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NOW OPEN 📢 TRACEY EMIN: A SECOND LIFE

Step into the tender world of Tracey Emin in her landmark exhibition at Tate Modern. Through painting, video, textiles, neons, writing, sculpture, and installation, trace over 40 years of Emin’s groundbreaking practice, showcasing career-defining sensations alongside works never exhibited before.

🎟️ Book today, Members go free
🗓️ Until 31 August 2026
📍 Tate Modern

In partnership with @gucci

Love making, recovery, and intimacy, all combine in a vessel, open and tender.

A rare chance to see all of the elements that make up Tracey Emin’s iconic 1998 work, ‘My Bed’, with @wellerharry (Creative Director @traceyeminstudio). Experience the artwork in our upcoming Tate Modern exhibition, opening next week.

TRACEY EMIN: A SECOND LIFE
🗓️ Opens Friday 27 February
📍 Tate Modern
🎟️ Members go free

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Tracey Emin’s iconic neon works have taken over London! From Lambeth and Croydon to Walthamstow and Tower Hamlets, encounter Emin’s poignant and poetic declarations in 22 locations across 11 boroughs until 9 March, thanks to a collaboration with Jack Arts.

Tag us when you find one for a chance to be featured!

🎟️ Tracey Emin: A Second Life opens at Tate Modern on 27 Feb. Book your tickets today, Members go free

Listen out for a familiar voice on the tube this week 🔊

To mark @transportforlondon’s #PrioritySeatingWeek, we’re excited to share that Dame Tracey Emin has lent her voice to station announcements to raise awareness of non-visible disabilities.

‘Through my own experiences of cancer, which led me to having a stoma, I know just how much of an impact a health condition or disability can have on something like standing on a train. Any one of us can have a health condition or disability, and because many of these don’t have outward cues, that might mean people miss out on things that would really help them, like getting a seat on public transport. If you’re out and about in London, please do offer your seat if you don’t need it yourself – you never know what a difference you could make.’ – Tracey Emin

‘Beauty without the beloved is like a sword through the heart.’ - Dante Gabriel Rossetti, born on this day 1828 ❤️ 🎨

In this painting, Rossetti captures the moment after the goddess Proserpine bites into a pomegranate. Imprisoned in the underworld, she is lit by a beam of sunlight from the world above. According to Roman legend, Hades, the God of the Underworld, stole and imprisoned Proserpine. Because she ate six pomegranate seeds while captive, he curses her to remain in the underworld for six months of every year.

The model was Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s friend Jane Morris, whom he painted repeatedly in his later years. He was working on an eighth version of Proserpine in the month of his death. You can find Rossetti's Proserpine in our free Tate Britain display, Historic and Modern British Art: Beauty as Protest: 1845–1905.

🍃 Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), Proserpine (detail),1874 Tate Collection. Presented by W. Graham Robertson 1940

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

Today is Tate Modern’s 26th birthday! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #OnThisDay in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. What’s your fondest memory of Tate Modern? Here’s some of our favourites ⬇️

⚪️ Hyundai Commission: SUPERFLEX, One Two Three Swing! 2017
🌞 Olafur Eliasson, The Weather Project 2003
🕷️ Louise Bourgeois, Maman 2025
🪼 Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi, In Love With The World 2021
🌻 Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds 2010
📯 The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas 2002
🔴 UNIQLO TATE PLAY Yayoi Kusama’s Obliteration Room 2022
🏛️ Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker, Fons Americanus 2019
⛵Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui, Behind The Red Moon 2023
☁️ Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña, Brain Forest Quipu 2022
⚙️ Hyundai Commission: Mire Lee, Open Wound 2024
⚡ The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo Shibboleth 2007
🛢 The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site 2006
📷 Archive photo of the Turbine Hall before work on Tate Modern began

We wanted to take this moment to say a huge thank you to all of our followers. We look forward to more birthdays, more experiences and more unforgettable memories together, and we can’t wait to see you next! Until then, keep creating, keep dreaming and keep believing in the power of art to make change.

A long Sunday soak 🐚 💭

Resting within a large shell on the sea floor, surrounded by life underwater, Venus lays in solitary thought. In Renaissance paintings, Venus is usually depicted rising naked and triumphant from a large seashell floating on the surface of the sea, but here in Thomas Lowinsky’s striking painting, the goddess of love is in a much more contemplative mood.

🎨 Thomas Lowinsky, The Dawn of Venus, 1922. Tate Collection. Purchased 1940

A long Sunday soak 🐚 💭

Resting within a large shell on the sea floor, surrounded by life underwater, Venus lays in solitary thought. In Renaissance paintings, Venus is usually depicted rising naked and triumphant from a large seashell floating on the surface of the sea, but here in Thomas Lowinsky’s striking painting, the goddess of love is in a much more contemplative mood.

🎨 Thomas Lowinsky, The Dawn of Venus, 1922. Tate Collection. Purchased 1940

A long Sunday soak 🐚 💭

Resting within a large shell on the sea floor, surrounded by life underwater, Venus lays in solitary thought. In Renaissance paintings, Venus is usually depicted rising naked and triumphant from a large seashell floating on the surface of the sea, but here in Thomas Lowinsky’s striking painting, the goddess of love is in a much more contemplative mood.

🎨 Thomas Lowinsky, The Dawn of Venus, 1922. Tate Collection. Purchased 1940

A long Sunday soak 🐚 💭

Resting within a large shell on the sea floor, surrounded by life underwater, Venus lays in solitary thought. In Renaissance paintings, Venus is usually depicted rising naked and triumphant from a large seashell floating on the surface of the sea, but here in Thomas Lowinsky’s striking painting, the goddess of love is in a much more contemplative mood.

🎨 Thomas Lowinsky, The Dawn of Venus, 1922. Tate Collection. Purchased 1940

A long Sunday soak 🐚 💭

Resting within a large shell on the sea floor, surrounded by life underwater, Venus lays in solitary thought. In Renaissance paintings, Venus is usually depicted rising naked and triumphant from a large seashell floating on the surface of the sea, but here in Thomas Lowinsky’s striking painting, the goddess of love is in a much more contemplative mood.

🎨 Thomas Lowinsky, The Dawn of Venus, 1922. Tate Collection. Purchased 1940

A long Sunday soak 🐚 💭

Resting within a large shell on the sea floor, surrounded by life underwater, Venus lays in solitary thought. In Renaissance paintings, Venus is usually depicted rising naked and triumphant from a large seashell floating on the surface of the sea, but here in Thomas Lowinsky’s striking painting, the goddess of love is in a much more contemplative mood.

🎨 Thomas Lowinsky, The Dawn of Venus, 1922. Tate Collection. Purchased 1940

‘All my work is about trying to redeem images... to break through the seal of indifference that comes with familiarity. I am making that strangeness visible’ – John Stezaker

For #WorldCollageDay today, we invite you to put the kettle on, make a nice cup of tea and get comfy as we join John Stezaker in his studio for a #TateLongPlay. By cutting and combining stills of Hollywood pin-ups, scenic postcards and other photographs drawn from his extensive archive, he destroys images to set them free.

You can also discover 2 of Stezaker’s artworks in our free Tate Britain display, Modern and Contemporary British Art.

There’s only a few days left to see Nigerian Modernism at Tate Modern ⏳

Recently we joined Nigerian artist Chief Jimoh Buraimoh to talk about what the show means to him. Set against the backdrop of cultural and artistic rebellion, Nigerian Modernism celebrates the achievements of Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from British colonial rule in 1960.

Closing this Sunday, don’t miss your chance to explore the artists who revolutionised modern art in Nigeria in the mid-20th century. Book your tickets today, Members go free.

In partnership with @accessholdingsplc

Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) was best known for his large, oil-on-canvas paintings which combine elements of abstract expressionism with forms and symbols inspired by pre-colonial civilisations. Born in Guyana 100 years ago today, Williams arrived in London in 1952 to study painting. Throughout his career he worked between the UK, US and Jamaica.

He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, and his interest in cosmology and ecology is evident in his works like ‘Cosmic Storm’. He used cosmic and natural forms connected to the landscape, particularly imagery from Indigenous cultures of Central America and the Caribbean. He had a lifelong interest in the pre-colonial histories of the Olmec, Maya, Arawak and Carib peoples and their legacies. In his paintings, these fragmented references hint at the region’s violent history of ecological and social devastation, the result of European invasions. Discussing his artwork, Williams said, ‘My work is a synthesis of these two things, a modern consciousness that incorporates our Maya past and also considers our human future.’ 🌠

He was also inspired by music, as shown by the series he painted drawing on the music of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich. He sensed an apocalyptic quality within the music and felt his work reflected similar anxieties about the fate of the world. Both artists create works exploring the cycles of destruction and renewal. 🎼

🔵 Olmec Maya - Now and Coming Time, 1985
🔴 Shostakovitch 3rd Symphony Opus 20, 1981
🟡 Cosmic Storm, 1977
🎨 Self-portrait, 1956

Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) was best known for his large, oil-on-canvas paintings which combine elements of abstract expressionism with forms and symbols inspired by pre-colonial civilisations. Born in Guyana 100 years ago today, Williams arrived in London in 1952 to study painting. Throughout his career he worked between the UK, US and Jamaica.

He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, and his interest in cosmology and ecology is evident in his works like ‘Cosmic Storm’. He used cosmic and natural forms connected to the landscape, particularly imagery from Indigenous cultures of Central America and the Caribbean. He had a lifelong interest in the pre-colonial histories of the Olmec, Maya, Arawak and Carib peoples and their legacies. In his paintings, these fragmented references hint at the region’s violent history of ecological and social devastation, the result of European invasions. Discussing his artwork, Williams said, ‘My work is a synthesis of these two things, a modern consciousness that incorporates our Maya past and also considers our human future.’ 🌠

He was also inspired by music, as shown by the series he painted drawing on the music of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich. He sensed an apocalyptic quality within the music and felt his work reflected similar anxieties about the fate of the world. Both artists create works exploring the cycles of destruction and renewal. 🎼

🔵 Olmec Maya - Now and Coming Time, 1985
🔴 Shostakovitch 3rd Symphony Opus 20, 1981
🟡 Cosmic Storm, 1977
🎨 Self-portrait, 1956

Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) was best known for his large, oil-on-canvas paintings which combine elements of abstract expressionism with forms and symbols inspired by pre-colonial civilisations. Born in Guyana 100 years ago today, Williams arrived in London in 1952 to study painting. Throughout his career he worked between the UK, US and Jamaica.

He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, and his interest in cosmology and ecology is evident in his works like ‘Cosmic Storm’. He used cosmic and natural forms connected to the landscape, particularly imagery from Indigenous cultures of Central America and the Caribbean. He had a lifelong interest in the pre-colonial histories of the Olmec, Maya, Arawak and Carib peoples and their legacies. In his paintings, these fragmented references hint at the region’s violent history of ecological and social devastation, the result of European invasions. Discussing his artwork, Williams said, ‘My work is a synthesis of these two things, a modern consciousness that incorporates our Maya past and also considers our human future.’ 🌠

He was also inspired by music, as shown by the series he painted drawing on the music of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich. He sensed an apocalyptic quality within the music and felt his work reflected similar anxieties about the fate of the world. Both artists create works exploring the cycles of destruction and renewal. 🎼

🔵 Olmec Maya - Now and Coming Time, 1985
🔴 Shostakovitch 3rd Symphony Opus 20, 1981
🟡 Cosmic Storm, 1977
🎨 Self-portrait, 1956

Aubrey Williams (1926–1990) was best known for his large, oil-on-canvas paintings which combine elements of abstract expressionism with forms and symbols inspired by pre-colonial civilisations. Born in Guyana 100 years ago today, Williams arrived in London in 1952 to study painting. Throughout his career he worked between the UK, US and Jamaica.

He was a member of the Royal Astronomical Society, and his interest in cosmology and ecology is evident in his works like ‘Cosmic Storm’. He used cosmic and natural forms connected to the landscape, particularly imagery from Indigenous cultures of Central America and the Caribbean. He had a lifelong interest in the pre-colonial histories of the Olmec, Maya, Arawak and Carib peoples and their legacies. In his paintings, these fragmented references hint at the region’s violent history of ecological and social devastation, the result of European invasions. Discussing his artwork, Williams said, ‘My work is a synthesis of these two things, a modern consciousness that incorporates our Maya past and also considers our human future.’ 🌠

He was also inspired by music, as shown by the series he painted drawing on the music of Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich. He sensed an apocalyptic quality within the music and felt his work reflected similar anxieties about the fate of the world. Both artists create works exploring the cycles of destruction and renewal. 🎼

🔵 Olmec Maya - Now and Coming Time, 1985
🔴 Shostakovitch 3rd Symphony Opus 20, 1981
🟡 Cosmic Storm, 1977
🎨 Self-portrait, 1956

'Every leaf, every person is precious, and should be loved.' - Silvia Sleigh, born #OnThisDay 1916 🩷

In this portrait, Sylvia Sleigh lovingly paints her partner, art critic Lawrence Alloway as his alter ego ‘Hetty’. Too controversial to exhibit until decades after it was painted, this intimate early work strikingly questions fixed ideas of gender. Alloway’s clothes and stylised pose reference traditional portraits of powerful women in the Tudor court. 👑

Sylvia Sleigh (1916-2010) became an influential part of the New York feminist art scene in the 1960s. The Welsh-born realist painter is best known for her nude paintings of men, which subvert the history of the male gaze in art. Through her work, Sleigh insists on the importance of witnessing every subject in all of their beauty and individuality.

🖼️ Sylvia Sleigh, The Bride (Lawrence Alloway) 1949 © Tate. Purchased with the support of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2015. Currently on free on display at Tate Modern

'Every leaf, every person is precious, and should be loved.' - Silvia Sleigh, born #OnThisDay 1916 🩷

In this portrait, Sylvia Sleigh lovingly paints her partner, art critic Lawrence Alloway as his alter ego ‘Hetty’. Too controversial to exhibit until decades after it was painted, this intimate early work strikingly questions fixed ideas of gender. Alloway’s clothes and stylised pose reference traditional portraits of powerful women in the Tudor court. 👑

Sylvia Sleigh (1916-2010) became an influential part of the New York feminist art scene in the 1960s. The Welsh-born realist painter is best known for her nude paintings of men, which subvert the history of the male gaze in art. Through her work, Sleigh insists on the importance of witnessing every subject in all of their beauty and individuality.

🖼️ Sylvia Sleigh, The Bride (Lawrence Alloway) 1949 © Tate. Purchased with the support of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2015. Currently on free on display at Tate Modern

'Every leaf, every person is precious, and should be loved.' - Silvia Sleigh, born #OnThisDay 1916 🩷

In this portrait, Sylvia Sleigh lovingly paints her partner, art critic Lawrence Alloway as his alter ego ‘Hetty’. Too controversial to exhibit until decades after it was painted, this intimate early work strikingly questions fixed ideas of gender. Alloway’s clothes and stylised pose reference traditional portraits of powerful women in the Tudor court. 👑

Sylvia Sleigh (1916-2010) became an influential part of the New York feminist art scene in the 1960s. The Welsh-born realist painter is best known for her nude paintings of men, which subvert the history of the male gaze in art. Through her work, Sleigh insists on the importance of witnessing every subject in all of their beauty and individuality.

🖼️ Sylvia Sleigh, The Bride (Lawrence Alloway) 1949 © Tate. Purchased with the support of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2015. Currently on free on display at Tate Modern

'Every leaf, every person is precious, and should be loved.' - Silvia Sleigh, born #OnThisDay 1916 🩷

In this portrait, Sylvia Sleigh lovingly paints her partner, art critic Lawrence Alloway as his alter ego ‘Hetty’. Too controversial to exhibit until decades after it was painted, this intimate early work strikingly questions fixed ideas of gender. Alloway’s clothes and stylised pose reference traditional portraits of powerful women in the Tudor court. 👑

Sylvia Sleigh (1916-2010) became an influential part of the New York feminist art scene in the 1960s. The Welsh-born realist painter is best known for her nude paintings of men, which subvert the history of the male gaze in art. Through her work, Sleigh insists on the importance of witnessing every subject in all of their beauty and individuality.

🖼️ Sylvia Sleigh, The Bride (Lawrence Alloway) 1949 © Tate. Purchased with the support of the Estate of Sylvia Sleigh 2015. Currently on free on display at Tate Modern

🏚️ An ordinary garden shed is suspended in a moment of transformation in Cornelia Parker’s installation, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View.

The work consists of a carefully reassembled garden shed after it has been blown up. The shed fragments, along with its contents, are hung from the ceiling as if held mid-explosion. Lit by a single lightbulb, the fragments cast dramatic shadows on the gallery walls. Domestic and familiar objects take on new and unusual forms in the work. Parker said, ‘I like the idea of plucking something out of its downward spiral and arresting its importance.’

Parker’s monumental installation is on display at @thenationalartcentertokyo in our touring exhibition, YBA's and Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection, until 11 May. After then, the show will go on to the @kyotocitykyoceramuseum, opening 3 June until 6 September 2026!

Find out more via the link in our bio 🔗

💥 @corneliaparkerartist, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 © Cornelia Parker. Presented by the Patrons of New Art (Special Purchase Fund) through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1995. Installation Photography: NACT, Osamu Sakamoto

🏚️ An ordinary garden shed is suspended in a moment of transformation in Cornelia Parker’s installation, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View.

The work consists of a carefully reassembled garden shed after it has been blown up. The shed fragments, along with its contents, are hung from the ceiling as if held mid-explosion. Lit by a single lightbulb, the fragments cast dramatic shadows on the gallery walls. Domestic and familiar objects take on new and unusual forms in the work. Parker said, ‘I like the idea of plucking something out of its downward spiral and arresting its importance.’

Parker’s monumental installation is on display at @thenationalartcentertokyo in our touring exhibition, YBA's and Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection, until 11 May. After then, the show will go on to the @kyotocitykyoceramuseum, opening 3 June until 6 September 2026!

Find out more via the link in our bio 🔗

💥 @corneliaparkerartist, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 © Cornelia Parker. Presented by the Patrons of New Art (Special Purchase Fund) through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1995. Installation Photography: NACT, Osamu Sakamoto

🏚️ An ordinary garden shed is suspended in a moment of transformation in Cornelia Parker’s installation, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View.

The work consists of a carefully reassembled garden shed after it has been blown up. The shed fragments, along with its contents, are hung from the ceiling as if held mid-explosion. Lit by a single lightbulb, the fragments cast dramatic shadows on the gallery walls. Domestic and familiar objects take on new and unusual forms in the work. Parker said, ‘I like the idea of plucking something out of its downward spiral and arresting its importance.’

Parker’s monumental installation is on display at @thenationalartcentertokyo in our touring exhibition, YBA's and Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection, until 11 May. After then, the show will go on to the @kyotocitykyoceramuseum, opening 3 June until 6 September 2026!

Find out more via the link in our bio 🔗

💥 @corneliaparkerartist, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 © Cornelia Parker. Presented by the Patrons of New Art (Special Purchase Fund) through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1995. Installation Photography: NACT, Osamu Sakamoto

🏚️ An ordinary garden shed is suspended in a moment of transformation in Cornelia Parker’s installation, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View.

The work consists of a carefully reassembled garden shed after it has been blown up. The shed fragments, along with its contents, are hung from the ceiling as if held mid-explosion. Lit by a single lightbulb, the fragments cast dramatic shadows on the gallery walls. Domestic and familiar objects take on new and unusual forms in the work. Parker said, ‘I like the idea of plucking something out of its downward spiral and arresting its importance.’

Parker’s monumental installation is on display at @thenationalartcentertokyo in our touring exhibition, YBA's and Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection, until 11 May. After then, the show will go on to the @kyotocitykyoceramuseum, opening 3 June until 6 September 2026!

Find out more via the link in our bio 🔗

💥 @corneliaparkerartist, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 © Cornelia Parker. Presented by the Patrons of New Art (Special Purchase Fund) through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1995. Installation Photography: NACT, Osamu Sakamoto

🏚️ An ordinary garden shed is suspended in a moment of transformation in Cornelia Parker’s installation, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View.

The work consists of a carefully reassembled garden shed after it has been blown up. The shed fragments, along with its contents, are hung from the ceiling as if held mid-explosion. Lit by a single lightbulb, the fragments cast dramatic shadows on the gallery walls. Domestic and familiar objects take on new and unusual forms in the work. Parker said, ‘I like the idea of plucking something out of its downward spiral and arresting its importance.’

Parker’s monumental installation is on display at @thenationalartcentertokyo in our touring exhibition, YBA's and Beyond: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection, until 11 May. After then, the show will go on to the @kyotocitykyoceramuseum, opening 3 June until 6 September 2026!

Find out more via the link in our bio 🔗

💥 @corneliaparkerartist, Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View, 1991 © Cornelia Parker. Presented by the Patrons of New Art (Special Purchase Fund) through the Tate Gallery Foundation 1995. Installation Photography: NACT, Osamu Sakamoto