Introduction

Welcome to the Turner Prize 2025 at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.

The building is big and old, so when it’s busy, it can be quite loud and echoey.

The exterior of Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, a grand building in Bradford's signature yellow gold sandstone. There are several flags outside, with the Turner Prize 2025 branding on them.
The front of Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in the sun with Turner Prize flags. 

How to get here

The following buses stop at the side of Lister Park – 626, 662, 680 and the A3.

There are bus stops on Keighley Road, North Park Road and Oak Lane. Most of the buses that go to Bingley or Keighley go past the park.

A bus stop time table with a red frame. It includes a table with bus times.
The 680 bus timetable – this bus stops just outside the accessible entrance. 
A bus stop sign. The blue and white sign is on a lamp post, with a red frame underneath it.
This is the bus stop closest to the accessible entrance – the 680. 

The entrance off North Park Road is closest to the accessible entrance.

A blue metal sign with white writing. The writing reads Lister Park and Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. There are some autumn trees behind the sign and grass underneath it.
The Lister Park entrance sign, off North Park Road. 

If you come in the car, there is a car park with some blue badge spaces next to the bowling green, just off North Park Road. There are some extra spaces along the road just inside the park.

A tree lined road in a park. There is a barrier or metal fence at the end of this short road.
A tree lined road to a barrier leading to a car park, to the left. 
A small road lined with trees. There is a blue bollard to the right, and just at the left of the picture there is an open barrier. In front of us are two red and white no entry signs.
A path leading to an open barrier 

If you need to get closer, you can continue to the barrier. The image above shows it open, but it is often closed. The number to call is on the no entry signs.

It is 01274 431212.

A road leading to a car park in Lister Park
The car park next to the bowling green. 

Follow the path downhill where there are some parking spaces close to the accessible entrance.

If you come to Lister Park from the front, you get to the accessible entrance by going to the right of the building.

A shipping container with four windows. One of the windows is lower than the others. There is text on the shipping container that reads in all capitals BOX OFFICE + CLOAK ROOM. The box is mostly white but there are pink and green colours too - the Bradford 2025 and Turner Prize brand colours.
The box office and cloakroom. 

The box office is in a shipping container-style structure to the left of the building. You can leave bags and coats here if you want to.

A blue gate, next to Cartwright Hall.
A gateway to the right of the building. 

To get to the accessible entrance, follow the route to the right of the building, through these blue gates.

A white doorway to the cafe at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery.
A white doorway leading to the café. 

Walk past the café on the left.

A large white gazbeo. There is a toilet block behind it and to the right.
An open flagged space with a large open sided marquee-style structure. A temporary toilet block is behind. 

And this sheltered piazza on the right.

This piazza has additional toilet facilities including an accessible toilet.

Keep walking past the café and turn left at the end of the building.

A path around Cartwright Hall, with a large autumnal tree in front of us. There are some steps to the left and a wall on the right.
The path leading to the accessible entrance. 

When you reach the accessible entrance, a white gazebo next to the entrance offers some shelter.

The entrance is a large brown wooden door. Volunteers will be waiting to welcome you and take you inside.

They will scan your tickets.

A white gazebo tent with two Bradford 2025 flags. This is the accessible entrance to Cartwright Hall for the Turner Prize 2025.
This is the accessible entrance. Look for the white tent and Bradford 2025 flags! 

A big wooden door leads you into the building, and the lift is immediately inside. This is the basement.

A lift on the left side of the image. This has branding on it which reads Turner Prize 2025 and has some bright pink and green colours on it.
The lift that will take you up to the ground floor to start your journey around the exhibition. 
On the left there is a grey door with an accessible toilet sign on it, showing a wheelchair in a circle. There is also a baby changing sign. On the right there is a lift, with Turner Prize branding on the doors.
The exit to the lift on the ground floor and the door to the accessible toilet. 

There’s an accessible toilet immediately on the right as you step out of the lift on the ground floor.

A link to a map showing the nearest Changing Places toilet is here: Changing Places Toilets.

Two smiling people behind a computer screen. There is a sign behind them that says Welcome.
Two smiling Visitor Assistants at the Info Desk. 

The Info Desk is where you can get information about all the accessible resources available. There will be a Braille guide and devices to help you access the audio description and translations.

There will also be fidget toys and ear defenders.

Some schools groups may use the Learning Room. This may also be used by family and community groups.

A brown door with a sign above it reading Quiet Room.
A sign above double doors reading ‘Quiet Room’. 

There is also a flexible space that can be a Quiet Room or a Prayer Room.

The Exhibition Hub

This is the Exhibition Hub.

Here you will find films and information about each of the four artists nominated for the Turner Prize 2025.

A room with black and white checkerboard flooring and three large signs - the signs read Turner Prize 2025 and have the four names of the Turner Prize artists on them. Behind the signs are large colourful circles. In the foreground a large, round, reflective artwork is on the floor.
The Exhibition Hub. 
A white wall with two TV screens on it. Next to the screens are headphones and some small seats.
Watch artist films in the exhibition hub. 

On to the artists!

A large doorway with Rene Matić written above it.
The entrance to Gallery 1: Rene Matić's exhibition. 

Gallery 1

Rene Matić

Gallery 1 is the first gallery you’ll come to when you come out of the lift on the ground floor.

This is Rene Matić’s exhibition.

It is a room with a wooden floor, and a large banner with the words ‘no place’ written in black on one side, and ‘for violence’ on the other. Photos are behind it.

Also in this room are three shelves set into the wall, each one full of black dolls.

This gallery has a soundscape of overlapping voices and singing.

A set of stone stairs, with a sign next to them that reads Exhibition continues this way, with an arrow pointing up the stairs.
Stone stairs with a brass handrail with a sign that reads ‘Exhibition continues this way’ with an arrow pointing to the stairs. 

We are encouraged to use a one-way system to explore the galleries. This means going upstairs to gallery 2.

You can go back in the lift if you’d prefer. Press the button for the 1st floor.

A large door with Mohammed Sami written above it.
The entrance to Mohammed Sami's exhibition. 

Gallery 2

Mohammed Sami

Gallery 2 is at the top of the stairs. This is Mohammed Sami’s exhibition.

Large paintings of landscapes fill the walls. They have ‘haunting, oblique references to violence.’

This gallery has no sound.

To get to Gallery 3, you’ll pass some of the Cartwright Hall Art Gallery collection, which includes a statue and some paintings. There are seats you can use on the way.

A bench made of wood - it is a wavy piece of wood with several round blue cushions on it and three back rests.
Seats between galleries 2 and 3. 
A large doorway with Nnena Kalu written above it.
The entrance to Nnena Kalu's exhibition. 

Gallery 3

Nnena Kalu

Gallery 3 is where you can find Nnena Kalu’s exhibition.

Bundles of found material, that are almost animal-like, hang in the middle of the space, made of shiny, colourful tape. Two abstract drawings – like swirling vortex – in blue and red.

This gallery has no sound.

To get to Gallery 4, you’ll either go down the stone stairs or use the lift back to the ground floor.

A stone staircase leading down, with a brass handrail. There is a large window in front of us.
Stone stairs leading down to Gallery 4. 
A large doorway with Zadie Xa written above it.
The entrance to Zadie Xa's exhibition. 

Gallery 4

Zadie Xa

Gallery 4 is where you’ll find Zadie Xa’s exhibition.

You’ll need to take your shoes off to go into this gallery as the floor is a reflective, mirrored gold. It’s recommended that visitors wear trousers.

There is a bench to the right to help with taking off shoes, and one of the left where you can put them back on again when you come out.

A basket of back shoe covers.
A basket of black shoe covers. 

If you’d rather keep your shoes on, you can wear shoe covers instead.

In the exhibition you will find a space filled with nature-inspired, colourful pieces. Large seashells hang at the four corners. They have sound coming out of them. There’s a huge mobile of smaller shells that hangs in middle above a gold, mirrored floor.

This work has a soundscape, using multiple sounds and voices.