Nan Goldin

American · b. 1953

American photographer whose intimate documentary practice, developed in Boston and New York from the 1970s onward, bore witness to queer life, addiction, love, and survival within her immediate community. The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, first shown as a slide show in 1985, redefined what personal photography could be.

Nan Goldin on now and coming soon exhibitions

Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong

Coming Soon

Hayward Gallery

Nan Goldin: You Never Did Anything Wrong

Starting Nov 24

PhotographyVideo & Moving ImageContemporary ArtNan Goldin

Five decades of unflinching photography, plus four recent films

Nan Goldin past exhibitions

Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

Ended

Gagosian Davies Street

Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

Ended Mar 21

PhotographyContemporary ArtNan Goldin

All 126 photographs from Goldin's genre-defining photobook, shown complete for first time in UK

4.5/5 from 2 ratings

"More than four decades on, Goldin’s louche lovers, waxwork royals, divorcing Mexicans and frightening wallpaper feel uncannily present – normal even."

The Guardian

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