MEXICAN CURATOR ANNOUNCED FOR LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL 2027
Lucía Sanromán and Aimee Harrison to co-curate the 14th edition of the festival, taking place from 5 June 2027 until 12 September 2027.
Liverpool Biennial announces Lucía Sanromán and Aimee Harrison as Co-curators for the event, taking over historic buildings, unexpected spaces and art galleries across the city from 5 June to 12 September 2027. Sanromán, currently Chief Curator at the Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC) in Mexico City, is a respected international curator with extensive experience delivering socially engaged and civic-led art projects. Aimee Harrison has worked for Liverpool Biennial since 2019 as Curator of Learning and throughout her career has produced artist projects with children and young people, older adults, migrant communities, people within the criminal justice system and those in addiction recovery.
Liverpool Biennial, the UK’s largest free festival of contemporary visual art, has been transforming the city through art for over two decades. Sanromán said: “Few global art biennials have so consistently contributed to place-based and socially engaged art practice, and to my own understanding of this genre, as Liverpool Biennial. It is a privilege to continue to expand and grow this legacy with my Co-Curator Aimee Harrison (…) At a moment when the values of community and collectivity are being constantly tested, Liverpool Biennial 2027 suggests a path forward through art, offering a deep dive into the experiences of a group whose most marked characteristic is perhaps invention and imagination.”
Harrison said: “Together with Lucía and our Liverpool Biennial colleagues, I am excited to shape a festival for everyone that is grounded in the experiences of children and young people.” Dr Samantha Lackey, Director, Liverpool Biennial, added: “We are absolutely delighted to have both Aimee and Lucía at the helm for Liverpool Biennial 2027. This model of co-curation provides opportunity for reciprocal learning, combining an authentic and committed understanding of Liverpool with an international perspective.”
Further details and participating artists are set to be announced later this year.
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