The Tate has unveiled its slate of programming for the 2027 season across its four galleries in England. Included among the highlights are major exhibitions dedicated to historic, modern, and contemporary artists such as David Hockney, Claude Monet, and Sonia Boyce. The news comes as museum director Maria Balshaw leaves her post this month, and Karin Hindsbo steps in as interim director.
At the Tate Modern in London, Hockey will present a multimedia installation that builds upon the British artist’s love of opera and his previous theatrical set designs. The work will take over the museum’s famed Turbine Hall, and will coincide with Hockney’s 90th birthday. For the first time in the Tate’s history, an exhibition will be dedicated to Monet, bringing together rarely seen works and building on new research into the artist’s relationship with time at the dawn of the industrial age.
Other highlights include a career survey of Indian multimedia artist Nalini Malani, featuring six decades of work and marking her largest show to date, and Algerian painter Baya’s first solo show in the United Kingdom. In April 2027, the museum will present its first exhibition dedicated to the tradition of ink painting. In fall 2027, the museum will mount solo shows for American sculptor and visual artist Lynda Benglis and Norwegian expressionist painter Edvard Munch.
Elsewhere in London, the Tate Britain will present a large-scale exhibition dedicated to Hockney in celebration of his milestone birthday. The show will span his seven-decade career and feature over 200 works that explore the role of important relationships in his life, from family and friends to lovers. Meanwhile, Boyce, who Artsy recently named as one of 8 artists having a breakout moment this past fall, will be the subject of a major exhibition showcasing her large-scale installations, photography works, collages, drawings, films, and sculptures. Other shows include a landmark exhibition that marks the 300th anniversary of Georgian artist Thomas Gainsborough’s birth. At the same time, a major presentation dedicated to The Tudors will bring together over 150 oil paintings, sculptures, miniatures, and decorative art objects.
In 2027, Tate Liverpool will re-open following a four-year refurbishment with a career-spanning survey dedicated to the work of British artist Chila Kumari Singh Burman. At Tate St. Ives, Kazakhstan-born, Berlin-based Gulnur Mukazhanova’s textile works and large-scale installations will be exhibited in the artist’s first U.K. institutional survey. In October 2027, Tate St Ives will present the Turner Prize for the first time.
“This is an exhibition program that only Tate could deliver,” said Hindsbo in a press statement. “It spans the centuries, from the 1500s to the present day, and it spans the globe, from Europe to Asia, Africa, and America. Even more importantly, the programme reflects a deep appreciation of artists themselves —all these exhibitions showcase the many different ways that artists think and work, and their unique ability to inspire and move us.”
