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The forthcoming Tate Modern retrospective, Frida: The Making of an Icon, promises to go beyond the canvas to explore the construction of an artistic legend. At a recent breakfast press-briefing at KOL, a Mexican restaurant in London, co-curator Tobias Ostrander framed the exhibition as a study in how Frida Kahlo…

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Critics and curators are reframing great artists, from Gentileschi to Soutine, to fit with modern ethical narratives. But this ignores the glorious ambivalence of their creations

INDEPENDENT STUDIO: Balshaw, the organisation’s first ever woman director, is resigning on a ‘high note’, writes Annabel Nugent

Must-sees include Beryl Cook’s postwar brilliance, Tracey Emin’s new highs, Frida Kahlo’s confessions, plus Google’s HQ and Gaudí’s finally finished fever dream

As the Tate Modern stages a major retrospective of Emily Kam Kngwarry’s work, Eddi Fiegel explores the extraordinary landscapes that inspired her

Letters: Roland Rudd of Tate responds to an article by Jonathan Jones that questioned the organisation’s ambition and priorities. Plus a letter from Liz Goddard on Máret Ánne Sara’s installation at Tate Modern

From Belle Époque posters to radical performance art, 2025 delivered exhibitions that pushed boundaries and opened dialogues.

Tate stresses its departing director has ‘diversified’ the collection, but it has hidden its treasures and let its galleries slide into insulting incoherence – and visitors have voted with their absence

Her final project will be an exhibition at Tate Modern celebrating the work of Dame Tracey Emin.

Balshaw, who joined in 2017, helped steer organisation through Covid-19 and fluctuating attendance