This large-scale exhibition will debut recent work and include selected highlights from Lubaina Himid’s influential career. Taking inspiration from her interest in theatre, the exhibition will unfold in a sequence of scenes designed to place visitors centre-stage and backstage.
Initially trained in theatre design, Himid is known for her innovative approaches to painting and to social engagement. She has been pivotal in the UK since the 1980s for her contributions to the British Black arts movement, making space for the expression and recognition of Black experience and women’s creativity. Over the last decade, she has earned international recognition for her figurative paintings, which explore overlooked and invisible aspects of history and of contemporary everyday life. In 2017 she was awarded the Turner Prize and in 2018 she was bestowed with the honorary title of CBE for her contributions to the arts.
Exhibition organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne/Plateforme 10
Lubaina Himid Six Tailors 2019 Rennie Collection, Vancouver © Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid Tide Change 1998 Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens © Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid East Wing West Wing 1997-8 Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London © Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid Jelly Mould Pavilions for Liverpool 2010 Courtesy of the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London © Lubaina Himid
Lubaina Himid CBE RA
Man in A Shirt Drawer (2017–18)
Tate
© Lubaina Himid, courtesy the artist and Hollybush Gardens, London
All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner street.
The exhibition is on Level 2 of the Blavatnik building. There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Nathalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.
- Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
- A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
- Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.
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Our exhibition guide explores the exhibition room by room.
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