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
Sandycombe Lodge, The Twickenham West London home that JMW Turner lived in has been restored and opened to the public.
17 August 2017
Paul Black chooses his best exhibitions of 2016 and delves deeper than the blockbusters and often further afield from London.
20 December 2016
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
