Although quite compact, the Open Eye gallery at Liverpool's Pier Head is perfectly formed. Modern and air-conditioned, the gallery exhibits the best of contemporary art and design, currently displaying a collection of photographs featuring trees and their stories. If you are in the waterfront area, a visit to the Open Eye is heartily recommended.

The gallery is quite huge, and I kinda feel the current exhibitions didn’t really do much to fill it! The shop isn’t bad, and I love the history. I understand the need for sponsorship. But what was in display at the moment would of fitted in one gallery. Given the amount of photography courses in and around, why not introduce some new talent. Anyway, if you are in to photography do pop in!

Beautiful gallery with lots of local collection.

Craig Easton: Is Anybody Listening? Gritty monochrome images and personal stories of poverty, mental health and migration in post industrial Blackburn. Challenging

I went to see the Liverpool Biennial 2023, and the space was bigger than I expected. There are more gallery-presented artworks upstairs, and people are super friendly there, they recommend how to visit other Biennial places.

A very welcoming team at this photography gallery. On this occasion displaying some challenging photographs using an amazing dress created from litter to discuss huge piles of rubbish.

Liverpool is blessed with many galleries and museums, the Open Eye is packed full of work by local artists and important to the heartbeat of the city.

Interesting Gallery and great photo exhibition. I enjoyed the free lecture on keeping bees and it was run well. Easy to locate and find too

As always, excellent gallery run by excellent people. Go see a show there, any show is doesn't matter. Engage with the staff if you would like to know more as they are so passionate about the work that they do, you will leave feeling inspired by them and the artist's work.

Every time i'm visiting Liverpool, i make time to visit the Open Eye Gallery.A place with a gallery and everytime different photo exhibitions. Friendly people at the desk.

Always good exhibitions, and the recent LCR Photo Awards was excellent, with work which resonated with life in the city region

Fabulous building. Art installations are floor to ceiling and there's a good shop inside. Entrance is free but there's an option to donate some money on the way out. Highly recommended.

Amazing place to see a community of photographers that aren't famously known, exhibit. Enjoyed my time there. Declan was so welcoming

nice work of art but there was only 3 exhibits

Independent not-profit photography gallery, interesting shots of the problematic topics facing the world.

Came to see our pictures in the exhibition, great space and we were made to feel really welcome 🤗

It’s a fatherly small photography gallery. First floor mainly has portraits. Second floor mainly displays buildings. The photos they have are quite standard, interesting enough for general audience, but not that niche compare to some other contemporary photography galleries. Absolutely love the bookshop. It has a lot of amazing photography books, pamphlets and cool stationeries. One thing I enjoy the most is the art corner, where you can cut off pieces from different magazines and make your own collage art postcards, then leave it on the shelf. Very great idea for people to engage in art and photography closely.

Really great photography exhibition from largely local amateur photographers. Thought provoking.

This is a great gallery specialising in photography. You are always made welcome when you enter & they have an interesting range of exhibitions through the year. Well worth a visit.

I’m sat on the fence about this gallery space, every time I pass I still make the effort to go in. But I am always left disappointed by the work displayed. From my countless visits I’ve only been intrigued by a handful of works. It seems to me the gallery curators are too heavily focused on this woke culture. Too busy looking at projecting some deep meaning, completely forgetting the importance of aesthetics in an image. Personally I am always pulled closer to a work by its aesthetic value, only being heightened secondly by its meaning. When I’m met by a deep important message, backed up by mediocre boring imagery, the message is fast forgotten and I’m walk right past. Most the time I’ve been greeted with powerful important messages, paired with these boring and plain photographs. In my opinion and my opinion alone, they should find works that shout. Photographs that stand out and pop, powerful imagery first and meanings second. Not standard boring works overshadowed by a long “important” message. Ive seen so many incredible young photographers who’s work would look amazing hung. But their meanings aren’t “deep” nor looking at “woke culture”, so I doubt they’re amazing imager would be considered for this beautiful space. A real shame. Even if it’s a mix of the woke “important message stuff”, then a stand alone but beautiful image every now and again. It would give the place a more balanced and true feeling. The book shop on the other hand is amazing! A real great variety of books from larger artists to smaller “unknowns”. It’s always a real delight to look through them. The staff are also very friendly and helpful. Just a shame about the art on offer.

Really love coming here. Some really interesting and thought provoking exhibitions. Definitely worth a visit.

Better lighting would be good as I have a visual impairment. Information on how to operate the lift would be helpful too.

Great welcome by reception, exhibition well set out

Photography is such a personal statement of how the world is seen. The Open Eye Gallery gives weight to that resonating visual voice. If you have 15 minutes and you are in need of an alternative perspective should go and take in a piece of what this gallery has to offer.

I can see how this gallery could be good but at the moment, it's quite limited. The gallery itself is very small and only one person's project could fit on the bottom floor. Sort of disappointed, I'd recommend going to another gallery or art museum if you want a variety

Really like the exhibition, a lot to see. Friendly staff and well informed about each piece. Beautiful building

Currently showing works of UCEN students. Varies throughout the year.