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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.
Visit commission
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.
Visit commission
Sat 23 May–Sun 13 Sep 2026
Free entry, donations welcome
Turner Contemporary presents the first European institutional exhibition of the Dominican artist, Hulda Guzmán.
Visit exhibition
Apr 2025–2027
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.
Visit display
Every Friday, 3.30–4.15pm
Free, booking advised
Experience 'Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly' through an interactive tour designed to encourage deep looking and drawing.
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Sun 5 Jul 2026, 11.30am–1pm
£12.50
Taking inspiration from the gallery's coastal location, this workshop invites you to explore touch, texture, and the natural world through chalk.
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Wed 8 Jul 2026, 6–7.15pm
£5 / £10 / £15
Join us for a special curator-led tour of Please awake – asked Nature kindly with Melissa Blanchflower, Senior Curator.
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Sun 12 Jul 2026, 1–4pm
Free entry, advance booking required
A symposium exploring class, access, and representation in contemporary art
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Sun 26 Jul 2026, 2–4pm
£20
A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons
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Fri 7 Aug 2026, 8-9.30pm
£3 / £7 / £10.50
As the sun sets over that sea on the eve of Margate Pride, members of the local queer community gather to share their connections to our coastline.
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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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Sun 21 Feb 2027, 2–4pm
£20
A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons
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Sun 25 Apr 2027, 2–4pm
£20
A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons
Book your place