Gavin Turk: Morandi Still Life - Catalogue Launch & Panel Discussion
Estorick Collection
Gavin Turk: Morandi Still Life - Catalogue Launch & Panel Discussion
Estorick Collection
Date
15/10/2026
Time
18:00 - 20:00
Venue
Estorick Collection
39a Canonbury Square
N1 2AN
Area
Canonbury
Availability
Not available
Event Type
activity
About This Event
To mark the launch of Gavin Turk’s latest catalogue, join us for an evening of conversation that will bring together Gavin Turk, Darian Leader, and Roberta Cremoncini, both of whom have contributed to the publication.
The panel discussion will explore the ideas and influences behind Turk’s recent Morandi series. The conversation will consider the psychoanalytic relationships between dirt, collecting and the object, alongside the art-historical legacy of Giorgio Morandi – his obsessive return to the still life, and his enduring reputation as the ‘artist’s artist’.
Moving between psychoanalysis, art history and Turk’s own practice, the discussion will consider what it means to collect, arrange and repeatedly return to everyday objects, and how Turk’s work both pays homage to and disrupts Morandi’s distinctive visual language.
About the book:
Still Life, 2026
This new publication brings together fifty paintings from Gavin Turk’s recent series inspired by Giorgio Morandi, illustrated alongside installation view from their exhibitions. The catalogue features a text by Dairan Leader exploring the psychology of looking and stillness in Turk’s work, and accompanying text by Turk himself, and an interview with Roberta Cremoncini, reflecting on Morandi’s life and legacy.
The panel discussion will explore the ideas and influences behind Turk’s recent Morandi series. The conversation will consider the psychoanalytic relationships between dirt, collecting and the object, alongside the art-historical legacy of Giorgio Morandi – his obsessive return to the still life, and his enduring reputation as the ‘artist’s artist’.
Moving between psychoanalysis, art history and Turk’s own practice, the discussion will consider what it means to collect, arrange and repeatedly return to everyday objects, and how Turk’s work both pays homage to and disrupts Morandi’s distinctive visual language.
About the book:
Still Life, 2026
This new publication brings together fifty paintings from Gavin Turk’s recent series inspired by Giorgio Morandi, illustrated alongside installation view from their exhibitions. The catalogue features a text by Dairan Leader exploring the psychology of looking and stillness in Turk’s work, and accompanying text by Turk himself, and an interview with Roberta Cremoncini, reflecting on Morandi’s life and legacy.
About Organiser
Estorick Collection
The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art opened in London in 1998. A Grade II listed Georgian town house, it was originally restored with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund. Further recent renovations have opened up the space of the ground-floor entranceway, bookshop and café, while its six galleries and art library have also been fully upgraded.
The Collection is known internationally for its core of Futurist works, as well as figurative art and sculpture dating from 1890 to the 1950s. The exhibition programme continues to address artists, movements, and questions in ways that change our understanding of Italian art and culture.
The Collection is known internationally for its core of Futurist works, as well as figurative art and sculpture dating from 1890 to the 1950s. The exhibition programme continues to address artists, movements, and questions in ways that change our understanding of Italian art and culture.
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