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Gavin Turk

Gavin Turk

1967

WA-00012612

Mixed MediaContemporary

Representation

None documented

0

Institutional Exhibitions

10

Works in Collection

26

Assets Indexed

3

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

80%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ5528291

Field Verification (3 fields)

1 cross-verified · 2 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%
LocationGallery Generic· 72%

Source Registry (2)

Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/gavin-turk
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Artist Index
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Gavin Turk yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

Medium

Mixed Media

Related Artists

12 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (10)

Melancholia

2008 · Etching on paper

image: 303 x 360 mm

Font

2006 · Porcelain, wood and bronze

object: 1207 x 392 x 397 mm

In Memory of Gavin Turk

In Memory of Gavin Turk

Victoria and Albert Museum

Il Meglio del Meglio all 'Infinito

Il Meglio del Meglio all 'Infinito

Victoria and Albert Museum

Metamorphosis

2000 · Lithograph on paper

image: 355 x 250 mm

[no title]

1994 · Screenprint on paper

image: 470 x 612 mm

Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm

Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm

1992 · Screenprint on paper

image: 861 x 676 mm

Untitled from the portfolio London

1992 · Screenprint with varnish

Museum of Modern Art

Study for Window

Study for Window

1991 · Paper, felt, leather, cotton, glass, wood, metal and paint

object: 1110 x 1113 x 560 mm

Cavey

1991 · Ceramic

object (diameter): 485 mm

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Artwork sources (3)

10 published of 10 catalogued · 9 with image

Tate
7 published7 img
Victoria & Albert
2 published2 img
MoMA
1 published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 7)

7 entries · 1 sources

Metamorphosis
2000 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Melancholia
2008 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Cavey
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
[no title]
1994 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Study for Window
1991 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Gavin Turk Right Hand and Forearm
1992 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Font
2006 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

16 assets

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Panel (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ergo Sum by Gavin Turk

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Ajar by Gavin Turk, St Botolph without Bishopsgate, City of London

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Rotterdam kunstwerk l'age d'or

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Gavin Turk Beard Project, London, 10 April 2015

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

Gavin Turk, White Van Man 15.11.18

Wikimedia Commons (Instagram fallback)

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Relationships

4

Movements1

Collections3

Victoria and Albert Museum Tate Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Royal College of Art

Visual Arts

Chelsea College of Art and Design

Visual Arts

City of London Freemen's School

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

No exhibitions or timeline entries yet