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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 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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Fri 4 Sep 2026, 6–8pm. Bar open until 9pm.
£5 low income / £8 standard entry / £11 pay it forward
Drawn together is our monthly drawing social. Everyone is welcome to these relaxed sessions, encouraging you to have a go and express yourself, whether you're new to drawing or a seasoned sketcher.
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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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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.
Sun 21 Feb 2027, 2–4pm
£20
A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons
Book your place
Sun 25 Apr 2027, 2–4pm
£20
A creative writing workshop exploring our relationship with the sea throughout the seasons
Book your place