Highlights
Where do art and migration meet?
Step into the shoes of artists, migrants, and makers as they tell their stories
The Art of Belonging
What does it mean to belong? Artists, writers and poets explore the human stories behind art and belonging
A Walk Through Tate Modern on the Theme of Migration
Hear how Tate staff and community voices think about migration as you walk through Tate Modern
Artist and Society
Explore artworks from Tate's collection that respond to their social and political context
Artworks
2016
Maggi Hambling
2016
Mother Tongue
Zineb Sedira
2002
Los Moscos
Mark Bradford
2004
Threshold to the Kingdom
Mark Wallinger
2000
May Heaven Preserve You From Dangers and Assassins
Mark Bradford
2010
Between the Two my Heart is Balanced
Lubaina Himid CBE RA
1991
The Emigrants
William McTaggart
1883–9
Sonponnoi
Rotimi Fani-Kayode
1987, printed c.1987–8
The Strangers
Thomas Schütte
1992
Union Black
Chris Ofili
2003
The Immigrant
Carl Plackman
1985–7
West
A.R. Penck (Ralf Winkler)
1980
Fighting One’s Self
Virginia Chihota
2016
Relation of Aesthetic Choice to Life Activity (Function) of the Subject
Billy Apple
1961–2
Pacific
Yukinori Yanagi
1996
Artists
Dig deeper
Jankel Adler's Sketchbooks – 'His life was one long journey'
Discover the life of Jewish artist Jankel Adler through his sketches, held in Tate's archive
Hew Locke – 'Let's make something positive'
The artist walks us through his new work The Procession to explain how his life has informed his art
Exploring the Black Atlantic
In this four-part mini-series, writer and curator Ekow Eshun examines the rich and boundless ways in which artists have engaged with this concept
Static 2009 by Steve McQueen
This project examines how Static raises questions about freedom, surveillance, migration and the construction of history
Diaspora
Used to describe movements in population from one country to another and is often cited in discussions about identity
Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor: The Walk
In September 2015, artists Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor walked across London in solidarity with refugees around the world
Journeys Coursework Guide
From physical journeys and migration to journeys of self-discovery, get ideas and inspiration about journeys in art
Let me in
One writer focuses on the sixteenth-century émigré painter Hans Eworth
Black Atlantic
Black Atlantic describes the fusion of black cultures with other cultures from around the Atlantic
Eight things to know: Impressionists in London
We explore the lives and careers of French artists on this side of the English Channel
Emeka Ogboh: 'Lagos is a city that is never silent'
When the Nigerian artist first moved to Berlin he couldn’t sleep because it was so quiet
Négritude
An anti-colonial cultural and political movement founded by a group of African and Caribbean students in Paris in the 1930s
Frank Bowling: From figuration to abstraction
Bowling reflects on his career and the effect of moving from London to New York had on his work
