What's on

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.

19–21 Jun 2026

One Ocean 2026 is a weekend of free talks, workshops and screenings on art, adaptation and the future of our oceans. 

Sun 21 Jun 2026, 9.30–11.30am

Join Ian Tittley from the Natural History Museum for a seaweed extravaganza! Learn everything you’ve ever wanted to know about their history, properties, and more.

Sat 23 May–Sun 13 Sep 2026

Turner Contemporary presents the first European institutional exhibition of the Dominican artist, Hulda Guzmán.

Wed 1 Apr–Sun 1 Nov 2026

Celebrating the gallery’s 15th anniversary, David Hockney’s Sunley Window focuses on the nature of light and the many ways its effects can be represented pictorially.

22 Nov 2025–2027

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

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.

Sat and Sun, 11am–1pm & 7–9pm

Join us on the terrace for free documentary screenings of stories from the sea, for all ages. Timings are the same on both days.

Sun 21 Jun 2026, 12–1pm

A talk drawing on ancient and modern wisdom to explore alternative ways of understanding and relating to the ocean.

Sun 21 Jun 2026, 2–3pm

Leading artist-activists discuss their experience of how creative practice can challenge environmental injustice and support movements for ocean equity.

Saturdays & Sundays, 2–4pm

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

Sun 21 Jun 2026, 3.30–4.30pm

Young leaders and campaigners at the forefront of climate justice come together to share their views, highlight action and demonstrate the power of collective organising for ocean futures.