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01/06/2026

It’s been just over a week since our new exhibition, ‘Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly’ opened to the public.

Thanks to everyone who joined us on opening day.

As well as offering a first look at the exhibition, artist gardener and researcher .carr led ‘Nature Loops’, a workshop using natural and reclaimed materials to make experimental instruments that contributed to an irregular, ambient soundscape, while and DJs brought the good vibes outside on the terrace. ☀️

We also celebrated our 5 millionth visitor, complete with Turner Contemporary cake and confetti. Thanks to all who celebrated with us on the day, and to all of our visitors and repeat-visitors throughout the years.

Discover more about the exhibition via the link in our bio 🔗

🌱’Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly’
📅 Until 13 September 2026
📍Turner Contemporary, Margate
🆓 Free entry

📷 Trix Breuls
 

As we cruise into summer and Margate goes full holiday mode, come in and cool down within the lush landscapes of our new...
01/06/2026

As we cruise into summer and Margate goes full holiday mode, come in and cool down within the lush landscapes of our new exhibition, ‘Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly'.

Did you know, as part of the exhibition programme, we run a number of free tours, designed to deepen your encounter with the work—including a drawing tour, family highlights tour and BSL tour? Visit our website to find out more and book your free spot.

This month we're excited to launch 'One Ocean 2026'—a three-day programme of workshops, talks and screenings exploring humanity's relationship with our oceans. Tickets are completely free, but you need to book.

Be sure to check out other ocean-related events happening around Margate, including 's First Friday Ocean special, and we recommend getting in the mood by listening to 'Wash Over Me'—a charity single by Margate's Hughie Gavin () & , supporting Whale Wise.

Discover more & book🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/uwidxjvipt

📷Photo credit: Hulda Guzmán, photographed by Jo Underhill within the exhibition 'Please awake – asked Nature kindly' at Turner Contemporary, 2026.

30/05/2026

On view.
David Hockney: Sunley Window 2026

The work captures a sunrise in Normandy with vivid intensity. Made in 2020 while Hockney was based in the region, it reflects a sustained period of close observation in which seasonal change and shifting light became central to his practice.

Working on an iPad, Hockney embraced the medium’s immediacy to capture fleeting variations of colour and luminosity, extending his long-standing exploration of the experience of landscape.

Realised for our Sunley Window, the work '27th April 2020, No. 1’ suffuses the gallery with radiant hues throughout spring and summer.

By day, natural light animates its tonal contrasts; after dark, colour continues to radiate outward—an enduring sunrise that transforms the space.

Discover more🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/moloarimnl

David Hockney: Sunley Window 2026
🗓 Until 1 November
📍 Turner Contemporary, Margate
🎟 Free entry

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Experiment with colour, collage, and mark-making in this playful floral-themed drawing workshop led by Margate-based art...
29/05/2026

Experiment with colour, collage, and mark-making in this playful floral-themed drawing workshop led by Margate-based artist Florence Hutchings.

Rooted in the idea of 'drawing with scissors,' the session encourages a fresh approach to drawing, moving beyond pencil and paper to sharpen observation and encourage a slower, more attentive way of seeing.

Materials provided. All you need to bring is your curiosity.

Find out more & book🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/wsrehbquqm
📅 Sun 14 June, 11.30am–1pm
📍Clore Learning Studio, Turner Contemporary
🎟️Tickets £12.50

28/05/2026

For 'Compositions', guitarist Elliot Simpson reimagined paintings from our 'Bridget Riley: Learning to See' exhibition as music—including this work entitled 'Cataract 1'.

Does it sound like you'd imagine?

📹 MODUS

27/05/2026

Celebrating 5 million visitors!🎉

Since we first opened our doors in 2011, we've welcomed visitors from all over the world—and last Saturday, Augustin (with girlfriend, Julie) became our 5 millionth visitor.

We may have had a cake and confetti cannon ready just in case... 🎂✨

Turner Contemporary would be nothing without the people who visit us—and today, that feels more true than ever. Here's to the next million. 💛

📹 MODUS

Join artist and curator Helina Tesega for a day-long gathering of ritual, eating, and conversation, rooted in Ethiopian ...
26/05/2026

Join artist and curator Helina Tesega for a day-long gathering of ritual, eating, and conversation, rooted in Ethiopian traditions and shaped by experiences across Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, and Margate. Across three events, the programme brings together coffee ceremony, communal dining, and music in the Foyle Rooms.

📅 7 June, 10–11am, 1–3pm, 7.30–8.30pm
📍 Foyle Rooms, Turner Contemporary
🎟️ Tickets from £15–£65
(individual events are separately ticketed & priced)

Discover more & book🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/doyslulzus

Join illustrator and artist Joey Yu for a relaxed, playful workshop, creating exaggerated cardboard and paper ‘extension...
26/05/2026

Join illustrator and artist Joey Yu for a relaxed, playful workshop, creating exaggerated cardboard and paper ‘extensions’ that will transform bodies, faces, and figures into physical cartoon characters. In their new forms, participants will draw portraits of one another, experimenting with shape, colour, and expressive mark-making.

Find out more & book 🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/txyeghiyac

📅Thu 4 Jun, 6–8pm (bar until 9)
📍Clore Learning Studio, Turner Contemporary
🎟️Tickets £5 low income / £8 standard entry / £11 pay-it-forward

Now on view. Spanning a decade of work and featuring new paintings ‘Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly' is...
23/05/2026

Now on view.

Spanning a decade of work and featuring new paintings ‘Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly' is the Dominican artist’s first European institutional exhibition.

Guzmán’s works open portals into vibrant, dreamlike worlds, where the artist, her family, animals and mythical beings exist in close dialogue with nature.

Drawing on folk art, Caribbean vernacular traditions, and art history, Guzmán reimagines landscape as a site of mysticism and ecological consciousness.

Get ready for a kind awakening…

🌱'Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly'
📅 Until 13 September 2026
⏰ Tue–Sun, 11am–5pm
📍Turner Contemporary, Margate
🆓 Free entry

Discover more🔗
https://f.mtr.cool/ziuydfbmyk

'Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly' is generously supported by Alexander Berggruen, New York. Additional support from the Hulda Guzmán Exhibition Circle: Alberto Cruz Foundation, Chelsea Heuer, Erica Roberts Art Foundation, Mildred Palley, Nora Wessel and Scott Baxter and those who wish to remain anonymous.
Public funding thanks to and .

📷 Jo Underhill

'The young Dominican painter’s dizzyingly beautiful jungle scenes will transport you to the tropics – and remind you of ...
22/05/2026

'The young Dominican painter’s dizzyingly beautiful jungle scenes will transport you to the tropics – and remind you of the wonders of the natural world'—The Guardian

Wonderful to see our new exhibition with Hulda Guzmán reviewed in .

We can't wait for you to visit the exhibition, opening Saturday 23 May at 2pm 💚

Read the full article 🔗
https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2026/may/21/hulda-guzman-review-turner-contemporary-margate

🌱'Hulda Guzmán: Please awake – asked Nature kindly'
📅 Until 13 September 2026
⏰ Tue-Sun, and bank holidays, 11am–5pm
📍Turner Contemporary, Margate
🆓 Free entry

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