The white space erupted with the sound of a hundred voices; soaring to heights and rumbling in the depths. The music was Orlando Gough’s new composition The Red Volcano commissioned for the opening of Turner Contemporary, to be premiered next month. The performance will coincide with the inaugural exhibition at which the Turner master piece [...] read more

With just over a week till the gallery opens, the last of the auditions for Bodies in Urban Spaces took place on 1 and 2 April. Bodies in Urban Spaces is a performance trail, choreographed by Willi Dorner, that will see participants create a trail of weird and wonderful site-specific body interventions around Margate Old [...] read more

When I first considered moving to Margate, I had spent four years in London since moving from the US to study. Leaving the capital wasn’t my natural inclination, but as the possibility materialised with a job as Curator at Turner Contemporary I quickly saw the advantages: the much cheaper cost of living, the greater sense [...] read more

I could barely contain my excitement.  Not only was I in Norwich, a fine city – and in my opinion the most glorious city in England – but I was about to be the first person from Turner Contemporary to see our new Object Dialogue Box in the flesh.  If only Baguette Express in the [...] read more

Art Works has changed my life! But before I begin to explain how, I need to say a few things about my life before the course. At the age of 14 I lost my mother, this affected me more than anyone could imagine. Once the storm had passed I decided I would move out of [...] read more