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Turner House Gallery is an art gallery and multi-purpose cultural venue in Penarth, near Cardiff, Wales.
The gallery was built in 1887/8, designed by architect Edwin Seward in a Queen Anne style[1] for the rich local flour merchant, James Pyke Thompson.[2] Pyke Thompson used the gallery to exhibit his collection of artworks, which include drawings, etchings, and ceramics, by artists including Rembrandt, with free entry to the public.[3] The collection notably includes paintings by J. M. W. Turner,[citation needed] after which the gallery was named.
Turner House Gallery was acquired by the National Museum of Wales in 1921 and used to display the museum's secondary public art collection.[3]
The building was given Grade II listed status in 1993.[4]
In 2003 Turner House was taken over by the registered charity, Ffotogallery, and subsequently was used for photography-based exhibitions.[3] In 2014/15 the gallery became part of a wider Artes Mundi exhibition, staging works by Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson and Croatian artist Sanja Iveković for Artes Mundi 6.[5]
In 2018 Ffotogallery announced that it would be leaving Turner House for new premises in the centre of Cardiff, starting in July 2019. The town council were looking at creating a new cultural venue in the building.[6]
In July 2018 Penarth Town Council launched an online community consultation survey regarding the future use of Turner House and other buildings.[7] In 2021 the gallery reopened with Penarth Town Council working in partnership with Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales to use the building as multi-purpose cultural venue.[8][9]
The gallery regularly hosts Hayward Gallery touring exhibition shows.[9]
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A selection of exhibitions held at the gallery include:
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