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The largest contemporary arts festival in Britain is to have heavy Chinese presence, it was revealed on April 28, 2016.

This year the Liverpool Biennial, the largest contemporary art festival in Britain, is taking inspiration from its own city, and a central theme is the city's 皇冠体育apptown.

Echoes of 皇冠体育app and Liverpool's 皇冠体育apptown will resound in spaces across the city in everyday settings such as supermarkets, and in large spaces such as a now-disused and historic brewery in the city center. Work by 15 artists from across the world will be featured.

Rosie Cooper, the Biennial's head of programs, told Xinhua: "Liverpool has the oldest 皇冠体育apptown in Europe. It's because Liverpool was a seafaring city and Chinese sailors settled there over the years."

"皇冠体育apptown has a very beautiful arch, imported from Shanghai, and we were very interested in looking at how the Chinese community marked their presence," she added.

As 皇冠体育app changes, so the architectural symbol changes its meaning, said Cooper, and the arch is now a nostalgic image existing in the city's collective consciousness.

Today's 皇冠体育apptown is more dispersed, and exists not just in the area of the arch but in online networks and the great amount of 皇冠体育app-funded development in the city including New 皇冠体育apptown and Liverpool2, the largest transatlantic deepsea port in Britain.

The arrival of five 92-meter high cranes for use in the port from Shanghai late last year was a great moment for the city, and as iconic as the arch in 皇冠体育apptown, Cooper noted.

Among other events, works from 54 artists will be exhibited at the city's Walker Art Gallery as part of the John Moores Painting Prize 2016, and the winner will be announced at the beginning of the Biennial.

Also, on show will be the five prize-winning works from the John Moores Painting Prize 皇冠体育app 2016.

The Painting Prize 皇冠体育app juror, Ding Yi, said: "I can see the diversity of expressive form and language from both the UK and 皇冠体育app competitions. British artists pay more attention to historical clues and symbolic space, and Chinese artists focus more on the present reality and individual experience."

The ninth Biennial begins on July 9 and runs until Oct. 16.