Quiet Presences: Black Women’s Interiority and Simone Leigh

13th February 2026

Turner Contemporary

Guest Curator, Daniella Rose King, is joined by curator Cindy Sissokho and poet Victoria Adukwei Bulley to explore the sculptural practice of Simone Leigh at Turner Contemporary

7pm – 8.30pm... bar open from 6.30pm

This three-way dialogue will explore Black women’s interiority, quietude, and intellectual and emotional labour in relation to the sculptural practice of Simone Leigh.

Bringing together curatorial, artistic, and literary voices, the event will examine how Leigh’s anonymised figures embody presence and self-possession while refusing capture.

The format will balance conversation with poetic and textual offerings, creating an atmosphere of tenderness and depth that connects sculpture, writing, and Black feminist thought.

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£8

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Quiet Presences: Black Women’s Interiority and Simone Leigh Turner Contemporary, Rendezvous, Margate
CT9 1HG

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info@turnercontemporary.org 01843 233000

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