John Constable, The White Horse, 1819 (detail) The Frick Collection, New York. J.M.W. Turner The Burning of the Houses of Lords and Commons, October 16, 1834, 1835 (detail) © Cleveland Museum of Art
Tate Britain presents the first major exhibition to explore the intertwined lives and legacies of Britain’s most revered landscape artists: JMW Turner (1775–1851) and John Constable (1776–1837).
Join Dr Amy Concannon, Senior Curator of Historic British Art at Tate and lead curator of this landmark exhibition for an ARTscapades talk as she explores how these radically different painters and personalities challenged artistic conventions of the time, developing ways of picturing the world which still resonate today. Marking the 250th anniversary years of their births and featuring over 190 paintings and works on paper, the exhibition traces the development of their careers in parallel, revealing the ways they were celebrated, criticised and pitted against each other.
Creators of some of the most daring and captivating works in the history of British art, we discover how Turner and Constable were pushed to new and original artistic visions, taking landscape painting in bold new directions and making it a genre worthy of grand canvases and prime importance.
The exhibition Turner & Constable: Rivals & Originals is at Tate Britain until 12 April 2026.
This event will be recorded. Ticket holders are emailed a link to view the recording afterwards which is available for one month. Proceeds from ARTscapades ticket sales benefit museums, galleries and other arts-based organisations and projects.
This is an online event hosted on Zoom which can be watched live with Q&A, or on-demand for one month afterwards. You will receive your link to access the event in your email confirmation and the on-demand link after the event ends.