Editing Liverpool (section)

===Visual arts===
[[File:Liverpool Cultural Quarter.jpg|thumb|upright=1.50|left|[[William Brown Street]], also known as the Cultural Quarter, was a [[Liverpool Maritime Mercantile City|World Heritage Site]] consisting of the [[World Museum]], [[Liverpool Central Library|Central Library]], [[Picton Reading Room and Hornby Library|Picton Reading Room]] and [[Walker Art Gallery]].]]
Liverpool has more galleries and national museums than any other city in the United Kingdom apart from London.<ref name=visitliverpool>{{cite web|url=http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/what-to-do/arts-culture-liverpool/liverpool-city-region-must-see|title=Visit Liverpool|access-date=16 April 2009|archive-date=7 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080907224947/http://visitliverpool.com/site/what-to-do/arts-culture-liverpool/liverpool-city-region-must-see|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[National Museums Liverpool]] is the only English national collection based wholly outside London.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/museums_and_galleries/3383.aspx/|title=Museums and galleries|website=Culture.gov.uk|date=11 October 2005|access-date=18 January 2018|archive-date=5 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505103451/http://www.culture.gov.uk/what_we_do/museums_and_galleries/3383.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref> The [[Tate Liverpool]] gallery houses the modern art collection of the Tate in the North of England and was, until the opening of [[Tate Modern]], the largest exhibition space dedicated to modern art in the United Kingdom. The [[FACT centre]] hosts touring multimedia exhibitions, while the [[Walker Art Gallery]] houses one of the most impressive permanent collections of [[Pre-Raphaelite]] art in the world.<ref>[http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/tra18176 ''The Pre-Raphaelite Collections''] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120909020028/http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/tra18176 |date=9 September 2012 }} Culture24 website</ref> [[Sudley House]] contains another major collection of pre-20th-century art.<ref name=liverpoolmuseums>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/|title=National Museums Liverpool|access-date=23 April 2007|archive-date=21 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221060544/http://www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/|url-status=live}}</ref> Liverpool University's [[Victoria Gallery & Museum|Victoria Building]] was re-opened as a public art gallery and museum to display the university's artwork and historical collections which include the largest display of art by [[John James Audubon|Audubon]] outside the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liv.ac.uk/vgm/art/audubon.htm|title=John James Audubon – Victoria Gallery and Museum – University of Liverpool|access-date=5 September 2010|archive-date=11 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811175540/http://www.liv.ac.uk/vgm/art/audubon.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> A number of artists have also come from the city, including painter [[George Stubbs]] who was born in Liverpool in 1724.

[[File:Nelson Monument, Liverpool.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Nelson Monument, Liverpool|Nelson Monument]] at [[Exchange Flags]]. A short distance away another noted commander from the [[Napoleonic Wars]] is commemorated by [[Wellington's Column]].]]
The [[Liverpool Biennial]] festival of arts runs from mid-September to late November and comprises three main sections; the International, The Independents and New Contemporaries although fringe events are timed to coincide.<ref name=biennial>{{cite web|url=http://www.biennial.com/|title=Liverpool Biennial|access-date=23 April 2007|archive-date=28 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128023227/http://www.biennial.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> It was during the 2004 festival that [[Yoko Ono]]'s work "My mummy was beautiful" invited controversy when photographs of a woman's breast and crotch were exhibited on the main shopping street.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Coslett|first=Paul|date=16 September 2004|title=BBC – Liverpool – Biennial – But is it art?|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2004/09/16/biennial_breasts_feature.shtml|access-date=15 May 2024|publisher=BBC|archive-date=1 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140501150614/http://www.bbc.co.uk/liverpool/content/articles/2004/09/16/biennial_breasts_feature.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref>