JMW Turner died in 1851 at the age of 76 ... Turner Contemporary in Margate, built near the spot where the celebrated artist loved to paint the sea, was named after him when it opened in 2011.

The museum will mark the occasion with solo exhibitions of J.M.W. Turner and Tracey Emin in its building, designed by the Modernist architect Louis Kahn. As the nation’s institutions are attacked from ...