Turner Prize

Name: Turner Prize
Start: 2025-09-27T00:00:00+01:00
Location: Cartwright Hall Art Gallery

In 2025-26 we teamed up with Tate to bring the Turner Prize to Bradford in this free exhibition.

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The world’s most exciting visual arts prize came to Bradford for the first time.

The annual Turner Prize showcases and celebrates the most exciting new developments in British art. In the year the UK celebrated the 250th anniversary of JMW Turner’s birth, the Turner Prize headed to Bradford.

The shortlisted artists – Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa – were announced on 23 April 2025, 250 years to the day since the birth of Turner, and Nnena Kalu was announced as the winner of the Turner Prize 2025 in Bradford on 9 December 2025.

The exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery has now closed, but you can learn more about the artists and their inspiration below.

Learn more about the artists →

A beautifully installed show of work by four very different artists and an intriguing snapshot of what’s going on in contemporary art.”

The Times

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One of the hottest tickets of the year.”

The Telegraph

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Credits

Produced by Bradford 2025. Delivered in partnership with Tate, Bradford District Museums & Galleries and Yorkshire Contemporary.

Turner Prize 2025 is supported by The John Browne Charitable Trust and The Uggla Family Foundation.

A view inside Nnena Kalu's Turner Prize installation. There are large hanging sculptures around the room made of tape, in red, green, yellow, black and more colours. Along the walls we see hanging drawings.

Installation view of Nnena Kalu's presentation at the Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Photo © David Levene

Two drawings side by side hanging on the wall of a gallery. The drawings are almost a mirror of each other, showing swirled round patterns, created rhythmically by the artist Nnena Kalu.

Drawing 29, 2022, Nnena Kalu. Installation view at Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Courtesy of the artist, ActionSpace, London and Arcadia Missa, London. Photo © David Levene

An installation view of Mohammed Sami's work in Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. In a large room with a wooden floor we see two paintings, one in shades of blue and another in oranges, yellows, and grey.

Installation view of Mohammed Sami's presentation at the Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Photo © David Levene

A person stands in front of a large blue and white painting, on a white wall.

Hiroshima Mon Amour, 2024, Mohammed Sami. Installation view at Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Courtesy of the artist, Modern Art, London and Luhring Augustine, New York. Photo © David Levene

Rene Matić's installation at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. In the centre of the room is a large banner that reads 'No Place' on one side.

Installation view of Rene Matić's presentation at the Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Photo © David Levene

Three shelves with small dolls. The dolls are all black or brown skinned.

Restoration, 2022-25, Rene Matić. Installation view at Turner Prize 2025, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. Courtesy of the artist, Arcadia Missa, London and Chapter NY, New York. Photo © David Levene