J.M.W. Turner
Poetic pose: Lord Byron the image-conscious Romantic in five portraits
The face of the scandal-ridden, best-selling celebrity poet—who died 200 years ago, and had a great influence on 19th-century artists and composers—was better known in his era than that of anyone save Napoloen Bonaparte
School of Lord Byron: how the first global celebrity influenced art, portraiture and attitudes to built heritage
JMW Turner, Eugène Delacroix and Théodore Géricault were among the artists inspired by the much-portrayed poet whose concern for Venice and the Parthenon Marbles has a resonance 200 years after his death
In bed with JMW Turner: erotic side of painter explored in new exhibition
A new exhibition at Turner’s House in Twickenham explores a more sensual body of work by the famed painter of maritime scenes
This is not just a Monet—it’s an M&S Monet
An unrecorded painting, owned by the British high-street store Marks and Spencer, is probably a major rediscovery
The British Museum demeans itself by selling its works as NFTs—and will probably live to regret it
In giving cultural validity to meaningless reproductions of Turner and Hokusai pieces, The British Museum blurs the lines between real and fake at its peril
British Museum banks on Turner NFTs after Hokusai initiative
Prices for Ultra Rare editions start at €4,999 but museum sales percentage remains under wraps
Northern Irish activist collective wins Turner Prize 2021 with a ‘pub without permission’
Array Collective was picked from shortlist of activist art groups, while show questions whether the future of British art belongs in galleries or museums
Dynamic brushstrokes representing 'nature's own flux': new monograph details how Constable got experimental in his late career
The artist’s final period, marred by personal loss, saw him move away from topographical accuracy to embrace a more synthetic form of picture-making
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Turner’s take on the speed and horrors of the modern world to Ann Veronica Janssen’s playful, light-bending sculptures
Has coronavirus helped unmask the real prices of art?
Plus, JMW Turner at the Tate and John Stezaker on Bruegel
An expert’s guide to J.M.W. Turner: four must-read books on the British painter
All you ever wanted to know about Turner, from a “rollicking read” of a biography to a “picture book with a point”—selected by the Romantic period painting specialist David Blayney Brown
Are you a Turner or Constable man? David Hockney weighs in on Britain's greatest art rivalry
In behind-the-scenes footage from an award-winning documentary, the British artist talks about being part of the great landscape painting tradition
What will culture be like in the next decade?
Plus, Simon Schama on J.M.W. Turner. Produced in association with Christie's
In Pictures | Can’t travel to Venice? Immerse yourself in a new book on Turner’s paintings of the watery city
Five paintings and sketches by the British artist selected from a new book
Largest US exhibition of works by J.M.W. Turner opens in Nashville
The Frist Art Museum has secured more than 70 works from the Tate’s Turner Bequest
Export bar placed on Turner's masterpiece The Dark Rigi
The watercolour painting, considered one of the artist's finest works, was sold to a private collector in 2006
Beguiled then bewildered: Ruskin's love-hate relationship with Turner
On The Art Newspaper podcast, we find out how the great Victorian critic learnt directly from the artist but struggled with his late work and erotica
Turner Contemporary celebrates T.S. Eliot's The Waste Land with show curated by local community
Exhibition in Margate includes works by Edward Hopper, Lee Miller and John Stezaker
UK government places export bar on Turner’s Ehrenbreitstein
Arts minister Michael Ellis has stepped in to prevent the painting from being exported
Interview: Why Mike Leigh turned to art
The British director on his acclaimed big-screen portrait of Turner—and the artist’s “box of tricks”
Tate Turner catalogue delayed again
The Tate still has 21,000 works to publish online—but those already posted suggest it will be worth the wait
Turner’s final flourish: Tate show traces his highly productive late period
150 works produced from 1835 until his death in 1851 will dispel oversimplifications of this later works
Thirty-year wait for Turner catalogue almost over?
The Tate says all detailed entries will be available online by 2014, but critics fear loss of scholarship
Tate Britain Director defends curatorial changes
Constable and Turner experts may go
Sandy Nairne and his life as an undercover negotiator: The ethics of retrieving Tate's Turners
The National Portrait Gallery director had a sensitive, secret role in recovering the stolen paintings
Tate Turners on tour: 'J.M.W. Turner' to be exhibited at Beijing's National Art Museum
Having travelled the US and Russia, the Turner exhibition will head to China
Collector sells £15m Turner collection to buy Chinese contemporary art
Baron Ullens is acquiring new works for his Beijing gallery
Tate launches appeal to buy Turner's Blue Rigi
The Blue Rigi has been sold to an overseas collector, and after last year's loss of the Dark Rigi the pressure is on
Tate to launch campaign to buy Turner’s Blue Rigi for £5m–the highest price it has ever paid for a work of art
The gallery is hoping to display all three Rigi watercolours in January, uniting them for the first time
Turner seller might have done better with Tate
Why was The Dark Rigi sold privately, when a public sale would have given valuable tax breaks?