After wowing 60,000 visitors in 2024, Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience is returning to Liverpool – and Beyond Monet is coming to make its UK premiere in the city. Tony McDonough reports

In summer 2024 Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience wowed 60,000 people in Liverpool and now the exhibition is to return to the city this summer.

And, in further good news for art lovers, a similar Beyond Monet multimedia experience will be coming for its UK premiere. Both will be staged on different days in a three week-run at Exhibition Centre Liverpool from Tuesday, July 15, to Sunday, August 3.

Beyond Monet brings the works of the ‘Father of Impressionism’ to life in “mesmerising fashion”. General sale for both shows opens on Monday, February 17, at 9am – click here.

There are a range of ticket options including, new for 2025, special family tickets and ‘parent and child’ tickets which offer savings on individual prices.

Produced by Annerin Productions and Paquin Entertainment Group, Beyond Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience brings together more than 300 of the post-Impressionist icon’s paintings blended with cutting-edge technology and musical soundtrack.

People are able to wander through iconic works – including The Starry Night, Sunflowers and Terrace of a Café at Night – as they come alive around them. New features for 2025 will be revealed in the coming weeks.

Beyond Monet: The Immersive Experience has been seen by thousands of people at venues across North America. It breathes new life into more than 400 of the legendary French painter’s artworks.

It  brings together some of the artist’s most famous canvases – including Poppies, Impression: Sunrise and his Water Lilies series.

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Anna Parry, UK business development at Annerin Productions, said: “We knew it would be special, but premiering Beyond Van Gogh in Liverpool exceeded all our expectations.

“With the help of amazing support from the team at Exhibition Centre Liverpool it became our most successful venue of anywhere in the UK. So, I’m absolutely delighted to be returning this summer.”