Courtesy Yossi Milo Gallery, New York
This autumn, following the influx of Olympics visitors to Britain, the ten-week festival explores the theme of hospitality under the heading ‘The Unexpected Guest’.
Sixty established and emerging artists from around the world will place works in unusual locations around the city, including the iconic Cunard Building. A parallel show, City States, presents the work of over 60 artists from seven countries, exploring the dynamics between cities and states.
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What the critics say
From the inspired to the odd, exhibits at the Liverpool international art biennial explore the theme of hospitality
This year's theme, "Hospitality", feels highly relevant to this port city with its history of departures and arrivals.
The best work in the biennial is undoubtedly John Akomfrah's The Unfinished Conversation, a three-screen video based on the life, work and talk of the incomparable Jamaican-born thinker Stuart Hall, at the Bluecoat Gallery.