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Ana Mendieta
15 July 2026 to 17 January 2027
On NowCritic score
4.7/5
From 3 ratings
Best known for the Silueta Series — in which she traced her body's outline in fire, water and flowers, then filmed its disappearance — Mendieta posed questions of displacement and identity that remain urgent today. The exhibition extends beyond gallery walls to honour her relationship with the natural world.
From Tate Modern
This major exhibition dedicated to Ana Mendieta presents many of her iconic works alongside newly remastered films, early paintings, and late sculptural pieces, many of which have never been seen in the UK before. The show will continue outside the gallery walls, embracing Mendieta’s deep relationship with the natural world. Mendieta is best known for her Silueta Series, exploring the presence and absence of the human body, using a number of natural materials including fire, water and flowers....
Read more at Tate Modern →Critic Reviews (3)
The Telegraph
Alastair Sooke
Forget Emin and Kahlo, this is the true star of Tate's all-female summer
"In a manifesto-like move, all three of this summer's big exhibitions at Tate Modern celebrate an individual female artist; the others are Tracey Emin and Frida Kahlo. This is by far the best."
Read full review →The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
Were she still alive she'd be at the forefront of art in this century
"This artist is irresistible. She does not just make startling interventions but presents a worked-out theory of the cosmos. She strives to reconnect art and nature around a feminist mythology of ancient goddesses, half forgotten, whom she literally digs out of the soil or reveals hidden in trees by fire sacrifice."
Read full review →The Independent
Chloe Ashby
Strange, singular and strikingly contemporary
"How refreshing, in an art world focused on output, to spend time with an artist dodging permanence. Again and again, Mendieta dissolved her body, hiding behind a bunch of flowers, crawling on all fours beneath the skin of a shepherd dog."
Read full review →About the Artist
Visit
Bankside, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
Monday10am–6pm
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–9pm
Saturday10am–9pm
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© Tate Modern
Ana Mendieta
15 July 2026 to 17 January 2027
On NowCritic score
4.7/5
From 3 ratings
Best known for the Silueta Series — in which she traced her body's outline in fire, water and flowers, then filmed its disappearance — Mendieta posed questions of displacement and identity that remain urgent today. The exhibition extends beyond gallery walls to honour her relationship with the natural world.
From Tate Modern
This major exhibition dedicated to Ana Mendieta presents many of her iconic works alongside newly remastered films, early paintings, and late sculptural pieces, many of which have never been seen in the UK before. The show will continue outside the gallery walls, embracing Mendieta’s deep relationship with the natural world. Mendieta is best known for her Silueta Series, exploring the presence and absence of the human body, using a number of natural materials including fire, water and flowers....
Read more at Tate Modern →Critic Reviews (3)
The Telegraph
Alastair Sooke
Forget Emin and Kahlo, this is the true star of Tate's all-female summer
"In a manifesto-like move, all three of this summer's big exhibitions at Tate Modern celebrate an individual female artist; the others are Tracey Emin and Frida Kahlo. This is by far the best."
Read full review →The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
Were she still alive she'd be at the forefront of art in this century
"This artist is irresistible. She does not just make startling interventions but presents a worked-out theory of the cosmos. She strives to reconnect art and nature around a feminist mythology of ancient goddesses, half forgotten, whom she literally digs out of the soil or reveals hidden in trees by fire sacrifice."
Read full review →The Independent
Chloe Ashby
Strange, singular and strikingly contemporary
"How refreshing, in an art world focused on output, to spend time with an artist dodging permanence. Again and again, Mendieta dissolved her body, hiding behind a bunch of flowers, crawling on all fours beneath the skin of a shepherd dog."
Read full review →About the Artist
Visit
Bankside, London·View on artmap
Sunday10am–6pm
Monday10am–6pm
Tuesday10am–6pm
Wednesday10am–6pm
Thursday10am–6pm
Friday10am–9pm
Saturday10am–9pm
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Major Artists On Now in London
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London Exhibitions Opening This Month
Art exhibitions opening in London this month, from major museums to independent galleries.