This spring marks the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth, and the first of several events commemorating the milestone is ...

Each painting captures a fragment of the ... where light and matter seem to dissolve in a warm breath from the sea. Catania, Sicily, by William Turner, is located at the Tate Britain, London.

Christine Riding Christine Riding is the head of the curatorial department and curator of British paintings at the National Gallery, London. She was lead curator and author of Turner and the Sea ...