Late Modern & Contemporary · c. 1965–present
Idea over object
The idea is the work. Sol LeWitt declared that the execution of an artwork is merely its administration; Joseph Kosuth placed a chair alongside a photograph and a dictionary definition to ask what art actually is. Conceptualism liberated art from material, authorship, and the commodity market — and continues to define the terms of contemporary practice.
Showing 6 Conceptualism exhibitions on now and coming soon.
Ends in 7 daysUntil Aug 21
First presentation of Christo's 1968 unrealized air installation
"Christo's work is a funny mixture of profound and ridiculous. The car is just a Volvo in a sheet. The main installation looks like Gagosian got some dodgy builders in and they couldn't be arsed to tidy up."
Ends in 8 daysUntil Aug 22
Six decades of Buren's iconic stripe across print and publications
Until Aug 29
Sculptural environment exploring domestic objects, memory and cultural identity
"This is an exhibition all about exclusion, about trying to fit in but never quite managing. It's razor-sharp, funny, pop-cultural, obtuse conceptual art about growing up black in Britain, about trying to make it and knowing you're bound to fail, because the system is geared towards failure."
Until Sep 6
Ai Weiwei's epic reckoning with empire, trade and global injustice
"This massive, ambitious exhibition is the Chinese artist at his most monumental, and as a result at his most effective. His subject matter works best at enormous scale, blown up, expanded, shoved in your face."
Coming SoonStarting Sep 18
Major solo show of 100+ works spanning sculpture, painting and photography
Until Jan 17, 2027
Major Mendieta retrospective with remastered films and UK premieres at Tate Modern
"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."
EndedMay 21 to Jul 18
Drawings and prints tracing Christo and Jeanne-Claude's monumental wrapping projects
EndedJan 13 to Mar 28
First exhibition tracing the evolution of Beuys's monumental Bathtub sculpture
"There’s no escape from the torments of the past in this show, which celebrates the German artist at his most Wagnerian, enchanting and sickening you simultaneously"
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