This landmark exhibition traces 40 years of Emin’s groundbreaking practice, showcasing career-defining sensations alongside works never exhibited before. Through painting, video, textiles, neons, writing, sculpture, and installation, Emin continues to challenge boundaries, using the female body as a powerful tool to explore passion, pain, and healing.
Dame Tracey Emin who was born in Croydon to a English mother and Turkish Cypriot father and brought up in Margate.is one of the most important contemporary artists of her generation. She was catapulted into the public eye in the 1990s with iconic works like her Turner Prize nominated My Bed, which sparked fierce critical and public debate, challenging what art could be. Emin’s disregard for any separation of the personal and the public, along with her commitment to unapologetic self-expression, came to define a historic moment in British culture and global art history.
Broadening Emin’s story, this exhibition celebrates her raw and confessional approach as she poses profound questions on love, trauma, and autobiography. It also demonstrates her lifelong commitment to painting, showing her recent work as the culmination of the ways she has channelled her life into her art.
Tracey Emin is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries. In partnership with Gucci. With additional support from the Tracey Emin Exhibition Supporters Circle and Tate Members.
Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
Plan your visit
Dates
27 Feb 2026 – 31 Aug 2026
Members enjoy free entry – no need to book, just turn up with your card
Relaxed Hours on the third Tuesday of the month at 10.00–11.00
Open until 21.00 every Friday and Saturday
Pricing
£20 / Free for Members
Concessions available
£5 for Tate Collective. 16–25?
