Celebrating John Constable’s 250th Birthday in Constable Country
29 May 2026 • Tabish Khan
A journey through Suffolk reveals the landscapes and legacy of John Constable 250 years after his birth.
Tag: JMW Turner
JMW Turner (1775–1851, London, UK) transformed landscape painting into a theatre of light and atmosphere. Working across oil, watercolor and experimental techniques, he dissolved solid form into swirling colour—storms, seas, cities and skies pushed to the edge of abstraction. His canvases capture motion as much as subject, staging nature as something vast, volatile and sublime. Restless and visionary, Turner reimagined how light could behave on a surface, leaving behind a body of work that feels uncannily modern in its intensity and scale.
Gainsborough’s House to celebrate Constable’s 250th in 2026.
25 November 2025 • Mark Westall
For the 250th anniversary of John Constable’s birth, Gainsborough’s House, situated at the heart of the Stour Valley in Suffolk,… Read More
Turner and Constable opens at Tate Britain
24 November 2025 • Mark Westall
Tate Britain presents the first major exhibition to explore the intertwined lives and legacies of Britain’s most revered landscape artists Turner and Constable
Turner and Constable: Rivals and Originals
22 July 2025 • Mark Westall
Tate Britain to present the first major exhibition to explore the intertwined lives and legacies of Turner and John Constable
Austen and Turner: Two British cultural heavyweights united at Harewood House
10 May 2025 • Tabish Khan
Cultural greats and colonial legacies uncovered.
Tate Britain celebrates Turner’s 250th birthday
25 April 2025 • Mark Westall
Tate Britain is celebrating the 250th birthday of renowned painter JMW Turner. To mark the anniversary, a new room showcasing… Read More
Sadie Coles HQ to open new 6,000 sq ft art space in Mayfair.
5 March 2025 • Mark Westall
Occupying a historic six-storey townhouse in the centre of Mayfair, the new 6,000 sq ft space will provide three galleries, a bookshop and private floors.
Turner 250: a year-long festival of special exhibitions and events.
23 January 2025 • Mark Westall
Taking place throughout 2025, the programme celebrates 250 years since the birth of renowned painter JMW Turner.
Royal Academy exploring imperial history with Entangled Pasts 1768-now
3 April 2024 • Meike Brunkhorst
It feels as if there’s another major exhibition announced every day this month, including three shows tackling aspects of postcolonial… Read More
The Top 4 Exhibitions to see in London right now
29 January 2023 • Tabish Khan
Tabish Khan the @LondonArtCritic picks his favourite Top 5 Exhibitions to see in London right now.
Turner’s Modern World
26 October 2020 • Mark Westall
Tate Britain presents a landmark exhibition dedicated to JMW Turner (1775-1851), exploring what it meant to be a modern artist during his lifetime. Turner’s Modern World reveals how Britain’s greatest landscape painter found new ways to capture the momentous events of his day, from technology’s impact on the natural world to the dizzying effects of modernisation on society.
The Top 5 Art Films to see in Isolation
20 April 2020 • Tabish Khan
The Top 5 Art Films to see in Isolation include Banksy, Turner, Van Gogh, satire and a haunted painting..
Daniel’s Value and Ideas #99: Gazing into the Abyss
11 December 2015 • daniel barnes
In his latest exhibition, Gazing Ball Paintings, at Gagosian New York, Koons oversteps the mark of decency and demonstrates that the most horrifying thing about his art is its sincerity.
JMW Turner: gallery to retrace artist’s London-Margate steamboat journey
27 October 2015 • Mark Westall
Turner Contemporary will bring to life trip painter often made to visit mistress – and to paint – to mark gallery’s fifth anniversary
Tate Exhibition programme for 2014 announced highlights include: Matisse, Mondrian, Richard Hamilton and Turner
21 April 2013 • Mark Westall
Tate highlights for the 2014 programme will include major exhibitions from: Henri Matisse, Piet Mondrian, JMW Turner, Richard Hamilton and Kazimir Malevich.
Call it the Tracey Emin effect: art overcoming austerity outside London
30 December 2011 • Mark Westall
Turner, Hepworth, FirstSite – the success of new galleries is making the case for culture-led regeneration
Monet water lily paintings to make UK debut at Tate Liverpool
13 December 2011 • Mark Westall
An exhibition of Monet, Turner and Twombly at Tate Liverpool will include two water lilies paintings never seen in the UK
