Exhibitions at Tate Modern |
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Tate ModernGBLeigh Bowery!![]() 27 Feb – 2 Sep 2025Leigh Bowery’s short but extraordinary life left a distinct, undeniable mark on the art world and beyond. An artist, performer, model, TV personality, club promoter, fashion designer and musician, Bowery took on many different roles, all the while refusing to be limited by convention. From his emergence in the nightlife of 1980s London through to his later daring and outrageous performances in galleries, theatres, and the street, Bowery fearlessly forged his own vibrant path. He reimagined c… more Tate ModernGBZanele MuholiZanele Muholi![]() Tate Modern, London; MEP, Paris; Gropius Bau, Berlin; IVAM Valencia6 Jun 2024 – 26 Jan 2025Tate ModernGBCAPTURING THE MOMENTA journey through painting and photography13 Jun 2023 – 28 Jan 2024Tate ModernGBA World in Common: Contemporary African Photography![]() A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography todayKelani AbassLeonce Raphael AgbodjelouMalala AndrialavidrazanaAtong AtemSammy Baloji… (28)James BarnorEdson ChagasKudzanai ChiuraiKudzanai ChiuraiCristina De MiddelAndrew EsieboEm'Kal EyongakpaRotimi Fani-KayodeFrançois-Xavier GbréMaïmouna GuerresiHassan HajjajDélio JasseSamson KambaluKiripi Katembo SikuLebohang KganyeKiluanji Kia HendaMário MacilauLazhar MansouriSabelo MlangeniSantu MofokengFabrice MonteiroAïda MulunehZohra OpokuGeorge OsodiRuth OssaiDawit L. PetrosLeonard PongoZina Saro-Wiwa6 Jul 2023 – 14 Jan 2024A celebration of the varied landscape of contemporary African photography today Bringing together a group of artists from different generations, this exhibition will address how photography, film, audio, and more have been used to reimagine Africa’s diverse cultures and historical narratives. Moving beyond a traditional photography exhibition, the show seeks to explore the many ways images travel across histories and geographies. Using themes of spirituality, identity, urbanism and climate e… more Tate ModernGBZanele MuholiZANELE MUHOLITate Modern, London; MEP, Paris; Gropius Bau, Berlin; IVAM Valencia5 Nov 2020 – 7 Mar 2021Tate ModernGBNam June PaikTHE FUTURE IS NOWA major retrospective of this pioneer of video17 Oct 2019 – 9 Feb 2020Tate ModernGBShape of Light100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art2 May – 14 Oct 2018Tate ModernGBSuperflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen)HYUNDAI COMMISSION3 Oct 2017 – 2 Apr 2018Tate ModernGBThe Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection10 Nov 2016 – 7 May 2017Tate ModernGBPerforming for the Camera18 Feb – 12 Jun 2016Tate ModernGBConflict, Time, Photography27 Nov 2014 – 14 Apr 2015Tate ModernGBExposed -Voyeurism, Surveillance and the camera since 187028 May – 19 Sep 2010Tate ModernGBStreet & Studio: An Urban History of Photography23 May – 31 Aug 2008Tate ModernGBThe World as a Stage24 Oct 2007 – 1 Jan 2008Tate ModernGBFischli & WeissFlowers & Questions. A Retrospective11 Oct 2006 – 14 Jan 2007This is the first UK retrospective to explore the collaborative art practice of Swiss artists Peter Fischli (b1952) and David Weiss (b1946). Since the late 1970s the artists have consistently captivated and amused audiences with their extraordinary transformations of the commonplace. Fischli and Weiss work across a wide range of media and this exhibition presents their sculpture, installation, moving image and photography. Underlying all of their work is a childlike spirit of discovery which en… more Tate ModernGBUBS Openings: Photography From The UBS Art Collection23 May – 26 Nov 2006Tate ModernGBLászló Moholy-NagyAlbers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World9 Mar – 4 Jun 2006Tate ModernGBTime Zones: Recent Film and Video6 Oct 2004 – 2 Jan 2005Tate ModernGBNew Video, New Europe - A Survey of Eastern European VideoDan AcostioaeiJesper AlvaerMaja BajevicDario BardicAlma Becirovic… (34)Pavel BrăilaMircea CantorOana FelipovAlen FloricicGrupa AzorroTiia Joha nsonKai KaljoKi'WaKillu Sukmit & Mari LaanemetsKristina LekoPeteris LidakaDan MihaltianuHajnal NémethAnna NiesterowiczVladimir NikolicAdrian PaciJelena RadicArturas RailaEgle RakauskaiteLala RaščićStefan RusuEne-Liis SemperErzen Shkolollison:DA (Metka Golec & Miha Horvat)Mladen StilinovicMagda TóthováPatricia TeodorescuKrassimir TerzievMuhidin TvicoGyula VárnaiPavle VuckovicPiotr WyrzykowskiSislej XhafaDragana Zarevac9 Oct – 17 Oct 2004New Video / New Europe features recent work by over three dozen artists from sixteen Eastern European countries, stretching from the Baltic through the Balkans. Despite its uneven development throughout Eastern Europe, video has become a staple of contemporary art practice - from countries with video traditions dating back to the late 1960s and early 1970s (Hungary, Poland, Croatia) to those that blossomed in the 1980s (Slovenia), to relatively new but nonetheless robust scenes (Romania, Esto… more Tate ModernGBCruel and Tender![]() 5 Jun – 7 Sep 2003Tender cruelty is how the writer Lincoln Kirstein described the work of American photographer Walker Evans in the 1930s. Evans’s images were spare and factual, but his interest in the subject matter was always evident. Evans, along with German photographer August Sander, provides the historical axes for this exhibition, which explores the realist tradition within twentieth-century photography. The photographers chosen are united by this sense of ‘tender cruelty’, an oscillation between eng… more |