Showing 65 results for 'J.M.W. Turner'
Why Turner turned square
Curator David Blayney Brown explains why J.M.W Turner started using unconventional canvases
J.M.W. Turner and Cy Twombly
Liu Xiaodong discusses the links between the work of J.M.W. Turner and Cy Twombly
Mr. Turner and Mr. Leigh
‘Eccentric, anarchic, vulnerable, imperfect, erratic and sometimes uncouth.’ Mike Leigh’s extraordinary new film Mr. Turner is a tender and touching …
Olafur Eliasson on J.M.W Turner
Eliasson has analysed seven paintings by Turner to create Turner colour experiments
MixTate: Prayer on J.M.W. Turner
For the ninth mix in our series, experimental producer Prayer takes inspiration from J.M.W. Turner’s The Fall of Anarchy (?) …
Turner's Modern World
J.M.W. Turner is revered as a landscape painter but his art is also suffused with the wonders of modern technology, …
The Sun is God: J.M.W. Turner
New York-based video artist Paul Pfeiffer explains how J.M.W. Turner’s painting Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory) – The Morning after …
J.M.W. Turner, the Original Artist-Curator
Explore another side of Turner: the curator who designed his own gallery to display and promote his paintings
‘This man Turner, he learnt a lot from me’
Simon Grant talks to Christopher Rothko and Kate Rothko Prizel about their father Mark Rothko’s admiration for J.M.W. Turner, which …
The artist and the Emperor: J.M.W. Turner
During a visit to Tate Britain, Katharina Fritsch finds herself ‘sucked into’ the allure and eccentric character of J.M.W. Turner’s …
Into the light with JMW Turner
The work of J.M.W. Turner has influenced a wide range of cinematographers, filmmakers and artists working with film over the …
Six Ways J.M.W. Turner Painted a Changing World
Discover how the artist faced the challenges of depicting a new, modern Britain
Details, Details: J.M.W. Turner’s Snow Storm 1842
Scientist Katharine Hayhoe sees a story about climate change in J.M.W. Turner’s painting
A Sketch at Every Turn
Intimate, beautiful and extremely delicate, J.M.W. Turner’s sketchbooks are an insight into the painter’s extraordinary imagination
Gazing into the watery abyss: Aquatopia: The Imaginary of the Ocean Deep at Tate St Ives
Ninety per cent of the world’s oceans remain unexplored, fuelling our fascination for and fear of the sea for centuries, …
The imagination set ablaze
Learn more about J.M.W. Turner's extraordinary watercolour sketches of the burning of the Houses of Parliament in 1834
Private View: J.M.W. Turner's skies
The Hebridean islands are known for their expansive skies that are unpredictable and impressive in equal measure – something that …
J.M.W. Turner's Colour Trials 1791: Tate Etc. at Tate Britain / Artists' Perspectives
Tate Etc. invited a selection of artists from around the world to choose a favoured work from a fellow artist. …
Poem of the month: Laura Scott: Norham Castle, Sunrise
Every month, Tate Etc. publishes new poetry inspired by a work in the Tate. This June, Laura Scott was inspired …
Winsome Pinnock on J.M.W. Turner's Painting 'Slave Ship'
The playwright describes the beauty and horror of Slave Ship, which inspired her new play Rockets and Blue Lights