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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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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.

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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.

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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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A planting workshop for the whole family.

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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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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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