The Liverpool Art Book
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A contemporary art book showcasing Liverpool through the eyes of over 50 contemporary artists the city inspires. Edited by Emma Bennett, images were chosen by a local panel of art and city experts following a free submission process from artists.

Through 120 pages of visually stunning images from artists working in a broad range of media and style, The Liverpool Art Book shows the city in a new and exciting way. The introduction to book has been written by Sir Paul McCartney. With the help of the illustrated map in the book, take a walk with a copy of The Cambridge Art Book in your hand and stand in the footsteps of an artist for a while.

Some of the celebrity endorsements for The Liverpool Art Book

‘Any book about my home town Liverpool is bound to tickle my fancy but this idea of different artists’ interpretations puts a special angle to this great city that I love’

Sir Paul McCartney

'If you love Liverpool then you’ll love this wonderful book'

Paul O’Grady

'Vibrant, edgy, full of life ...this book’s a fitting tribute to a British city like no other'

Jane Garvey

'A visual love letter to a beautiful city'

Stephen McGann

‘A unique view of the city's diverse landscape through the eyes of its artists’ 

John Barnes

‘The talent of the artists lifts the city of Liverpool off the page, through colour, light and imagination.  A brilliant book’

Lynda La Plante CBE

'Inspiration is everywhere, nowhere more so, than on the streets of Liverpool, now captured within the pages of this
brilliant book'

Shaun Evans, ‘Endeavour’

'This book has so many wonderfully creative images of my home-town - love it!'
Gerry Marsden MBE

'Think the arts, music, sport and laughter. Two Cathedrals and then add European City of Culture – it must be Liverpool and God bless it'

Jimmy Tarbuck, OBE

THE LIVERPOOL ART BOOK

THE LIVERPOOL ART BOOK

Map by Jenny Seddon

THE LIVERPOOL ART BOOK

THE LIVERPOOL ART BOOK

THE LIVERPOOL ART BOOK

The Liverpool Art Book

Images from top:John Petch, Bob Goldsborough, David Shier, Eimear Kavanagh