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Open Tues to Sun and
bank holidays 10am-6pm
JMW Turner, The New Moon or I've lost My Boat, You shan't have Your Hoop, exhibited 1840, Oil on mahoganyCourtesy of Tate
Image © Tate, London 2010
Saturday 28th January 2012 - Sunday 13th May 2012
Turner and the Elements
Exhibition

'Magnificent paintings worth crawling on your hands and feet to Margate to see' Novelist and Psychogeographer Iain Sinclair

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Hamish Fulton: Walk, installation view at Turner Contemporary
Photo David Grandorge
Tuesday 17th January 2012 - Monday 7th May 2012
Hamish Fulton: Walk
Exhibition

Hamish Fulton's first one-person show in the UK since 2002 will include new work made as the result of the

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Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1901-04, Pentelican marble Courtesy of Tate, London 2011Photo © Brian Moody
Tuesday 4th October 2011 - Sunday 2nd September 2012
Rodin's The Kiss
Exhibition

Auguste Rodin’s life-size marble sculpture The Kiss (1901-04), on loan from the Tate collection, is on show in our Sunley Gallery. One

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Image © Ady Kerry
6 - 8pm Free Wednesday 1st February 2012
Turner and the Elements Inspiring Learning Education Evening
Schools

An education-focussed evening to see Turner and the Elements, our first major show of the painter's works.With over

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Auguste Rodin, The Kiss, 1901-4.
Tate, London 2011
3pm £5 / £4 concessions Thursday 2nd February 2012
Talk + Tea: Lyndsey Morgan
Talk

Former Conservator for Rodin's The Kiss (currently on show in Turner Contemporary's Sunley Gallery), Lyndsey Morgan, discusses her up-close

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Image © Ady Kerry
9.30am - 3pm Free Friday 3rd February 2012
In Our Element INSET
Schools

A free training day for primary and special school teachers, which gives lots of hands-on ideas to d

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Saturday Studio at Turner Contemporary
1 - 4pm £2 for adults Saturday 4th February 2012
Saturday Studio: Explorer's Journal
Workshop

Make your own expedition keepsake to draw, write and scribble onto in and out of the session.Designed

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11 - 11.30am Free Saturday 4th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Photo Ady Kerry
11 - 11.30am Free Sunday 5th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Family workshops at Turner Contemporary
1 - 4pm £2 per child (under threes and accompanying adults free) Sunday 5th February 2012
Easy Sundays: Natural Wonders
Families

Draw with a difference using the power of the elements and minerals such as iron filings instead of a traditional pencil. Every

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Turner Contemporary Forum
6pm Free Wednesday 8th February 2012
Encounter Forum
Forum

Take part in lively discussions about the work of Turner Contemporary and have your chance to participate in our future programming.

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Illustrated London News, The statue at Mr Wyatt's Foundry, October 3 1846Courtesy Jan Piggott Collection 
3pm £5 / £4 concessions Thursday 9th February 2012
Talk + Tea: Dr Jan Piggott
Talk

Former Head of English and Keeper of Archives at Dulwich College Dr Jan Piggott explores the topical context of Turner's

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Saturday Studio at Turner Contemporary
1 - 4pm £2 for adults Saturday 11th February 2012
Saturday Studio: Colour Lab
Workshop

Mix your own paints with pigments from Turner’s palette, then paint your own elemental scene.Designed for everyone

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11 - 11.30am Free Saturday 11th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Photo Ady Kerry
11 - 11.30am Free Sunday 12th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Family workshops at Turner Contemporary
Photo © Ady Kerry
1 - 4pm £2 per child (under threes and accompanying adults free) Sunday 12th February 2012
Easy Sundays: Sonic Play
Families

Create your own elemental scene whilst listening to mystical tunes composed by students from Canterbury Christ Church University.

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3pm Free Tuesday 14th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Bookworms story time
11am - 12 midday Free Wednesday 15th February 2012
Bookworms story time
Families

Join the Turner Contemporary bookworms for a special story time, where we read aloud children’s books related to the

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Family workshops at Turner Contemporary
Photo © Ady Kerry
1 - 4pm £2 per child (under threes and accompanying adults free) Wednesday 15th February 2012
Easy Holidays: Paint the elements
Families

Try painting your own elemental scene with watercolour and acrylic paints.Every Wednesday and Thursday during the school holidays,

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Talk   Tea: Dr Karen Aplin
3pm £5 / £4 concessions Thursday 16th February 2012
Talk + Tea: Dr Karen Aplin

Dr Karen Aplin, Director of Physics Teaching Laboratories University of Oxford, shares her recent research on the 'Meteorological Phenomena in

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Family workshops at Turner Contemporary
Photo © Ady Kerry
1 - 4pm £2 per child (under threes and accompanying adults free) Thursday 16th February 2012
Easy Holidays: Paint the elements
Families

Try painting your own elemental scene with watercolour and acrylic paints.Every Wednesday and Thursday during the school holidays,

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Saturday Studio at Turner Contemporary
1 - 4pm £2 for adults Saturday 18th February 2012
Saturday Studio: Explorer's Journal
Workshop

Make your own expedition keepsake to draw, write and scribble onto in and out of the session.Designed

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11 - 11.30am Free Saturday 18th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Photo Ady Kerry
11 - 11.30am Free Sunday 19th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Family workshops at Turner Contemporary
Photo © Ady Kerry
1 - 4pm £2 per child (under threes and accompanying adults free) Sunday 19th February 2012
Easy Sundays: Natural Wonders
Families

Draw with a difference using the power of the elements and minerals such as iron filings instead of a traditional pencil. Every

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3pm Free Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Artists' Salon
Artists

Join our peer-to-peer artwork critique session. Email sangiama@turnercontemporary.org to take part. 

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Turner Contemporary Forum
6pm Free Wednesday 22nd February 2012
Encounter Forum
Forum

Take part in lively discussions about the work of Turner Contemporary and have yourchance to participate in our future programming. Come along

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JMW Turner, Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate circa 1840© Tate, London 2010
3pm £5 / £4 concessions Thursday 23rd February 2012
Talk + Tea: Christine Riding
Talk

Senior Curator of Paintings and Head of the Arts Department at the National Maritime Museum, Christine Riding, focuses on Turner's

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Matthew Wright, Wavetable
6 - 10pm Free Friday 24th February 2012
Late Night Live: Elemental
Performance

Join us for our monthly free Late Night Live event, when the gallery stays open until 10pm.Contemporary artists

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1 - 4pm Free Saturday 25th February 2012
Craft Club
Club

Learn how to knit with coloured wool inspired by Turner's paintings and more at this monthly club, run by

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Seascape oil painting
10am - 4pm £50 / £40 concessions Saturday 25th February 2012
Seascape oil painting
Workshop

Learn how to create a seascape using oil paints with award winning artist Sarah Spencer.In partnership with

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11 - 11.30am Free Saturday 25th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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2pm £5 / £4 concessions Sunday 26th February 2012
Screen Sunday: Touching the Void
Film

Touching the Void2003 (15) Dir. Kevin Macdonald  The true story of two climbers and their terrifying journey up the west face

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11 - 11.30am Free Sunday 26th February 2012
Exhibition tour
Tour

A Turner Contemporary Navigator leads a free 30 minute guided tour of the exhibition.

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Family workshops at Turner Contemporary
1 - 4pm £2 per child (under threes and accompanying adults free) Sunday 26th February 2012
Easy Sundays: Sonic Play
Families

Create your own elemental scene whilst listening to mystical tunes composed by students from Canterbury Christ Church University.

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Photo Ady Kerry
3pm Free Tuesday 28th February 2012
Special Guest Exhibition Tour
Tour

Chairman of the Turner Society Andrew Wilton leads a guided tour of our current exhibition Turner and the Elements.

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