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A Clear Coat for Captain Mike
The Mersey tests everything that faces it. This week, Captain Mike got his armour: an anti-graffiti and UV coating to protect BREZAUX's mural at The Master Mariner through the stormy season and the years ahead. Here's what went on the wall, the specialists who helped us do it properly, and the funders who made it possible.
Where the Old Town Meets the New Walls
Two New Brightons, one walk. We're partnering with Fort Perch Rock Events and Wallasey Days Gone By on a new tour led by historian Tony Franks-Buckley, joining the town's darkest Victorian stories with the murals of the OpenAIR Gallery in the Victoria Quarter. Fridays in January, starting with a New Year's Day special.
A Tribute to MARTIN PARR — and how New Brighton can make it Happen
A new mural and public programme celebrating Martin Parr and The Last Resort — created in collaboration with the Martin Parr Foundation.
New Brighton Creative Futures is developing a major new public artwork honouring one of Britain’s most important photographers — Martin Parr — and his landmark series The Last Resort, made here in New Brighton.
The Future of the Insa Mural: Restore or Reimagine?
Insa’s mural on the Post Office building is one of the defining pieces in the OpenAIR Gallery. It’s scale, colour and presence set the tone early on for what Victoria Quarter could become.
But time has caught up with it. The surface is failing in multiple areas and the wall now needs proper repair and a full repaint.
So this is a real decision point.
Captain Mike Lowe Mural Inauguration — A Moment of Community, Memory and Mersey Pride
New Brighton came together in extraordinary style for the inauguration of the Captain Mike Lowe mural — an afternoon that felt less like an event and more like a collective exhale. After years of turbulence in the local cultural landscape, this was a moment of reconnection: emotional, grounded, and deeply human. A kind of community healing, shaped by shared stories and the pride of a town rediscovering its creative strength.