Turner Contemporary

Anti-racists gather to block route of National Front demonstration, New Cross Road, London, August 1977 © Paul Trevor

How protest shaped Britain and photography shaped protest.

Turner Contemporary presents JMW Turner’s oil sketch 'Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate (Study for ‘Rockets and Blue Lights’)' as part of Turner 250, a year-long festival celebrating 250 years since the birth of JMW Turner.

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Draw. Collab. Create. Make your mark in our Clore Learning Studio with Chalk Stream.

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A photo of a large whale, drawn in chalk and charcoal sits above a large window

Turner Contemporary presents a commission by Lily Mixe, alongside Young Creatives X RNLI

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'Slices of Peace' is a public artwork by artist and designer Yinka Ilori MBE installed in Orchard Park – a new public park in Kings Hill, near West Malling in Kent.

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ANOTHER TIME, Antony Gormley, Margate - Thierry Bal (4)

Sited in Margate, beside Turner Contemporary, you can see one of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley that explore the experience of being human.

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Join us for an in conversation with author and journalist Lanre Bakare and independent arts consultant Lisa Anderson.

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Join Jason Tennant for a free British Sign Language tour of BSL Tour of Resistance.

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Applications for Young Creatives are now open.

Deadline: 11.59pm, Friday 9 May 2025.

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