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Turner Contemporary is one of the UK’s leading art galleries. Situated on Margate seafront, on the same site where Britain's best-loved painter J. M. W. Turner stayed when visiting the town, Turner Contemporary presents a rolling programme of temporary exhibitions, events and learning opportunities which make intriguing links between historic and contemporary art. Turner Contemporary’s ambition is to make world-class art accessible to everyone, by helping every visitor to look at the world differently, encourage visitors to embrace their curiosity, in the spirit of our namesake, J. M. W. Turner. The organisation was founded in 2001 to contextualise, celebrate, and build on Turner’s association with Margate. In 2011, Turner Contemporary gallery, designed by Sir David Chipperfield, opened, and has fast become a visitor attraction of national and international importance. Turner Contemporary is a catalyst for the regeneration of Margate and East Kent, already welcoming over 1.8 million visits. The vision of the organisation is ''Art Inspiring Change'', using collaboration, learning, ambition and transformation to give everyone to access to world-class art.〔 In 2012, Turner Contemporary became a part of the Plus Tate network of visual arts organisations across the UK. Queen Elizabeth II visited Turner Contemporary on 11 November 2011, as part of a wider trip to Margate. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge visited Turner Contemporary on 11 March 2015. Prime Minister David Cameron also visited the gallery on 4 July 2013. So far, Turner Contemporary has: * Welcomed over 1.8 million visits (4% had never been to a gallery before). * Contributed over £41 million into the local economy through tourism and inward investment. * Engaged over 100,000 people in learning projects and activities. * Created a deep-rooted sense of community in and around the gallery. * Inspired over 35 new businesses to open in Margate since the gallery opened in 2011. == History == Creating a space to celebrate Turner’s association with Margate was the aspiration of local resident and former Chairman of the Margate Civic Society, John Crofts. He, along with a number of active members of the community, wanted to recognise and share the importance the seaside town played in Turner’s life. Through their enthusiasm and commitment, the group’s ambitions had grown by 1994 to a centre ''“which would explore Turner’s connection with Margate”'', as well as offer a contemporary art programme. In 1998, the Leader of Kent County Council and representatives of Kent Artists met to discuss the idea. At the same time, plans were being developed to create a cultural quarter in Margate’s Old Town as part of a wider East Kent Cultural Strategy – the idea of a Turner gallery that would stimulate Margate’s culture-led regeneration was born. In the late 1990s Kent County Council offered to fund and support the building of a new landmark gallery (later joined by Arts Council England and the South East England Development Agency). In 2001, Turner Contemporary was officially established, our Director Victoria Pomery was appointed and Droit House on Margate’s stone pier was opened as the exhibition space. Situated on the same site as Mrs Booth’s guest house, where Turner stayed when he visited the town, the gallery building designed by David Chipperfield Architects opened on 16 April 2011. J. M. W. Turner remarked to the influential writer and art critic John Ruskin that ''“…the skies over Thanet are the loveliest in all Europe”.'' Every visitor to the gallery can now experience the same views and unique Thanet light that drew J. M. W. Turner back to the East Kent coast time and again, and inspired much of his work.〔 In 2010, Turner Contemporary became an independent charitable trust. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Turner Contemporary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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