Turner 250

With the new year we reach the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth which is being marked by numerous exhibitions, displays and events both in Britain and elsewhere. We will try to keep members informed throughout the year.

The list below is chronological and covers the first part of the year. Some exhibitions contain numerous works by Turner, others just a few. Before embarking on their ‘Travels in Search of Turner’ members are advised to check dates and details of all displays (such as opening hours and ticketing arrangements) directly with the individual galleries themselves!

PLYMOUTH: The Box

www.the boxplymouth.com

Land Sea Sky: Ingrid Pollard, JMW Turner & Vija Celmins

Now open – 12 January 2025

SOUTH SHIELDS: Museum & Art Gallery

www.southshieldsmuseum.org.uk

Shields, on the River Tyne

Now open – 23 January 2025

NORWICH: Castle Museum and Art Gallery

www.norwichcastle.norfolk.gov.uk

JMW Turner and Changing Visions of Landscape

Now open – 23 February 2025

SHANGHAI: Museum of Art Pudong

www.museumofartpd.org.cn

Dialogues with Turner

Now open – 10 May 2025

EDINBURGH: Royal Scottish Academy building

www.nationalgalleries.org/visit/royal-scottish-academy-building

Turner in January: The Vaughan Bequest

1 – 31 January 2025

DUBLIN: National Gallery of Ireland

www.nationalgallery.ie

Turner’s Watercolours: Scotland’s Vaughan Bequest

1 – 31 January 2025

MANCHESTER: The Whitworth

www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

JMW Turner: In Light and Shade

7 February – 2 November 2025

CINCINNATI, Ohio: Taft Museum of Art

www.taftmuseum.org

J.M.W. Turner: Watercolor Horizons

1 March – 15 June 2025

NEW HAVEN, Connecticut: Yale Center for British Art

www.britishart.yale.edu

JMW Turner: Romance and Reality

Opening on 29 March 2025

MARGATE: Turner Contemporary

www.turnercontemporary.org

Turner’s Waves breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate

Opening in April 2025

TURNER’S HOUSE, Twickenham

www.turnershouse.org

Turner’s Kingdom – Beauty, Birds and Beasts

23 April – late October 2025

LONDON: Tate Britain

www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain

Highlights of the Turner Bequest

23 April 2025 – 28 June 2026

LEEDS: Harewood House

www.harewood.org

Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter

2 May – 19 October 2025

LONDON: The National Gallery

www.nationalgallery.org.uk

NG200 Collection Displays

Opening on 10 May 2025

BATH: Holburne Museum

www.holburne.org

Impressions in Watercolour: Turner and his Contemporaries

Opening on 23 May 2025

BURNLEY: Towneley Hall

www.towneleyhall.org.uk

Spring/summer 2025

PETWORTH HOUSE, Sussex

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/sussex/petworth

Turner’s Vision at Petworth

21 June – 16 November 2025

None of the officers, committee or members of the Turner Society and no leader or organiser of any event, visit, walk or programme promoted or organised by the Society shall be held liable in respect of the death of or injury, damage or loss to any person or the property of any person which may occur during or arise out of any such event, visit, walk or programme.

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