
Turner Prize 2026 opens at MIMA as Middlesbrough Art Week gets underway
25 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Turner Prize 2026 opens at MIMA with four shortlisted artists as Middlesbrough Art Week unfolds across the town.
MIMA connects art, people and ideas to empower creative lives and positively contribute to society. An international art gallery and museum, we commission, collect and re-think modern and contemporary art. We build and celebrate creativity and support change towards an open and inclusive future. As part of Teesside University and closely connected with the School of Arts & Creative Industries, MIMA is dedicated to collaborative learning, research and innovation.

25 September 2026 • Mark Westall
Turner Prize 2026 opens at MIMA with four shortlisted artists as Middlesbrough Art Week unfolds across the town.

27 August 2026 • Mark Westall
A Man Called Adam will celebrate the Turner Prize’s arrival on Teesside with a free multi-sensory after party at Middlesbrough Town Hall.

23 April 2026 • Mark Westall
The Turner Prize 2026 shortlist has been revealed, with four artists exploring sculpture, performance and installation in a major exhibition at MIMA.

10 December 2025 • Mark Westall
The jury commended Kalu’s bold and compelling work, praising her lively translation of expressive gesture into captivating abstract sculpture and drawing

14 July 2025 • Mark Westall
MIMA, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, is set to host the Turner Prize 2026, one of the world’s preeminent prizes for contemporary art.

27 May 2025 • Mark Westall
Today Frieze and Deutsche Bank announced details of their 2025 Emerging Curators Fellowship, which this year will partner with MIMA

7 April 2023 • Tabish Khan
An exhibition about excavation containing gems by top artists.