Turner and Australia is the first major exhibition to survey the profound influence of J.M.W. Turner on Australian art.

A journey through two centuries of epic landscape painting, this unique and compelling exhibition explores both the timing of Turner’s major artistic breakthroughs, which coincided with the development and origins of a school of art in Australia, and his continuing influence on artists working in Australia today.

The exhibition draws a line of influence from Turner’s contemporary John Glover, who migrated to Australia in 1831, aged 64, through to cutting edge contemporary art, and includes within its orbit those who have worked consciously within Turner’s legacy, and those for whom his influence is unintentional and the result of an inherited tradition of European-derived landscape art.

This unforgettable exhibition is complemented by a substantial publication of original and ground-breaking research that comprehensively examines the depth and breadth of Turner’s influence on Australian art. Through the different facets of the project, of significant artworks and new research, Turner and Australia presents a new perspective on the story of Australian art.

Whether visitors are new to Turner, or have long been under his spell, Turner and Australia will enthrall all through the vitality, scope, and sheer awe-inspiring power of his art, and the art of those that have followed in his wake.