• Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize

    Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    The Williamson is delighted to be hosting the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize 2025 for its only exhibition outside of London. The Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize has an established reputation as the UK’s most important annual open exhibition for drawing. Established in 1994 by...

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  • Loyalty

    Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom

      Loyalty: An Exhibition of Paintings by Steve des Landes   Steve des Landes has been Artist in Residence at the Williamson since early 2025. This major solo exhibition will include new artwork created in the gallery, alongside more than forty paintings from his recent...

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  • Beyond the Brotherhood: The Legacies of the Pre-Raphaelites

    Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    Formed in 1848, the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, shook the foundations of the British art world with their bold colour palettes, truth to nature, and symbolism. The Williamson collection holds some of the finest examples of works showing this artistic legacy. The exhibition will also showcase the...

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  • Echoes of the Floating World

    Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    The Williamson possesses a small but notable collection of woodblock prints in the Japanese Ukiyo-e style. These were made by some of the most important names in the period, from Hiroshige to Hokusai. Their motifs of flat perspectives, high vantage points, and bold colour distinctions,...

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  • The Portrait Paradox

    Williamson Art Gallery Slatey Rd, Oxton, Birkenhead, Merseyside, United Kingdom

    The Portrait Paradox brings together portraits from the Williamson’s collection and Liverpool-based artist Adrian Jeans’ portrait-based sculpture, drawing, photography and video. Jeans says: “Influenced by the Williamson’s fascinating art collection, I have been inspired by an under-acknowledged progressiveness in portraiture. At its best it challenges...

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