Thursday 25 October 2007, 14.00–17.00

Using this year’s Turner Prize shortlist as a starting point, this postgraduate research forum deals with issues surrounding “political” artwork. Questions to be broached include whether the crisis of political engagement leaves a vacuum that people turn to art to fill, how and why political controversies migrate into the art world and whether art can be an instrument for social change.

Tate Liverpool  The Auditorium
£7 (£5.50 concessions), booking required
Price includes refreshments

Chaired by John Byrne, Senior Lecturer in Contextual Studies at Liverpool John Moores University and co-curator at Site Gallery, Albert Dock

This event is related to the Turner Prize 2007 exhibition