As museums around the world celebrate the 250th birthday of JMW Turner, it's time to reappraise his beloved and celebrated ...

This year’s nominees for the prestigious art award include Mohammed Sami, an Iraqi painter, and Zadie Xa, a Canadian ...

Anyone wanting to understand why Joseph Mallord William Turner is Britain’s greatest artist need look no further than his extraordinary 1842 painting Snow Storm – Steam-Boat Off a Harbour’s ...

A long-lost J.M.W. Turner painting of Venice has been rediscovered in Vienna, where scientific analysis has confirmed its authenticity, surprisingly linking it to another similar work in a major ...

Mohammed Sami is by far the best artist on the shortlist and is already emerging as a clear favourite to win. Although the ...

An oil sketch created by JMW Turner on Margate's seafront is about to go on display in the Kent town to mark 250 years since artist's birth. Waves Breaking on a Lee Shore at Margate will be on ...

Turner's painting depicts this once-mighty gladiator ... a forlorn lament for past glories and a lost way of life. But this misses its essential point. The Fighting Temeraire is really about ...

The Thanet gallery, built near the spot where the celebrated artist loved to paint the sea, was named after him when it opened in 2011. A Turner Contemporary spokesperson said the painting was a ...