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The Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle upon Tyne have a new Turner exhibition taking place from 10th May until 7th September 2024.

The Turner – Art, Industry & Nostalgia exhibition includes over 20 works by Turner and explores the rise of steam power and industry in Britain.

Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire (1839) (on loan from the National Gallery) will be the centrepiece of the exhibition, which explores the rise of steam power and industry in Britain.

This is of particular relevance to the North East, with ship building still very much part of the identity of the region.

The Laing Art Gallery is one of twelve partners to be loaned a masterpiece in celebration of the 200th birthday of the National Gallery, with all partners opening their exhibitions on 10th May 2024 – the National Gallery’s official bicentenary.

Turner – Art, Industry & Nostalgia will include over 20 works by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), one of Britain’s greatest and most prolific painters.

The Fighting Temeraire, one of the artist’s best-known works, is a tribute to the ship HMS Temeraire, which played a distinguished role in The Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.

The painting shows the final journey of the ship as it is towed along the river Thames by a modern paddle-wheel steam tug in 1838, towards its final berth in Rotherhithe to be broken up for scrap.

It is significant for the North East and its industrial heritage that the two steam tugboats that pulled the Temeraire in reality (the Samson and the London) were manufactured on Tyneside.

In addition to bringing together over 20 works by Turner, Turner – Art, Industry & Nostalgia includes other important pieces by artists including Tacita Dean, Chris Killip, L.S. Lowry, and James McNeill Whistler.

The exhibition will be displayed across two of our galleries on the first floor, with sections exploring Turner’s life and career, the role of the Temeraire itself, Turner’s depiction of steamboats and industrial subjects, and the continuing story of the industrial landscape in art.

Admission charges apply.

Ticket prices are as follows…

Full price (with donation) – £7
Full price (without donation) – £5
Concessions (senior citizens age 65+, students, registered unemployed, disabled people plus free entry for one carer) – £4
Multi-visit – £12
Member (Membership discount applies to Friends of the Laing, Art Fund members and Laing Exhibition Partners) – £2.50
Multi-visit member – £7
21 and under – Free

Tickets can be purchased on the day, no need to pre-book.

Each ticket is a 30 minute admission time and is valid for 90 minutes from the time you enter the exhibition.

High demand for tickets is anticipated and capacity is limited for each time slot.

More information about the exhibition can be found here Turner – Art, Industry & Nostalgia Exhibition (opens in a new window).

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