Events

Turner 250

2025 marked two hundred and fifty years since the birth of Romantic painter JMW Turner (1775–1851).

Timed to coincide with the Turner and Constable exhibition at Tate Britain and to help bring celebrations of Turner’s 250th anniversary year to a close, this conference took Turner’s art and life as a starting point for exploring what it means to research Turner and to curate his work today.

Panel 1: Curating Turner Now

Panel 2: Researching Turner’s Bequest

Panel 3: Building Turner’s Reputation

Panel 3B: Building Turner’s Reputation

Panel 4: Eco-critical Approaches to the Artist

Panel 5: Artistic Legacies