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Our first floor galleries are closed while we change over exhibitions.

Our ground floor Sunley Gallery, shop and toilets open 11am–5pm; cafe open 11am–3pm.

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Tracey Emin's love letter to her hometown lights up Droit House on the Harbour arm. I Never Stopped Loving You uses Emin's own handwriting moulded in pink neon to reflect her feelings across the main sands to Margate.

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Since April 2024
Public commission

'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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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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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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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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Fri 2 Oct 2026, 7.30–8.30pm (doors open at 6.45pm)
£12 / £15 / £18

Join artist Sophie Calle and curator Emma Lewis for a conversation about Calle's new exhibition, Something Missing?

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Sat 3 Oct 2026–Sun 24 Jan 2027
Free entry, donations welcome

Coming soon.

This autumn, Turner Contemporary presents 'Sophie Calle: Something Missing?', the artist’s first institutional exhibition in the UK in over fifteen years.

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Sat 3 Oct 2026, 5–10pm
Prices vary

Authentic Indian cuisine for Margate curry lovers.

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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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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 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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A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons

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A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons

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