Covent Garden – Art Competition 2027
ARTIST BRIEF
MAKE SOME NOISE
Turner made waves. Now it’s your turn to add your own note
Turner’s world was not only about paint and light. Music was a recurring presence in his life and work. More than two centuries later, music fills The Porterhouse, with live bands playing every Thursday, Friday and Saturday. From Turner’s fascination with the relationship between music and painting to the live music of today, the dialogue between art and sound continues. We’re asking the artist in you to make some noise…
We are launching the second J.M.W. Turner Art Competition, with The Porterhouse Bar, Turner’s birthplace on Maiden Lane, and The Turner Society.
This year’s brief: create an original work inspired by the sounds of Covent Garden. Paint it, draw it, photograph it, print it, make it loud.
SIZE OF ART WORK:
A3 portrait. Artwork has to be supplied as high resolution (300 dpi) jpeg via WeTransfer to: [email protected]
KEY DATES:
• Entries close: 26th February 2027
• Winner announced: 23rd March 2027
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Where: Mr Turner’s Bar, The Porterhouse, WC2E 7NA
PRIZES INCLUDE:
• Artist in Residence at The Porterhouse, including your own exhibition
• Run a workshop in Mr Turner’s Bar
• A pint of beer every week for a year
• Your work exhibited publicly
• Winner and runner-ups’ artwork published in The Covent Gardener
ENTRIES WILL BE JUDGED BY A DISTINGUISHED PANEL INCLUDING:
• Pieter van der Merwe, Chairman of The Turner Society
• Christine Riding, Director of Collections & Research at the National Gallery
• Chris Orr MBE, Royal Academician
• Arabelle Liepold, Director of the Society of Illustrators, New York
• Clive Boursnell, Renowned photographer documenting Covent Garden since the 60s