JMW Turner Turns 250: Celebrating Britain’s Greatest Artist
Britain is poised for a landmark year in 2025 as institutions across the UK prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner…
21 January 2025
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JMW Turner: Narrating A Modern World – Tate Britain – Edward Lucie-Smith
There can be no doubt that the new show devoted to Turner at Tate Britain is a meaty affair. The gallery is fortunate in the fact that a great deal of Turner’s legacy is in its own possession, and that other British galleries also own important examples of his work. In present circumstances, with the coronavirus still raging, this will have saved the organisers a great deal of trouble.
29 October 2020
Sea Star: Sean Scully at the National Gallery
See new work by Sean Scully inspired by the National Gallery Collection and Joseph Mallord William Turner’s ‘The Evening Star’.
Daily 10am–6pm Friday 10am–9pm
JMW Turner Home Sandycombe Lodge Twickenham Opens To The Public
Sandycombe Lodge, The Twickenham West London home that JMW Turner lived in has been restored and opened to the public.
17 August 2017
Tracey Emin, ‘My Bed’/JMW Turner
Tracey Emin’s iconic and controversial installation My Bed will be on display alongside a collection of JMW Turner’s seascapes and stormy skies, loaned from Tate’s collection and chosen by the artist.
Tuesday - Sunday and public holidays 10am - 6pm
The Best Exhibitions Of 2016 – Chosen By Paul Black
Paul Black chooses his best exhibitions of 2016 and delves deeper than the blockbusters and often further afield from London.
20 December 2016
JMW Turner And John Akomfrah: Ocean Drama At Turner Contemporary
Turner Contemporary is presenting the exhibition ‘JMW Turner: Adventures in Colour’; and in association with the great British painter’s reflections on light, colour, and the sea, contemporary British artist John Akomfrah OBE presents his installation: the video triptych ‘Vertigo Sea’.
12 October 2016
JMW Turner Painting Saved For The Nation After Ashmolean Fundraising Campaign
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford recently announced the launch of a public campaign to raise the final £60,000 to secure for… Read More
7 July 2015
Ashmolean Museum Campaigns To Save Turner Painting For The Nation
The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford has announced the launch of a public campaign to raise the final £60,000 to secure for… Read More
7 June 2015
Panel Discussion To Coincide With Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner Exhibition
Making Painting: Helen Frankenthaler and JMW Turner at Turner Contemporary, Margate, will include a panel discussion to mark the opening… Read More
23 January 2014
Director Mike Leigh to Create Film On JMW Turner’s Life
The British director Mike Leigh is to create a film based on the life of the English painter JMW (Joseph… Read More
10 February 2013
Turner Masterpiece Sold For Pittance At Kent Golf Club Auction
Next week experts at the Dulwich Picture Gallery will decide if a painting, sold for a song, at a Kent… Read More
22 September 2012
New JMW Turner Exhibition For Margate
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
Millions In Art Donations Boost UK Museums
Turner, Hepworth and Sickert saved for the Nation to enjoy National treasures worth millions were saved from export and purchased… Read More
17 December 2011