Open
Tuesday to Sunday
and bank holidays
10am - 6pm
(Closed Mondays, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Eve)
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Alex Katz: Give Me Tomorrow
Until 13 Jan 2013
Free admission, upper galleries
Come and explore our current exhibition, full of paintings by one of America's most important living artists, Alex Katz. The exhibition features portraits, land and seascapes, figure studies and flowers. Alongside these works are Katz's personal selection of paintings from the Tate Collection.
#katz Alex Katz! Such colour! Reminded me of Italian frescos too. Loved curated works - esp Hockney & Hodgkin. Go on a dull winter day @danabouttown
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Maria Nepomuceno:
Tempo para Respirar
(Breathing Time)
Until 17 March 2013
Free admission, Sunley Gallery
Immerse yourself in Brazilian artist Maria Nepomuceno's new commission for our Sunley Gallery, created with the help of local artists and makers and members of the public. Lie in the hammock, feel the textures of the coiled rope and handmade beads and listen to interesting sounds as you become part of the artwork.
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Thu 1 Nov & Fri 2 Nov, 12 noon
Free, drop in
Inspired by Alex Katz's love of poetry, writers and graduate students from the Centre for Modern Poetry and Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Kent give lunchtime readings in the galleries of Frank O'Hara's Lunch Poems.
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Fri 9 & Fri 23 Nov, 3pm
Free, drop in
Join a member of our programming team for a spotlight talk in front of featured artworks:
9 Nov - Alex Katz, Coleman Pond / David Hockney, Man in Shower in Beverley Hills
23 Nov - Alex Katz, Road / Piet Mondrian, The Tree A / Arbre
22 Nov - special guest tour with Curator Holly Grange
A free guided tour of the exhibition takes place every Saturday and Sunday at 11am.
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Alex Katz and the New York School
Thu 1 Nov, 6pm
Tickets: £5 / £4 concessions
Poet and critic David Herd talks about the New York School poets that Alex Katz painted, their influence on his work, and reads from some of their key works.
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Alex Katz and the American Dream
Thu 7 Nov, 6pm
Tickets: £5 / £4 concessions
Following the 2012 US presidential election, author and critic Bonnie Greer, writer on American culture Sarah Churchwell and painter Merlin James discuss the class politics of Katz's paintings and question whether the American Dream is still possible.
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Curating Katz
Thu 29 Nov, 7pm
Tickets: £5 / £4 concessions
Artistic Director of Tate St Ives Martin Clark and Head of Exhibitions at Turner Contemporary Sarah Martin reflect on their curatorial approach to Katz's work for Give Me Tomorrow.
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Easy Holidays: Story Portraits
Thu 1 Nov, 1- 4pm£3 per child / free for adults, under 3s and families living in CT9 postcode, drop in
Taking inspiration from Katz's portrait paintings in Give Me Tomorrow, adults and children can create their own collage story together, with help from artist Beccy McCray and the University for the Creative Arts.
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Easy Sundays
Every week, 1- 4pm
£3 per child / free for adults, under 3s and families living in CT9 postcode, drop in
Help artist Luke Vandenberg to create theatre sets and props at Lights, Katz, Action! on 4 & 18 November, and make textile tunnels inspired by Nepomuceno's immersive installation on 11 & 25 November.
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Life Drawing classes with Roy Eastland
Tue 13, 20, 27 Nov, 6-8pm£8 / £7 concessions per session
Artist Roy Eastland returns to give a series of life drawing classes, in our Foyle Room which overlooks the sea.
Saturday Studio:
Pouncing Portraits
Every week except Craft Club days
1-4pm, drop in
£3 per adult / children free
We have two activities for you to take part in - try Katz's pouncing technique when making your own portrait / make a wish to hang on our artist-made New Year tree, which will be in our Clore Learning Studio during the festive period.
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Portraits day workshop
Sat 17 Nov, 10am - 4pm
£50 / £40 concessions
Artist Charles Williams takes inspiration from Katz's iconic painting style to help you create a watercolour portrait, from life.
Craft Club
24 Nov, 1-4pm
Free, drop in
Learn craft techniques inspired by Nepomuceno's Sunley Gallery commission with our friendly volunteer craft enthusiasts.
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Fri 30 Nov, 6-9pm, free, drop inWe're getting the festive season started with our special late night event. Join us for the turning on of our Christmas tree lights, to sing carols, celebrate with craft activities and much more. We've got 10% discount in our shop and our neighbours in Margate Old Town are also staying open late - a great opportunity for some Christmas gift shopping.
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Northern Ballet's Beauty & the Beast
Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury
Tue 6 - Sat 10 Nov Be transported into an enchanting world of colour, inhabited by fairies, goblins and sprites, with an elaborate mirrored set, and haute couture-style costumes.
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Images:
Main image:
- Alez Katz: Give Me Tomorrow, installation view at Turner Contemporary, 2012. Photo Manu Palomeque
- Alex Katz, Black Hat (Bettina) 2010, Oil on linen Private Collection, London © Alex Katz/Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY Image courtesy Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris - Salzburg
- Maria Nepomuceno, Tempo para Respirar (Breathing Time), installation view at Turner Contemporary, 2012.
Photo Stephen White.
Alez Katz: Give Me Tomorrow, installation view at Turner Contemporary, 2012. Photo Manu Palomeque
- Easy Holidays. Photo Carmen De Witt
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