Turner Prize 2026 Opens at MIMA as Korean Art Survey and Kentridge Premiere Lead the Week
The Turner Prize 2026 is set to commence at MIMA in Middlesbrough on 26 September and will continue through 29 March, featuring nominees Kira Freije, Simeon Barclay, Tanoa Sasraku, and Marguerite Humeau. On 1 October, the British Museum in London will unveil a comprehensive exhibition showcasing 2,000 years of Korean art, which will be available until 31 January. William Kentridge's animated work, A Nicely Built City, will debut at Goodman Gallery in London, remaining on display until 7 November. Additionally, Mark Wallinger's exhibition at Paul Stolper Gallery will be open until 24 October, while Fail We May, Sail We Must can be seen at the Brown Collection until 7 August. The National Gallery features Rembrandt's An Elderly Man as Saint Paul, and the Greek prime minister has indicated that an agreement regarding the Parthenon marbles may be possible.
Key facts
- Turner prize 2026 opens at MIMA, Middlesbrough, on 26 September and runs until 29 March
- Shortlisted artists are Kira Freije, Simeon Barclay, Tanoa Sasraku and Marguerite Humeau
- British Museum opens a 2,000-year survey of Korean art, belief and philosophy from 1 October to 31 January
- William Kentridge's animated film A Nicely Built City has its world premiere at Goodman Gallery, London, until 7 November
- Mark Wallinger: Circling the Square is at Paul Stolper Gallery, London, until 24 October
- Fail We May, Sail We Must draws on Glenn Brown's collection at the Brown Collection, London, until 7 August
- Rembrandt's An Elderly Man as Saint Paul, probably 1659, is the week's masterpiece at the National Gallery, London
- The Greek prime minister said a deal to return the Parthenon marbles could still be reached
Entities
Artists
- Kira Freije
- Simeon Barclay
- Tanoa Sasraku
- Marguerite Humeau
- William Kentridge
- Mark Wallinger
- Salvador Dalí
- George Romney
- Glenn Brown
- Rembrandt
- Nicole Eisenman
- Ce Roser
- Sophie Calle
- Magali Reus
- René Magritte
- Beverly Buchanan
- Rachel Kneebone
- Dylan Thomas
- Zak Ové
- Quentin Bell
- Vanessa Bell
- Clive Bell
- Virginia Woolf
- Raqib Shaw
- Paul Nash
- Barbara Hepworth
- David Bomberg
- Henry Moore
- Lucian Freud
- Roger Fry
- Herbert Read
- Wolfgang Tillmans
- Cornelia Parker
- Gillian Wearing
- David Nash
- Charmaine Watkiss
- Maggi Hambling
- Andy Goldsworthy
- Duncan Grant
- Aimée Parrott
- Nancy Cadogan
- Emma Tennant
- Mike Perry
- Cedric Morris
- Thérèse Oulton
- Mike Nelson
- Gordon Matta-Clark
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti
- William Holman Hunt
- John Everett Millais
- Edward Burne-Jones
- Arthur Hughes
- William Morris
- Dante Alighieri
- Geoffrey Chaucer
- John Keats
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Steve McQueen
- Do Ho Suh
- Rachel Whiteread
- Jasleen Kaur
- Caroline Walker
- Anne Tallentire
- Hetain Patel
- Andrea Luka Zimmerman
- Gavin Turk
- Hannah Starkey
- Jacqui Poncelet
- Beth Hughes
- L.S. Lowry
- Wilhelmina Barns-Graham
- Eric Ravilious
Institutions
- MIMA
- British Museum
- Goodman Gallery
- Paul Stolper Gallery
- Brown Collection
- National Gallery
- Sadie Coles HQ
- The Guardian
- MK Gallery
- The Sherborne
- Charleston
- Compton Verney
- Southampton City Art Gallery
- Hastings Contemporary
- Modern Art Oxford
- De La Warr Pavilion
- Laing Art Gallery
- The Box Plymouth
- Tate St Ives
- Turner Prize
- Turner on Tees
- Hartlepool Art Gallery
- Redcar Palace
- Darlington Library Gallery
- ARC
- The Auxiliary
- Artlyst
- Canadian Centre for Architecture
- Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery
- Touchstones Rochdale
- The Ingram Collection
Locations
- Middlesbrough
- United Kingdom
- London
- Greece
- Stonehenge
- Korea
- Milton Keynes
- Bexhill
- Oxford
- Firle
- Warwick
- Southampton
- Hastings
- Newcastle
- Plymouth
- St Ives
- Tees Valley
- Hartlepool
- Redcar
- Darlington
- Stockton-on-Tees
- Dorset
- Maine
- Mount Desert Island
- Compass Harbor
- France
- Europe