Free retrospective of more than 50 works by the American artist Lynda Benglis, from her latex 'pours' of the late 1960s to installations, sculpture, video and photography.
Lynda Benglis opens at Tate Modern on 30 September 2027, with more than 50 works on display through to 5 March 2028. It's a retrospective of the American artist's career, spanning from the late 1960s to the present, and it doesn't stick to one medium: you'll find video, photography, sculpture and installation all under one roof.
Benglis has spent her career challenging conventions and reinventing materials, and the show lets you trace that. The earliest works are her celebrated 'pours' from the late 1960s, made by mixing latex with Day-Glo pigments and pouring the mixture directly onto the floor, where it was left to set. From there, she's pushed the boundaries of form and material across sculpture, video, photography and installation, working with substances as varied as polyurethane foam, bronze, ceramic, paper and glitter.
The exhibition is organised by the Kunstmuseum Basel, which opens it first from 13 March to 1 August 2027 with more than 60 works, including Phantom (1971), a glow-in-the-dark installation that has never been shown publicly in Europe. After London, the show moves on to the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.
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Entry is free. The gallery is open 10.00-18.00 Sunday to Thursday and 10.00-21.00 Fridays and Saturdays, so there's plenty of room to fit it in during the week or on a late one.
