Tate Liverpool is planning to undergo a major revamp thanks to a £10m Government grant.
The refurbishment of its gallery and public spaces is intended to transform the welcome and usability of the landmark building.
This will increase the gallery's visibility on the waterfront and within the Albert Dock, easing the transition between social and gallery environments and offering more engaging routes through the building.
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It is now seeking tenders from architects to work with the gallery to achieve its aims.
It follows an award of £10m to Tate Liverpool from the Government's Levelling Up Fund as part of a successful combined £20m bid with National Museums Liverpool for their waterfront projects.
A Tate Liverpool spokesperson said: "Following a grant from central Government of initial funding for this project, the gallery is seeking an architect to reimagine the gallery spaces to meet the scale and ambition of today's most exciting artists, while creating social spaces that better connect with the city and its communities, creating an environment that is flexible and inviting and able to host people, art and ideas in equal part."
The arts gallery opened in the Albert Dock in 1988 and has been a pioneer for arts-led regeneration.
It was designed by the leading architect of his generation, Sir James Stirling, and has grown into a gallery of international standing, inspiring the establishment of other new regional galleries in the process.
Since 2019, the gallery has shown work by ground-breaking African American contemporary artists Theaster Gates and Arthur Jafa, whose work speaks about race relations in the USA and UK, staged the first major exhibition in the UK of American artist and activist Keith Haring as well as South Korean artists Moon Kyungwon and Jeon Joonho.
More recently, Tate Liverpool responded to Covid-19 with an exhibition of portraits, created Aliza Nisenbaum, depicting NHS staff from Merseyside, unveiled the inaugural Art North West commission by Emily Speed and hosted the first UK retrospective of Glasgow-born Lucy McKenzie.
Alongside the inspiring exhibitions programme, Tate Liverpool has an established reputation for delivering high quality work within the city's communities, extending its influence beyond the walls of the gallery.
This includes engaging in a range of initiatives to support skills and employability, promoting arts in education and creativity as a tool for social change.
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