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Sophie Calle:
Something Missing?
Sat 3 Oct 2026–Sun 24 Jan 2027
Free entry, donations welcome
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This autumn, Turner Contemporary presents 'Sophie Calle: Something Missing?', the artist’s first institutional exhibition in the UK in over fifteen years.
19–20 Sep, 22 Sep, 25–27 Sep, 29 Sep–1 Oct, reopening 3 Oct 26
Free entry, donations welcome
Celebrating the gallery’s 15th anniversary, David Hockney’s Sunley Window focuses on the nature of light and the many ways its effects can be represented pictorially.
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Reopening 3 Oct 26
Free entry, donations welcome
Join us to see JMW Turner’s oil sketch 'Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate (Study for ‘Rockets and Blue Lights’)' at Turner, part of a year-long festival celebrating 250 years since the artist's birth.
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Fri 23 Oct 2026, 6-8pm
£12 low income / £15 standard entry / £18 pay it forward
Join acclaimed writer, critic and curator Martin Gayford for a special evening exploring the life, work and ideas of David Hockney.
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Fri 27 Nov 2026, 6pm–Midnight
£65
Bring your team to Turner for a festive evening with a difference.
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Since 2017
Outdoor commission
See one of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley exploring the experience of being human.
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19–20 Sep, 26–27 Sep, reopening 3 Oct 26
Free entry, donations welcome
We’ve transformed our Clore Learning Studio into a cabinet of curiosities full of inspiration and surprises to make drawing fun.
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Sundays from 27 Sep–15 Nov 2026, 10am–1pm
£275
An eight-week long-form improv course exploring scene work, collaboration, spontaneity, and performance with The Free Association and Chump’s Comedy.
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10 Oct–11 Dec 2026, Various times
£100 full course / £30 individual session / £75 concession
A four-part exploration of intuition, ritual, writing and performance, culminating in a shared public presentation.
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Fri 9 & Sat 10 Oct 2026, 6.30–9.30pm
£70
An evening of seasonal cooking, centred around vegetables and locally foraged food, hosted by Komorebi Kitchen.
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