The exhibition will span his emergence in London's 1980s club scene through to his outrageous performances in galleries, theatres, and the street, using the body as a shape-shifting tool in ways that would go on to inspire Alexander McQueen, Lady Gaga, and many more.
Other Tate Modern highlights next year include an exhibition of works by the 20th-century Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray (10 July 2025-13 January 2026) which is billed as the first large-scale presentation of her work ever held in Europe.
A survey of Nigerian Modernism (8 October 2025-Spring 2026), focusing on Nigerian artists working before and after the decade of national independence from British colonial rule in 1960.
The show will focus on his collaborations with artists such as Michael Clark, Charles Atlas, Nick Knight, Stephen Willats, and Freud, whose 1991 portrait of Bowery is at present on display at Tate Britain.
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