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One of JMW Turner’s earliest paintings rediscovered after 150 years

Depiction of a stormy Bristol landscape to be sold after artist’s signature was found when it was cleaned

The Guardian - UK · Jun 6, 2025

Five Turner works to be auctioned on 250th anniversary of painter’s birth

A watercolour titled Lake Brienz, With The Setting Moon, is estimated to fetch between £600,000 and £800,000.

Evening Standard · Jun 4, 2025

Austen and Turner: A Country House Encounter captures the spirit of two great geniuses, born 250 years ago

Harewood House, with its impressive history and classic English beauty, is a magnificent place to visit in Leeds, west Yorkshire. The house frequently hosts remarkable exhibitions and cultural events devoted to art, poetry and history.

The Conversation · Jun 3, 2025

Hiroshige’s peerless prints, McCartney’s unseen snaps and Vancouver’s blue skies – the week in art

Van Gogh’s favourite Japanese artist is at the British Museum, Lisa Milroy’s memories of Canada are on show in London, and new thresholds are crossed by Do Ho Suh

The Guardian - UK · Apr 25, 2025

Mohammed Sami emerges as favourite in predictable Turner prize 2025 shortlist

The Turner prize is the world’s most prestigious award for contemporary art. Named after the renowned British painter J.M.W. Turner, the prize used to be a huge media affair. After it relaunched in 1991, it had a full live feature on Channel 4 (back in the day when most people…

The Conversation · Apr 24, 2025

Who is shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2025? Check out the four artists

A guide to the artists nominated for the 2025 Turner Prize, with the exhibition taking place in Bradford this year...

Evening Standard · Apr 24, 2025

An irrelevant bourgeois ritual: this year’s Turner prize shortlist is the soppiest ever

Holy balls of wool! From pointless paintings to emotionless snapshots, the once-controversial award tiptoes too earnestly across the minefield of today’s culture wars

The Guardian - UK · Apr 23, 2025

'Turner's spirit of innovation is still alive': Shortlisted artists announced for 2025 Turner Prize

From huge paintings to complex installations, this year's shortlisted artists for the Turner Prize embrace the 250-year-old artist's ambition.

Euronews · Apr 23, 2025

Why JMW Turner is still Britain’s best artist, 250 years on

The revered artist conjured groundbreaking scenes of gods, legends and lost civilisations, but, more than anything, his work came to represent the complex soul of Britain like that of no artist before or since

The Guardian - UK · Apr 19, 2025

No one took greater imaginative leaps and risks than Turner – he’s Britain’s greatest artist

IN FOCUS: It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured paintings have never been surpassed, says Mark Hudson

The Independent UK · Apr 13, 2025