Tania Bruguera

born 1968

Biography

Tania Bruguera was born in 1968 in Havana, Cuba. she is and artist and activist who focused on installation and performance artist. She lives and works between New York and Havana, and has participated in numerous international exhibitions. Her work is in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Museum of Modern Art and Bronx Museum of the Arts and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana.

Bruguera's work pivots around issues of power and control, and several of her works interrogate and re-present events in Cuban history. As a result of her art actions and activism, Bruguera has been arrested and jailed several times.

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Artworks

Tania Bruguera Tatlin’s Whisper #5

2008
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Tania Bruguera Made in India

2001

Film and audio

Interview

Tania Bruguera answers your questions

Watch the artist answer questions from the public
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Tania Bruguera: Tatlin’s Whisper #6

Tate Modern staged a special presentation of Cuban artist Tania Bruguera’s performance piece Tatlin’s Whisper #6
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Zones of Conflict: Transnational Communities

This event will consider how socially-engaged art practices have confronted globalisation's stateless subjects and transnational social relations.
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Tania Bruguera: Tatlin's Whisper #5

The Cuban artist talks about her latest performance work, Tatlin's Whisper #5

Features

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Ismail Einashe

With Tate Modern as his local art museum, Ismail Einashe has seen the benefits, both as a participant and visitor, …
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Tate's curators reveal their vision for The Tanks: The Tanks at Tate Modern

Stuart Comer , Simon Grant , Kathy Noble , Emily Pringle and Catherine Wood

The first season of performance, choreography and film programmes in the new Tanks at Tate Modern has grown out of …
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Actions speak louder: The programme in the Tate Tanks

Sally O'Reilly

The Underground chambers of the old power station at Bankside, where oil once lurked with electric potential, will soon open …
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Useful Art Association

The Useful Art Association was started in New York by the Cuban artist Tania Bruguera and promotes the idea of …
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Activist art

Activist art is a term used to describe art that is grounded in the act of ‘doing’ and addresses political …
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Participatory art

Participatory art is a term that describes a form of art that directly engages the audience in the creative process …
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Educational turn

A theme that emerged in the mid-1990s, educational turn refers to collaborative or research-based art where the impetus is on …
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Tania Bruguera born 1968Tatlin’s Whisper #5 2008

Jonah Westerman

As part of Performance at Tate: Into the Space of Art, Jonah Westerman explores Tania Bruguera's Tatlin’s Whisper #5 2008
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The art of writing with people: Art and dance

Catherine Wood

The practice of choreographed movement has never been merely about decorative spectacle, but as artists and performers have shown throughout …