Nan Goldin

born 1953

Nan Goldin, ‘Nan one month after being battered’ 1984
Nan one month after being battered 1984
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In Tate Liverpool

Constellations: Bob and Roberta Smith

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Biography

Nancy "Nan" Goldin (born September 12, 1953) is an American photographer. Her work often explores LGBT bodies, moments of intimacy, the HIV crisis, and the opioid epidemic. Her most notable work is The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986), which documents the post-Stonewall gay subculture and Goldin's family and friends. She lives and works in New York City, Berlin, and Paris. She is bisexual.

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Queer aesthetics

Artworks

Nan Goldin, ‘Nan one month after being battered’ 1984

Nan Goldin Nan one month after being battered

1984
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Nan Goldin, ‘Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a taxi, NYC’ 1991

Nan Goldin Misty and Jimmy Paulette in a taxi, NYC

1991
P78046
Nan Goldin, ‘Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! undressing, NYC’ 1991

Nan Goldin Jimmy Paulette and Tabboo! undressing, NYC

1991
On display at Tate Liverpool part of Constellations P11513
Nan Goldin, ‘Greer and Robert on the bed, NYC’ 1982

Nan Goldin Greer and Robert on the bed, NYC

1982
P78044
Nan Goldin, ‘Self-Portrait on the train, Germany’ 1992

Nan Goldin Self-Portrait on the train, Germany

1992
P78047
Nan Goldin, ‘Jimmy Paulette after the parade, NYC, 1991’ 1991

Nan Goldin Jimmy Paulette after the parade, NYC, 1991

1991
P13311
Nan Goldin, ‘Vivienne in the green dress, NYC’ 1980

Nan Goldin Vivienne in the green dress, NYC

1980
P78043
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Artist as subject

Nan Goldin, ‘Nan one month after being battered’ 1984

Nan Goldin Nan one month after being battered

1984
P78045
Nan Goldin, ‘Self-Portrait on the train, Germany’ 1992

Nan Goldin Self-Portrait on the train, Germany

1992
P78047

Film and audio

TateShots

Nan Goldin: 'My work comes from empathy and love'

The photographer introduces her latest book, Eden and After

Still image of The Long Weekend 2008: Nan Goldin and John Kelly
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The Long Weekend 2008: Nan Goldin and John Kelly

A spectacular presentation of Nan Goldin's iconic slide projections, her fiercely moving and personal diary of a lost urban ...

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Nan Goldin

Goldin's photographs reveal and honour personal stories of memory, love and friendship within the contemporary urban settings of cities ...
Still image of Nan Goldin: Artist’s talk
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Nan Goldin: Artist’s talk

Nan Goldin speaks about her career and recent work with Stuart Comer, curator of film at Tate Modern.

Features

Nan Goldin, Greer and Robert on the Bed, NYC 1982
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Nan Goldin, Greer and Robert on the Bed, NYC 1982

As part of Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Jonah Westerman explores Nan Goldin's Greer and Robert ...
Press Release

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera

17 Sep 2009
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera: Press related to past exhibition.
Nan Goldin Bea in her Chair, Boston 1972
Tate Etc

Inner visions: Interiors

Professor Beate Söntgen explores artists' historical interest in interiors

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