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Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
13 January 2026 to 21 March 2026
EndedMarking its 40th anniversary, Gagosian presents the complete 126-photograph Ballad of Sexual Dependency — Goldin's intimate, unflinching diary of gender, desire and power in downtown New York, shown in its entirety in the UK for the first time.
From Gagosian Davies Street
Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition of all 126 photographs from Nan Goldin’s genre-defining photobook The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Opening January 13, 2026, at the Davies Street gallery, the presentation marks the first time the entire body of work will be shown in the United Kingdom. The exhibition coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the volume, which Goldin described at the time as “the diary I let people read.” Created between 1973 and 1986,...
Read more at Gagosian Davies Street →Critic Reviews (2)
The Standard
India Block
More radical than ever
"Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a photographic diary that is still as fresh, exciting, comforting and confronting as it was when it was published in 1986."
Read full review →The Guardian
Adrian Searle
An electrifying parade of sex, smoke and sullen silence
"More than four decades on, Goldin’s louche lovers, waxwork royals, divorcing Mexicans and frightening wallpaper feel uncannily present – normal even."
Read full review →About the Artist
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MondayClosed
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–6pm
Saturday10am–6pm
© Gagosian Davies Street
Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency
13 January 2026 to 21 March 2026
EndedMarking its 40th anniversary, Gagosian presents the complete 126-photograph Ballad of Sexual Dependency — Goldin's intimate, unflinching diary of gender, desire and power in downtown New York, shown in its entirety in the UK for the first time.
From Gagosian Davies Street
Gagosian is pleased to announce an exhibition of all 126 photographs from Nan Goldin’s genre-defining photobook The Ballad of Sexual Dependency. Opening January 13, 2026, at the Davies Street gallery, the presentation marks the first time the entire body of work will be shown in the United Kingdom. The exhibition coincides with the fortieth anniversary of the volume, which Goldin described at the time as “the diary I let people read.” Created between 1973 and 1986,...
Read more at Gagosian Davies Street →Critic Reviews (2)
The Standard
India Block
More radical than ever
"Nan Goldin’s The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is a photographic diary that is still as fresh, exciting, comforting and confronting as it was when it was published in 1986."
Read full review →The Guardian
Adrian Searle
An electrifying parade of sex, smoke and sullen silence
"More than four decades on, Goldin’s louche lovers, waxwork royals, divorcing Mexicans and frightening wallpaper feel uncannily present – normal even."
Read full review →About the Artist
Visit
Mayfair, London·View on artmap
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–6pm
Saturday10am–6pm