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Tanoa Sasraku on oil, power and the landscapes of memory | Turner Prize 2026 Nominee

What can crude oil tell us about power? Artist Tanoa Sasraku examines the histories embedded in materials, from crude-oil paperweights and military body armour to...

Marguerite Humeau – “I’m trying to create new mythologies for our contemporary era”

Artist Marguerite Humeau creates speculative worlds that explore what might exist beyond the limits of human experience. Drawing on sculpture, mythology and different forms of...

Kira Freije – “There’s an excitement of the unknown” | Turner Prize 2026 Nominee

Artist Kira Freije brings metal, fabric, plaster and found materials together to create sculptures that feel strangely human. Working intuitively, Freije casts parts of her...

Simeon Barclay on performance, memory and the Yorkshire Moors | Turner Prize 2026 Nominee

Artist Simeon Barclay explores the relationship between memory, place and performance. Returning to the landscapes of Huddersfield and the Yorkshire Moors, Barclay reflects on the...

Under the surface of Whistler’s paintings 🔍

Join Rachel Scott in the Tate Conservation Studio as she analyses Whistler's painting of Miss May Alexander (1874–5) and tries to recreate the technique...

A Closer Look at Whistler’s Fire Wheel

Conservation work that was considered impossible now reveals new details of a celebrated night scene by James McNeill Whistler. Take a closer look alongside...

🎪 Come see the smallest show on earth: María Fernanda Cardoso’s Flea Circus

Maria Fernanda Cardoso creates art that explores nature and its links to culture and science. ‘For me, art is freedom, and of course, it’s...

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky – “painting is a wonderful state of mind”

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky is now recognised as one of the most important Austrian painters of the 20th century, though she spent most of her...

☀️ Why artist Judi Werthein loves Miami

‘My interest is to relate to the masses, not to the small circle of the art world’ Watch the full film from 2019 here:...