Special Exhibitions
We show a range of temporary exhibitions in our gallery spaces. Take a look at what we currently have on display plus some that are coming soon.
Watercolours from the VG&M Collection
Gallery 5
A display of watercolour paintings from the Victoria Gallery and Museum’s own collection ranging from the 1780s to the 1980s.
Watercolours from the VG&M Collection Exhibition Information
Here or Roundabout: Local scenes by Allan P. Tankard
Gallery 4
This exhibition of watercolour paintings by Allan Tankard show locations around the University of Liverpool campus in the post-war years. Many feature our Victoria Building or are views from it.
Here or Roundabout Exhibition Information
Nature v Humans
Gallery 6
This exhibition features artworks illustrating the ever-present tensions between the natural world and the human race.
Nature v Humans Exhibition Information
A New Beauty
Gallery 2
Romaticism in Art 1880 -1920. A display exploring the evolving ways that physical attractiveness was depicted from the late 1800s.
A New Beauty Exhibition Information
The Art of Ruin
Balcony Wall
A display that depicts Italian landscape paintings which celebrate the ruinous and crumbling. It was a taste that emerged in Rome in the mid-1600s when visiting archaeological sites and collecting ancient artefacts became popular.
Granby Workshop Installation
Gallery 7
open - until Sat 25 September 2021
This display features products from the Granby Workshop which is an innovative ceramics studio based in the L8 area of Liverpool.
Granby Workshop Installation Information