
Tate today announces its programme of exhibitions for 2027, celebrating some of the world’s greatest historic, modern and contemporary artists. To coincide with David Hockney’s 90th birthday, Tate Modern will stage a multimedia installation in the Turbine Hall in the summer and Tate Britain will open a career-spanning exhibition in the autumn.
TATE MODERN
Monet: Painting Time will be Tate Modern’s first exhibition devoted to Claude Monet, bringing together many breath-taking paintings and rarely seen works.
Ink will be Tate’s first ever exhibition dedicated to the enduring and profoundly philosophical practice of ink painting.
David Hockney will present a multimedia installation in the Turbine Hall to coincide with his 90th birthday.
Baya was a groundbreaking Algerian artist whose geometric patterns and bold colours were rooted in the natural surroundings of her homeland.
Nalini Malani’s incredible six-decade career will be celebrated with her largest exhibition to date.
Lynda Benglis is renowned for challenging conventions and reinventing materials. This approach can be seen in her celebrated ‘pours’, for which she mixed materials such as latex and Day-Glo pigment and poured them onto the floor to dramatic effect.
Edvard Munch described his paintings as ‘impressions from the life of the soul’, creating powerful, cinematic images which expressed feelings we all recognise – love, loss and loneliness.
TATE BRITAIN
Sonia Boyce’s 40-year career will be presented in a major exhibition of large-scale installations, photography, collage, drawing, film and sculpture.
Gainsborough will be the subject of a landmark exhibition marking the 300th anniversary of the artist’s birth.
David Hockney’s 90th birthday will be celebrated with a large-scale exhibition at Tate Britain.
The Tudors reigned over a period that saw the birth of modern Britain, and in turn, that of British painting.
Left to Right:
1. Claude Monet, Nymphéas, 1914-17. Legs Michel Monet, 1966. Inv. 6085 © Musée Marmottan Monet / Studio Christian Baraja SLB
2. David Hockney, My Parents, 1977. Tate. Purchased 1981
3. Chila Kumari Singh Burman, Auto Portrait, 2012-18. © Chila Kumari Singh Burman. All rights reserved, DACS 20254.
4. Gulnur Mukazhanova, Bosağa – Transition. The Weave of Ancestral Memory. BARSAKELMES exhibition, Tselinny Center of Contemporary Culture, September 2025. Photo: Saparlas




