Overview
- Running from October 25, 2025 to February 22, 2026, the show marks Turner’s 250th anniversary at the Walker Art Gallery.
- Jeff Koons’s Gazing Ball (Turner Ancient Rome) is on loan and placed as the opening work, underscoring the exhibition’s contemporary dialogue.
- Damien Hirst’s Two Similar Swimming Forms in Endless Motion (1993) features in formaldehyde tanks, with organisers reporting a first display in Liverpool and first showing alongside Turner paintings.
- Liverpool’s collection of Turners, including rarely exhibited works on paper from National Museums Liverpool, forms the core of the presentation.
- Curated over two years by Melissa Gustin, the display mixes historic paintings with artists such as Bridget Riley, Maggi Hambling, Monet and Pissarro, with playful personal loans to invite fresh connections.