"And one exhibition we're particularly excited to see is the Tate Modern's major retrospective on YBA icon Tracey Emin, new details of which have just been announced. Arriving at South Bank gallery in February, Tracey Emin: A Second Life(Feb 26-Aug 30) promises to be the largest ever exhibition on one of Britain's most renowned living artists, tracing her four-decade career through more than 90 works encompassing painting, video, textiles, sculptures and, of course, her signature neons and large-scale installations."
"Among these will be some of the Croydon-born artist's most iconic works, including two seminal installations, 1996's Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made , for which Emin locked herself in Stockholm's Galleri Andreas Brändström for three weeks and forced herself to rekindle her relationship with painting after abandoning the practice for six years, and the Turner Prize-shortlisted 1998 piece the famously controversial installation of her messy bedroom following an alcohol-fuelled depressive episode."
Tracey Emin: A Second Life opens at Tate Modern's South Bank gallery from Feb 26 to Aug 30, 2026. The exhibition presents more than 90 works spanning painting, video, textiles, sculpture, neons and large-scale installations across Emin's four-decade career. The retrospective includes seminal pieces such as 1996's Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made, created after Emin locked herself in Stockholm's Galleri Andreas Brändström for three weeks, and the Turner Prize–shortlisted 1998 installation of her messy bedroom produced after an alcohol-fuelled depressive episode. The show also debuts recent bronze sculptures (2024) addressing Emin's relationship with her body following bladder cancer surgeries.
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