The Liverpool Art Fair is on the ground floor of the Royal Liver Building, The Strand, until 26 July. Free to walk in. Open 12–5pm daily. This is the 12th year of the fair, run by dot-art, which is marking its 20th year as an organisation. 245 artists are showing work — all selected from within 35 miles of Liverpool. Prices start at £25, though the range goes well above that depending on the artist and format. The Liver Building ground floor is a large space and the fair uses most of it. Weekday afternoons are the quietest time to go — weekends fill up, particularly as the 26 July deadline approaches. A few practical notes if you're going: **Getting there.** The entrance is off The Strand. The building is at the junction with Water Street. Parking on The Strand is metered; the nearest car park is on James Street. The Liver Building is a ten-minute walk from Lime Street. **What to expect.** The selection is broad — painting, photography, printmaking, ceramics, sculpture. Because every artist is based locally, there's no generic gallery-filler. Some pieces are available to take away on the day; others are made to order. Ask the exhibitors directly. **What dot-art is.** They're a Liverpool-based arts organisation that runs a public register of local artists and commissions public art across the city region. The fair is their biggest annual event and the main way most people encounter them. Their full artist database is at dot-art.com if you want to find someone specific after the fair ends. If you've not bought original art before and assumed it was expensive or required some specialist knowledge, this is a reasonable place to find out otherwise. Twenty-five pounds for an original print from a local artist is not a lot. The fair closes 26 July. After that, it's gone for another year.