In Conversation: ‘Notions Of Care’ – A Response to Turner Prize 2025

Dr Jade French (School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies) is one of five panelists at this hybrid event organised by Yorkshire Contemporary in partnership with the University of Leeds.

The theme of care in art is explored by a panel of artists, curators and academics, with reference to this year’s Turner Prize and artists connected to West Yorkshire.

How does art care? How do artists embody care within the creative act of making and how does their work project care in all its multiplicities, its potential ethical and moral positions? How best can art, artists and curators create space to represent and engender care for both individuals and wider communities?

Chaired by Turner Prize 2025 co-curator Michael Richmond, this conversation will explore the complexities of care in and of art.

The panel comprises artist-facilitator, researcher and specialist in inclusive arts practice Dr Jade French, visual artist and visual arts instigator Alison McIntyre, curator, lecturer and writer Aïcha Mehrez, artist Sarah Roberts, and curator and writer Tim Steer.

It will examine particular artists and artworks with specific reference to this year’s Turner Prize nominees and artists connected to the West Yorkshire region.

Find out more about this event including biographies of the panelists taking part.

Book your place

This hybrid event takes place at the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery, University of Leeds, and online.

It is free to attend but booking is essential.

Book your place via openup.leeds.ac.uk

About the Turner Prize 2025

Nnena Kalu, Rene Matić, Mohammed Sami and Zadie Xa are the four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2025.

The Turner Prize is one of the world’s best-known prizes for the visual arts. It aims to promote public debate around new developments in contemporary British art and tickets are free.

The prize is awarded each year to a British artist, and is named in honour of the radical painter JMW Turner. In the year that the UK celebrates the 250th anniversary of Turner’s birth, the Turner Prize is heading 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. Their work will feature in the annual Turner Prize exhibition, which takes place at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery. The winner will be announced in Bradford on 9 December 2025.

Explore the Turner Prize 2025 exhibition at Cartwright Hall Art Gallery in Bradford until 22 February 2026. Admission is free.

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Nnena Kalu, Hanging Sculpture 1 to 10 installation. Photo courtesy of Manifesta 15 Barcelona Metropolitana. Photo credit: Ivan Erofeev.