Michael Landy's Multi Saint (2013) has been aquired through the CAS Collections Fund at Frieze 2025 for the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. 

With 2027 marking the Walker’s 150th Anniversary, the acquisition of Landy's work, as well as a work by Shaqúelle Whyte, were made to feature as the centrepieces of its celebrations, as well as becoming part of the museum’s contemporary collection.

Known for its rich collection of religious works from the 15th century onwards, featuring Old and Modern masters including Rubens, Rembrandt, Monet and Degas, the Walker’s celebrated contemporary collection exists alongside the prestigious John Moores Painting Prize, first established in 1957 to support the work of contemporary artists. A priority of its collecting practice today is to acquire works that engage with the historic collection but also embrace artists of global majority backgrounds and perspectives.

Reflecting the museum’s historic collection of Christian iconographical works, Landy’s interactive and kinetic work Multi-Saint, represents the saints—St Catherine, St Lucy, St Peter Martyr, St Lawrence and St Michael–along with their identifying symbols. The sculptural assemblage also draws upon modern references, in particular, Swiss artist Jean Tinguely’s foot-pedal operated kinetic sculptures, which Landy first encountered as a student at Tate Britain in 1982. Created after Landy’s National Gallery residency (2010–2012) and subsequent exhibition Michael Landy: Saints Alive in 2013, Multi-Saint captures fragments of Christian iconography from artists in the Gallery’s collection: Carlo Crivelli, Ambroggio Bergonone and Hans Memling. His resulting sculpture satirises the canon of art history in a delightfully playful and provocative way that directly engages the viewer.