iLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtHumlebæk
Tracey Emin: A Second Life
Confessional, raw and tender: Tracey Emin uses the female body to explore passion, trauma, pain and healing. Organised by Tate Modern, London.
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Figures struggle across the canvases, couples meet and separate, and words sit beside bodies as though thought had turned physical. These are the paintings Tracey Emin has made since 2020, when she underwent extensive surgery for cancer. Louisiana says the show focuses on her lifelong commitment to painting and includes a number of her most recent works.
Around them sit almost 40 years of painting, drawing, sculpture, textile, film and installation, with works never shown before. Metal magazine reports that it is organised by theme rather than chronology, so past and present run into each other. Louisiana's own text names rape, abortion and very serious illness among its subjects, alongside courage and joy.
Entry is included in the museum ticket (DKK 145). Louisiana is open until 22:00 Tuesday to Friday, 11:00 to 18:00 at weekends, and closed on Mondays.
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Tate Modern's Tracey Emin show reaches Humlebæk: raw, confessional work about the female body, pain and healing. Louisiana stays open until 22:00 Tuesday to Friday, 40 minutes by train from the city.
Look for
The recent paintings
Figures struggle across canvases, couples meet and separate, and interiors become psychological spaces, with words written beside the bodies.
Works never shown before
Louisiana says the show includes pieces that have not been presented to the public until now.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- First-Timers
Skip if
You would rather avoid frank work on rape, abortion and serious illness.
Also at Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
On now nearby
Image credits
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- Tracey Emin: A Second LifePiers Allardyce / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- The Garbage Man – Thomas DamboPhoto: Anders Sune Berg / ARKEN
- Gauguin & Kihara – First ImpressionsCourtesy of Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
- The Cabinetmakers' Autumn Exhibition: Light & FormThomas Ibsen
- Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLars Plougmann / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0