What’s on

Apr 2025–2027

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.

Saturdays, until 2 May 2026, 11.30am–12pm

Discover the stories behind the works of art during our fun, hands-on Family Highlight Tours.

Saturdays & Sundays until 19 April, 2–4pm

Come and create at our free, drop-in family workshops for ages 12 and under.

Since April 2024

'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.

Since 2017

See one of a series of one hundred, solid cast-iron figures by Antony Gormley exploring the experience of being human.

Sun 29 Mar 2026, 10am–5pm

Join writer and tutor Dominic Canty, from Creative Writer UK, for a full-day workshop designed to get words flowing—whether you’re a total beginner or deep into a draft.

22 Nov 2025–Nov 2026

We’ve transformed our Clore Learning Studio into a cabinet of curiosities full of inspiration and surprises to make drawing fun.

22 Nov 2025–4 May 2026

Turner Contemporary presents 'Learning to See', an exhibition by Bridget Riley, conceived in close collaboration with the artist.

Apr 2025–2027

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.

Saturdays & Sundays until 19 April, 2–4pm

Come and create at our free, drop-in family workshops for ages 12 and under.