Turner and The Fighting Temeraire chosen for new £20 note

J. M. W. Turner will be the new face of the £20 banknote, the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney announced today, 22 April, at the Turner Contemporary in Margate. Carney called Turner, who is the first artist to feature on a British banknote, “perhaps the single most influential British artist of all time”.
Tracey Emin, who grew up in Margate which Turner often visited and painted, was also present at the announcement. She said: “It’s so amazing that an artist ha