Margate gallery blacks out window as it hosts Turner shortlist artists

Turner Contemporary showing works by four artists in running including Oscar Murillo canvas

A breathtaking view of the North Sea that captivated and inspired JMW Turner and led to the creation of a contemporary art gallery in his name has been partially blacked out for reasons many people will completely understand.

Fiona Parry, the senior curator at Turner Contemporary in Margate, said: “It represents the darkness of our contemporary moment. The darkness of the political moment in the UK and globally.”