Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
Between the Two my Heart is Balanced 1991
Tate
© Lubaina Himid
Highlights
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Picture Essay
Fahrelnissa Zeid: city by city
Follow the international artist’s creative journey through each of the cities she spent time in -
Interview
Ernesto Salmerón Explores a Truckload of Nicaraguan History
Meet the Nicaraguan artist exploring the legacy of revolution in his country -
List
Seven Things to Know about Vincent van Gogh’s Time in Britain
Britain was instrumental in shaping the van Gogh we know today -
Interview
Sol Calero Goes Travelling in Latin America
The artist explores themes of representation and identity through colourful, immersive installations
Planes, trains and automobiles
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Wolfgang Tillmans Concorde L449-15
1997 -
Sir Eduardo Paolozzi [no title]
1967 -
Richard Hamilton Hommage à Chrysler Corp.
1957 -
Rene Groebli Tram on Westminster Bridge
1949, printed later -
Vija Celmins Concentric Bearings B
1984 -
Julian Opie Cars?
1998–9 -
Wolfgang Suschitzky King’s Cross Station, London
1941 -
Gerd Winner Red Arrow Bus
1970 -
Akram Zaatari This Day
2003 -
Hilary Lloyd Car Wash
2005 -
William Eggleston Untitled
1970–3 -
Carol Rhodes Airport
1995 -
Albany Wiseman French Engine
1972 -
György Kepes Locomotive Wheel
c.1939–40
Expeditions and Maps
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Layla Curtis United Kingdom
1999 -
Julian Opie Escaped Animals
2002 -
Roni Horn Water, Selected
2007 -
Robert Smithson Ithaca Mirror Trail, Ithaca, New York
1969 -
Sir John Everett Millais, Bt The North-West Passage
1874 -
Pierre Huyghe A Journey that wasn’t
2005 -
Kathy Prendergast Lost
1999 -
The Hon. John Collier The Last Voyage of Henry Hudson
exhibited 1881 -
Richard Long A Hundred Mile Walk
1971–2
Between the Two my Heart is Balanced 1991
Tate
© Lubaina Himid
On your bike
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Elizabeth Wright B.S.A. Tour of Britain Racer Enlarged to 135%
1996–7 -
Joseph Beuys Joseph Beuys, ‘is it about a bycicle?’
1985 -
Yutaka Takanashi Tokyo-jin
1974, printed 2012 -
Ronald Glendenning Cycle Racing
c.1956 -
Simon Starling Five-Man Pedersen (Prototype No.1)
2003 -
Laetitia Yhap Michael Balling Up Old Net
1984 -
Julian Trevelyan Outside Kampala
1966 -
Nigel Henderson Photograph of an unidentified boy playing with bicycle parts
[c.1949–c.1956] -
Prunella Clough Colour photograph of the shadow of a bicycle on the pavement
[1990s]
Take a walk
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Richard Long A Line Made by Walking
1967 -
Mona Hatoum Performance Still
1985, 1995 -
Jane Wilson, Louise Wilson Gamma
1999 -
Francis Alÿs The Commuters
2005 -
Steven Pippin Laundromat-Locomotion (Walking in Suit)
1997 -
Jim Dine Walking Dream with Four Foot Clamp
1965 -
Ian Breakwell The Walking Man Diary
1975–8 -
William Turnbull Marching Figures
1953
Canal Holidays 1975
Tate
© The estate of Julian Trevelyan
It's very important for inspiration to go elsewhere: to move away from the city into pastoral settings, and to make space for meditation.
Artists on holiday
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Henry Moore OM, CH Feet on Holiday I
1979 -
Martin Parr The Last Resort 40
1983–6, printed 2018 -
Henry Wessel Incidents 025
2012 -
Manuel Álvarez Bravo Black Mirror
1947, printed later -
Merlyn Oliver Evans St Ives Beach
1973 -
Chris Steele-Perkins from The Pleasure Principle
1980–9 -
David Wojnarowicz Untitled
1988 -
William Roberts Study for ‘The Seaside’
c.1965–6 -
Daido Moriyama Memory
2012 -
René Burri Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, 1967
1967, printed 2014 -
Chris Killip Couple eating fish and chips, Whitley Bay, Tyneside
1976, printed 2010
My favorite thing is to go where I've never been.
Monument Valley (Grand Scale) 1995–7
Tate
© Tracey Emin
A Hundred Mile Walk 1971–2
Tate
© Richard Long
It sometimes takes a foreigner to come and see a place and paint it. I remember someone saying they had never really noticed the palm trees here until I painted them.
Dig Deeper
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Art Term
Land art
Land art or earth art is art that is made directly in the landscape, sculpting the land itself into earthworks … -
Art Term
Psychogeography
Psychogeography describes the effect of a geographical location on the emotions and behaviour of individuals -
Student Resource
Journeys Coursework Guide
From physical journeys and migration to journeys of self-discovery, get ideas and inspiration about journeys in art
Explore more Themes
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Family and Art
Uncover how artists have responded to the idea of family through art -
Queer Lives and Art
Discover LGBTQ+ artists and the queer art -
Migration and Art
Explore how artists reflect on moving to new places -
Black Identities and Art
Discover Black art and artists in Tate's collection -
Weather and Art
Explore how artists respond to the seasons and our changing environment