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Listing ID: 1959

Title: National Museums Liverpool

Description: The museums of Liverpool and the Merseyside are the topic of this blog.

Category: Society : History : Museums

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listed on: September 17, 2008 11:30:27 AM

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Give her a big hand - Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:40:45 GMT

Introducing the talented Cornelia Baltes, one of the 45 artists shortlisted for theJohnMoores Painting Prize.

Artist with her work at press callCorneliaBaltes poses for photographs with her work THERE YOU ARE!

The photograph above was taken at a press call yesterday, when Cornelia painted theblack outline of the hand straight onto the walls of theWalkerArt Gallery.

THERE YOU ARE! is an abstract painting on canvas accompanied by thegiant hand pointing down towards it.

Cornelia had a practice run before she was brave enough to put paint to wall, butonce she was ready the hand appeared in just a few brush strokes.

Currently studying at theSlade School of Fine Art, Cornelia's tutoris none other thanLisaMilroy, John Moores first prizewinner in 1989.

The winner of this year'sJohn Moores Painting Prizewill be revealed liveonline on16 September from 18.30.
 
The exhibition opens to the public from 18 September to 3 January 2010.

30th anniversary of the loss of MV Derbyshire - Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:49:28 GMT

photo of a huge container ship at seaMVDerbyshire. Copyright HMSO, reproduced with kind permission

The sinking of the container ship MV Derbyshire was a terrible tragedy and a mysterythat took many years to resolve. Ellie Moffat, curator of maritime collections, explains;>


"Today marks the 30th anniversary of the sinking of MV Derbyshire, the largest Britishregistered merchant ship ever to be lost at sea. On 9 September 1980 she was nearingthe end of her voyage from Canada to Japan when she was caught up in typhoon Orchidin the South China Seas and sank. All hands (42crew members and two of their wives) were lost.

The tragedy was a shock to many as the ship, owned by Liverpool shipping company BibbyLine, was only four years old and her crew was very experienced. She had also beengiven top classification by Lloyds Register.

The initial investigation suggested that extreme weather was the sole cause but thefamilies of the crew were sure there were structural faults to blame. The DerbyshireFamily Association fought for 20 years before they got the answers they were lookingfor and were relieved when the crew were cleared of any blame. Since then there hasbeen a move to improve ship safety as a result of what happened to MV Derbyshire.

If you’d like to find out more read ouronlinefeature about the sinking of MV Derbyshireand the subsequent investigations."

John Moores Painting Prize archive - Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:23:32 GMT

There was a great article in theLiverpoolEcho last weekend on the history of theJohnMoores Painting Prize. It included some fantastic archive pictures of JohnMoores competitions over the last 53 years. One that didn't make it into the articleis the photograph below. The image is of the judging panel from the 1985competition. The eagle-eyed will spot Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota on the farright. The winner that year was OrientalGarden by Bruce Mclean.

There have been some fantastic judges for the competition over the years, includingJarvis Cocker, Germaine Greer, Tracey Emin and Peter Blake to name but a few. 

Group of people looking at paintingsThe1985 judges- including John Moores (centre) and Sir Nicholas Serota (far right)

Interviewswiththis year's judges reveal how the selection process works in 2010.

The exhibition opens to the public from 18 September to 3 January 2010.