Ben Miller reports from Liverpool where the city's Light Night reveals how a festival can really galvanise a city's imaginative after-hours culture.

Vivienne Westwood, Stella McCartney, Christian Dior, Yves St Laurent and more star in a show of style and social change at Liverpool's Sudley House.

A gold body cast of Olympic gymnast and primetime television twirler Beth Tweddle, will be officially unveiled at the Museum of Liverpool this week.

Not seen in London since 1985, the West Coast artist now has shows at Riflemaker, Ben Uri (The London Jewish Museum of Art) and, in Liverpool, at the Black-E.

New director Sally Tallant aims to put Liverpool's art scene in the history books with a wealth of influential work. Mark Sheerin takes a look.

The UK's biggest Biennial advertises five strands of programming, including work by 60 international artists and two major competitions.

Jenni Davidson finds much to celebrate in life and art as she siezes the day to enjoy Tate Liverpool's survey of the later paintings of Turner, Monet and Twombly.

The Bluecoast Gallery in Liverpool showcases the diverse results of 11 artistic residencies on the Ecuadorian archipelago of the Galápagos.

The New York-based photographer brings his US-wide documentary project to the new Waterfront location of the city's dedicated photography gallery.

Footage from a voyage to the Galapagos forms basis of a solo show from Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt at FACT.

Artists are increasingly running independent spaces - home to some of the most innovative, diverse and stimulating art exhibitions around today.

Exploring the inter-relationships of Black, Jewish and Asian people in the UK

Sixty years ago, bells rang around the world celebrating the end of WW2. Read more about UK commemorations and the museums whose collections mark the conflict.

After reading about the Belle Vue exhibition at Manchester City Library, 24 Hour Museum reader Roy Bailey sent us some of his memories of the park.

Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool... take our tour of major Pre-Raphaelite collections outside the English capital.

A look at some of the regional gallery collections holding important Pre-Raphaelite artworks-

From the Peterloo Massacre, through the Anti-Corn Law League to the connections with Marx and Engels, Manchester has a strong tradition of political radicalism. Discover the people, the locations, museums and collections in this trail developed with the help of the People's History Museum.