National Gallery puts art inspired by Turner in the picture 

Artists inspired by JMW Turner and Hilma af Klint feature in upcoming shows, writes Des O'Sullivan

JMW Turner's 'A Ship Against the Mewstone, at the Entrance to Plymouth Sound'.

One twist to this year's annual Turner exhibition at the National Gallery of Ireland is the inclusion of artists who found inspiration in Turner. The January show of the 31 watercolours by the master in our national collection is like a meeting of old friends after a two-year gap.

The pictures were in Scotland last year. To mark the 250th anniversary of Turner's birth in 1775, the National Gallery exchanged its Turners with the National Galleries of Scotland. Both institutions benefited from the generous bequest of wealthy English collector Henry Vaughan, who stipulated that the delicate watercolours could be displayed only in January when natural light in these parts is at its lowest. So they are now out of storage until the end of the month.