Turner Contemporary Margate

We own up to not being that crazy about Turner as a painter but we're glad he has inspired the building of the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate.


On our first visit we liked.....
The big north facing window with Daniel Buren's work in situ Borrowing and Multiplying the Landscape part of the opening show Revealed:Turner Contemporary Opens.

The celebrated Margate light.

The space and height.
The way view of the building from the end of the harbour wall makes sense.

The gallery staff are excellent well trained, knowledgeable and engaging.
The cafe, the menu, the terrace and the staff.
The mix of visitors- the obvious arty types and lots of interested local people who are probably not regular gallery goers.

It's free !

Our  misgivings were that...
The opening show did not seem big enough there is feeling of emptiness and unused space.
The building feels a bit back to front we found ourselves hoping for a balcony overlooking the sea.

Overall we reckon it's fab we'll be checking out the next show in September -Nothing in the World but Youth.