Major survey of Nalini Malani's work spanning six decades, with around 200 pieces including video works, films, watercolour diaries and a new wall drawing.
Nalini Malani takes over Tate Modern from 1 July 2027 to 9 January 2028, in what's her largest survey to date. It's a massive show, bringing together nearly 200 works from six decades of her practice. Malani is a Mumbai-based contemporary artist and global storyteller, and this is the first time so much of her career is gathered in one place.
The exhibition mixes the pieces that first put her on the map with things you rarely get to see. There's Mother India: Transactions in the Construction of Pain and In Search of Vanished Blood, alongside the iPad animation series Can You Hear Me?. You'll also find watercolour diaries, black-and-white films, camera-less photography, large-scale video works, and reverse paintings. On top of all that, there's a newly commissioned wall drawing and a performance piece, so the show keeps adding to itself while it's running.
Much of Malani's work comes from her experience as a child refugee of India's Partition, and she's been known in India since the late sixties for a multidisciplinary approach that doesn't stick to one medium. She gained international recognition with monumental multimedia works that rewrite Western and Eastern histories, often evoking beauty and discomfort at the same time. She's put it simply: "The future is female, there is no other way."
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It's a long run, so you've got plenty of time to work your way through it. The exhibition is open 10.00-18.00 Sunday to Thursday and 10.00-21.00 Fridays and Saturdays, and it runs through to 9 January 2028. Entry is free for Members; other prices are to be confirmed.
