Turner Contemporary

2021 marks 10 years since the opening of the gallery. Over the next year, we will be sharing stories and reflections from the last 10 years, but more importantly, we will be looking towards the future and planning for the next 10 years and beyond.

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10 years after appearing in the gallery’s opening exhibition Revealed, artist Ellen Harvey returns to Turner Contemporary opening the anniversary programme with her first UK solo show The Tourists, an exhibition paired with works by JMW Turner.

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Ashes (2002–2015) is a two-channel video installation by artist and filmmaker Steve McQueen. It is composed of footage filmed by McQueen over ten years, on two separate visits to the Caribbean island of Grenada — a former French and British colony that achieved independence in 1974.

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An England’s Creative Coast Waterfronts commission by Turner Contemporary

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Place, Space and Who is an artwork by British, Birmingham-based artist Barbara Walker, created over a four-month residency at Turner Contemporary. It explores identity and belonging, featuring sound and portraits of five women and girls from the African Diaspora living in Margate and Kent.

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(in collaboration with architecture, design and art collective Assemble). Join us in exploring child-leadership, where we are sharing our expertise from the last 10 years. In the workshop you will discover what child leadership means and how to facilitate it within arts and heritage.

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Isle of Sound is the first artwork created for the new Creative Isle Community Rail Partnership, a new initiative by Turner Contemporary in collaboration with Thanet District Council and support from Southeastern.

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Platform 2018 installation photos at Turner Contemporary. Photography by Stephen White (16)

To mark our 10th anniversary and ten years on from our first Open, this open submission exhibition will celebrate and showcase the wealth of artistic talent living, working and training in Kent.

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Try our new Creative Mindfulness resources designed to help you relax and refocus.

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The team at Turner Contemporary have compiled this list of resources, funding and support for Artists and Creatives during Covid-19.

Our work extends beyond world class exhibitions, to driving transformation in Margate and East Kent.

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