The Margate-born artist Dame Tracey Emin is teaming up with residents and the 20th Century Society to oppose plans to replace the original windows of Arlington House…
17 November 2024
Showing at Turner Contemporary in Margate, “Maresias” is a vibrant and exhilarating exhibition of work by the Brazilian artist Beatriz Milhazes.
16 August 2023
A local council partially disassembled a new Banksy mural installation in Margate celebrating Valentine’s Day as it contained a broken freezer deemed dangerous.
16 February 2023
Sonia Boyce Venice Pavilion Comes To Turner Margate – Clémentine Schneidermann Wins Taylor Wessing Prize
26 October 2022
Anka Dabrowska, a Warsaw born queer woman artist living and working in London, spoke to Artlyst on the eve of an exciting new project in the seaside town of Margate.
13 April 2021
With smaller Galleries being squeezed out of the market more and more, it makes sense to look towards ad hoc spaces. Inventive curators are turning away from the traditional White Cube and exploring the DIY and the domestic aesthetic. Two spaces in the tiny coastal town of Margate are opening up a wider dialogue with international artists and also raising questions as to where their work should be seen.
7 February 2020
I’ve watched Margate grow as a cultural hub since the launch of the Turner Contemporary Gallery in 2011.
28 September 2019
The Art Car Boot Fair Love Edition is coming to Margate!
To celebrate the 19th edition of the Turner Prize presented this year at Turner Contemporary, Margate is to host Margate… Read More
27 June 2019
The Turner Prize, one of the worlds most coveted prizes for contemporary art will be held in 2019 at Turner Contemporary in Margate.
25 May 2017
The Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair, a staple of the London art scene usually held every year in London’s East… Read More
24 August 2015
It has been 20 years since the first National Lottery draw and Culture Secretary Sajid Javid visited Margate this week… Read More
8 November 2014
On a mild Spring morning I set off to Margate and the Turner Contemporary for a day inspired by colour… Read More
25 May 2014
A major exhibition of work by the American artist Spencer Finch has opened at Turner Contemporary in Margate. This marks… Read More
24 May 2014
American Artist Spencer Finch’s first solo exhibition in an English public gallery in over 5 years brings together new and… Read More
4 April 2014
British artist and designer Alex Chinneck has constructed one of his most ambitious installation to date where he peels the… Read More
5 October 2013
Margate’s Turner Contemporary is expected to welcome its millionth visitor, an astonishing milestone for a gallery which opened a little… Read More
25 August 2013
A selection of sculptures and typed poems from the 1960s and 1970s by Carl Andre one of the most influential… Read More
30 November 2012
Dilemmas for Margate: Should I Stay or Should I Go? New banners have appeared in Margate designed to animate the… Read More
6 September 2012
Alex Katz Give Me Tomorrow is moving from Tate St Ives to the Turner Contemporary in Margate, this autumn. Katz,… Read More
2 August 2012
Tracey Emin may not have won the Turner Prize for her unmade bed, but she is a local hero in… Read More
20 July 2012
The unstoppable British Artist Tracey Emin has been asked by Margate council to carry the Olympic torch through the town… Read More
26 May 2012
Tracey Emin’s first exhibition in her home town Margate will open at Turner Contemporary on 26 May 2012 She Lay Down… Read More
21 March 2012
Turner and the Elements exhibition arrives at Margate’s Turner Contemporary, and reminds us of the literal truth in the expression;… Read More
27 January 2012
Major Survey highlights Turners Relationship with The Kent Coast More than Eighty-eight works by the British painter, JMW Turner goes… Read More
27 January 2012
Major show at Turner Contemporary opens in January Ninety-five works by Britain’s best-loved painter, JMW Turner, many from Tate’s collection,… Read More
19 December 2011
Plans for Emin Solo Show In May 2012 An emotional Tracey Emin gave the opening speech to a crowd of… Read More
17 April 2011
New Art Monument For Margate Turner Contemporary which had its unofficial opening last night is an ambitious arts centre hoping… Read More
13 April 2011
A unique approach to showcasing Contemporary Art, Condo returns to London for its 2025 edition. Short for Condominium, this large-scale collaborative exhibition
9 January 2025
This new facsimile edition of J.M.W. Turner’s final intact sketchbook is more than a publication—it is a portal into the twilight of the great master’s career…
5 December 2024
The countdown to Art Basel Miami Beach is on! The cultural elite is gearing up for a whirlwind few days of cutting-edge galleries, glitzy parties
1 December 2024
Diagnosed with cancer during the 2020 lockdown, Tracey Emin underwent radical surgery for bladder cancer. That hasn’t stopped her returning to art…
1 October 2024
