Discover workshops, music, and talks celebrating Lee Miller’s remarkable career, and her influence on Fashion and French Surrealism.
Late at Tate Britain is co-curated with Tate Collective Producers, supported by Gucci through Gucci Changemakers London.
Ticketed Events
Free Tickets to Lee Miller for Tate Collective
16–25? Tate Collective can book FREE tickets for Lee Miller during Late at Tate Britain.
Due to huge demand tickets are now fully booked, but you can check at the ticket desk on the night for cancellations - please be aware that returned tickets for this exhibition are rare!
And that’s not all, Tate Collective get 20% off any purchase at our Tate Britain shop during Late at Tate Britain. To redeem, show your Tate Collective card at the till!
Plus, pop by any of the bars around the gallery and flash your Tate Collective card for 20% off food and drink!
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Jazz Life Drawing
Music
Room 8
19.00-20.00, 20.30-21.30*
Experience Nico Widdowson’s interpretation of the roaring 1920s and ’30s jazz scenes of Paris and New York - cities where Lee Miller lived during her twenties. Pick up a pencil and try your hand at drawing the live jazz quartet as they play. Programmed by Max Purcell‑Burrows.
*Requires a free ticket, now fully booked
Surrealism in Fashion
Talk
Clore Auditorium
20.00-20.45*
A panel discussion with three of London’s trailblazing designers: HARRI, Ella Douglas and Matthew David Andrews, chaired by Tate Collective Producer Tia. Hear them reflect on Miller’s approach to surrealism, how they explore it in their own practices and the pathways that shaped their own careers.
*Requires a free ticket, now fully booked
Temporary Landscapes
Workshop
Manton Studio
18.30-19.15, 19.30-20.15, 20.30-21.15*
Participate in a guided workshop by Huq That where you can create temporary surreal drawings using henna on the body or on paper. Inspired by Miller’s photographs, participants are led through a series of simple drawing exercises that imagine the body as a landscape, ruin, or dream. The resulting images will naturally evolve, darken, and fade over time.
*Requires a free ticket, now fully booked
Zein Majali - Would You Still Love Me If I Was A Swarm
Performance
Clore Auditorium
19.00-19.45*
Expanding on the lore of her most recent work, Swarm, this performance blends simulation film with found footage and a live score. Swarm consists of bait, shadow systems, high frequency trading bots, vigilantism, and current clashes at the border of Jordan and Palestine. Think Miller, but make it corecore. Showing as part of the Girls in Film x Tate Collective takeover.
*Requires a free ticket, now fully booked
Sweatmother - Transsexuals Hold Up Half The Sky
Performance
Clore Auditorium
21.10-21.30*
Echoing Miller’s simultaneous rejection and strategic use of gender as currency on the frontlines, Sweatmother asks what transactions are required to survive in real time under conditions of erasure and surveillance. This performance by Sweatmother examines how these forces shape marginalized lives globally, with particular attention to trans experiences. Showing as part of the Girls in Film x Tate Collective takeover.
*Requires a free ticket, now fully booked
Drop-in Events
Girls in Film x Tate Collective
Display
South Duveens, Room 23, Duffield Room
18.00-21.45
Girls in Film represents, champions, and connects the new generation of women, non‑binary, and trans creatives working in film. For this Late at Tate Britain, they will present a curated selection of film and photography submissions from the Girls in Film × Tate Collective open call, created in response to Lee Miller’s photography. The works explore themes of community, identity, resistance, surrealism, and activism.
Reprezent Radio: Under the Rotunda
Music
Lower Rotunda
18.00-19.10 CROSSTALK
19.10-20.20 Vernon Vidal
20.20-21.30 Ailbhe Máiréad
Hear the best of new London sound from Brixton based station Reprezent Radio.
Sculpting the Air Around the Body
Display
Turner Galleries
18.00-21.45
Katie Forsyth is a London- based designer whose surreal work echoes the abstract geometry found in Lee Miller’s photography. Explore Katie’s works, hear about her creative process, and learn how she established her label, House of Syth. Project Coordinator and Technician: Taylor, Tate Collective Producer.
Stream of Consciousness Writing
Workshop
Room 10
18.00-18.45, 19.00-19.45
On the eve of Valentine’s Day, this workshop invites you to jot down your stream of consciousness and begin shaping your own love story. Drawing inspiration from Lee Miller and a new addition to the Tate collection - William Dobson’s self‑portrait, displayed alongside his portrait of his wife - the session explores love, intimacy, and the stories we tell about ourselves. Hosted by Tate Collective Producer Bethel.
A Moment With Lee
Clore Studio
18.00-21.45
Step away from the noise of the evening and enter a calm, welcoming space designed for rest and reflection. This is a safe space to pause, decompress, and sit with your own thoughts and emotions after visiting the Lee Miller exhibition. You’re invited to reflect in whatever way feels natural to you and, if you wish, write a letter to Miller as a personal response to what you’ve seen, felt or carried with you. Hosted by Tate Collective Producer Ezri.
Quiet Space
Millbank Studio
18.00-21.45
Need a quiet room to take a break from the activities happening across the building? Reset your senses and recharge in this calm, access‑friendly space, designed for anyone seeking a moment away from the crowd. Hosted by Negotiating Bodies.
Show and Share: Lee Miller
Explore
Library and Archives Reading Rooms
18.00-20.00
Join Tate's Library and Archive team for a Show and Share displaying highlights from our vast collections, relating to Lee Miller’s work and life, Surrealism, fashion and war photography. Experience Miller’s art first hand by exploring a selection of photobooks, magazines, catalogues and other publications, both historical and contemporary.
Show and Share invites visitors to explore highlights from the Library and Archive collections and provides a unique viewing and handling experience.
10 Minute Talks
Join our volunteer's team for a 10 Minute Talks all around iconic works in Tate Britain.
18.30-18.45 Room 20, Tony Ray-Jones
19.00-19.15 Room 21, Don McCullen
19.00-19.15, Room 6, Turner's Waterloo
19.30-19.45 Room 6, Emma Soyer, Two Children with a Book
19.30-19.45, Room 6, Turner's Waterloo
20.00-20.15 Room 26, Chris Ofili, No Woman No Cry
Nico Widdowson
Nico Widdowson is a London-based piano player who developed his style and musical philosophy in Leeds, influenced by his professional collaborator and close friend Fergus Quill. In 2024, Widdowson won the Tina May Jazz Award for Young Jazz Musician of the Year. He has been featured on various shows across BBC Radio 6, BBC Radio 2, Jazz FM, and Worldwide FM.
Nico Widdowson's Trio will be releasing a debut album later this year.
HARRI
HARRI is a London-based sculptural fashion studio redefining contemporary design through deeply personal, culturally-rooted craftsmanship. Founded by Indian-born artist and designer HARRI.
@ harri_ks
Ella Douglas
Ella Douglas is a designer that explores traditionally male-dominated industries, reimagining them through a queer lens. By taking inspiration from the mundane and industrial, they translate everyday aesthetics into artistic, wearable pieces. As a highly tactile designer, they drew from overlooked details within the environment - —the mop left in the corner, textured metal flooring, and strips of hazard-yellow tape
@ella.i.douglas
Matthew David Andrews
Matthew David Andrews is an Essex based BA Womenswear graduate from Central Saint Martins London. From an early age, they have been subverting everyday objects into unique pieces of art that hold meaning. Growing up as a queer person, Matthew uses creativity as expression and to escape the criticism experienced on a day-to-day basis.
@matthew.david.andrews
Huq That
Huq That is a henna-led creative practice celebrating art, culture, and beauty through thoughtful, culturally rooted expression. Blending traditional techniques with contemporary vision, the work spans personalised henna, art direction, and creative consultancy, approaching each project with authenticity, care, and a deep respect for cultural nuance.
@huqthat
Girls in Film
Girls in Film represents, champions and connects the future generation of women, trans and non-binary creatives in the film industry. Through their curated streaming platform, screenings, talks, access schemes and more they are changing the gender bias in the film industry by bringing these groups to the forefront. Their open and democratic global community works together to share progressive ideas, unlock opportunities, and make films that move the conversation forward.
Zein Majali
Zein Majali is a sound and visual artist. Her work explores the collision of technology with a rapidly evolving political landscape, with an interest in a post-colonial and globalised Middle East. Her primary area of interest is the internet and its effects on both geopolitics and community.
Sweatmother
Sweatmother is an artist and filmmaker. His practice blends performance, self-recorded documentation, and internet and archival footage to explore and make visible queer experiences. His work is made for his community—to be shared, learned from, and returned to as a source of solace—offering sensitive depictions of raw, collective realities and obscured histories.
Katie Forsyth
Katie Forsyth, operating as House of Syth, is a London-based dystopian, world-building sculptural artist. Recent first-class Menswear Technology graduate from London College of Fashion with a Central Saint Martins foundation. Her work has been featured in Acne Paper and presented in runways and exhibitions across London and Europe, including V&A.
@houseofsyth
Negotiating Bodies
Negotiating Bodies is a research collective exploring how bodies interact across different identities, with a focus on disability. Using collaborative methods, we seek deeper understandings by creating space for lived experiences of intersectional disability.
@_negotiatingbodies
Food and Drink
Pop-Up Bar
18.00-21.30
Fancy a drink? Head over to our pop-up bar in the Duveens!
Djanogly Café
18.00-21.30
Grab some food and drink and enjoy the music in the Djanogly Café. Try out our range of drinks, including a selection of locally sourced beer.
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