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Free Tate Modern Performance

Poetic Urgency of the Present Moment

man looking into a sidewalk vent on a London street.

Dora Maar Man looking inside a sidewalk inspection door London c.1935. Collection on Michael Mattis and Judith Hochberg, New York, courtesy art2art. Circulating Exhibitions (c) Estate of Dora Maar / DACS 2019, All Rights Reserved.

Join us for an evening of poetry and spoken word in the Dora Maar exhibition

This event takes ispiration from Dora Maar's practice and her engagement with the social and political questions of her lifetime.

This evening invites a contemporary artist to experiment with language as a playful commentary and response to the urgent questions of our present moment.

The event includes a private view of the exhibition.

Tate Modern

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London SE1 9TG
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