Migration and Art Explore how artists reflect on moving to new places Highlights Artworks Artists Explore More Explore more Themes Highlights Where do art and migration meet? Step into the shoes of artists, migrants, and makers as they tell their stories The Art of Belonging What does it mean to belong? Artists, writers and poets explore the human stories behind art and belonging A Walk Through Tate Modern on the Theme of Migration Hear how Tate staff and community voices think about migration as you walk through Tate Modern Artist and Society Explore artworks from Tate's collection that respond to their social and political context Artworks 2016 Maggi Hambling 2016 Mother Tongue Zineb Sedira 2002 Los Moscos Mark Bradford 2004 Threshold to the Kingdom Mark Wallinger 2000 May Heaven Preserve You From Dangers and Assassins Mark Bradford 2010 Between the Two my Heart is Balanced Lubaina Himid CBE RA 1991 The Emigrants William McTaggart 1883–9 Sonponnoi Rotimi Fani-Kayode 1987, printed c.1987–8 The Strangers Thomas Schütte 1992 Union Black Chris Ofili 2003 The Immigrant Carl Plackman 1985–7 West A.R. Penck (Ralf Winkler) 1980 Fighting One’s Self Virginia Chihota 2016 Relation of Aesthetic Choice to Life Activity (Function) of the Subject Billy Apple 1961–2 Pacific Yukinori Yanagi 1996 Artists Tania Bruguera born 1968 Marc Chagall 1887–1985 Rotimi Fani-Kayode 1955–1989 Mona Hatoum born 1952 Yinka Shonibare CBE born 1962 Sir Anish Kapoor CBE RA born 1954 Explore More Jankel Adler's Sketchbooks – 'His life was one long journey' Discover the life of Jewish artist Jankel Adler through his sketches, held in Tate's archive Hew Locke – 'Let's make something positive' The artist walks us through his new work The Procession to explain how his life has informed his art Exploring the Black Atlantic In this four-part mini-series, writer and curator Ekow Eshun examines the rich and boundless ways in which artists have engaged with this concept Static 2009 by Steve McQueen Rachel Wells This project examines how Static raises questions about freedom, surveillance, migration and the construction of history Diaspora Used to describe movements in population from one country to another and is often cited in discussions about identity Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor: The Walk In September 2015, artists Ai Weiwei and Anish Kapoor walked across London in solidarity with refugees around the world Journeys Coursework Guide From physical journeys and migration to journeys of self-discovery, get ideas and inspiration about journeys in art Let me in Kamila Shamsie One writer focuses on the sixteenth-century émigré painter Hans Eworth Black Atlantic Black Atlantic describes the fusion of black cultures with other cultures from around the Atlantic Eight things to know: Impressionists in London We explore the lives and careers of French artists on this side of the English Channel Emeka Ogboh: 'Lagos is a city that is never silent' When the Nigerian artist first moved to Berlin he couldn’t sleep because it was so quiet Négritude An anti-colonial cultural and political movement founded by a group of African and Caribbean students in Paris in the 1930s Frank Bowling: From figuration to abstraction Bowling reflects on his career and the effect of moving from London to New York had on his work Explore more Themes Black Identities and Art Discover Black art and artists in Tate's collection Queer Lives and Art Discover LGBTQ artists and queer art Travel and Art Explore transport and travel through the eyes of artists Asia and Art Discover art and ideas by artists working across the Asian continent Weather and Art Explore how artists respond to the seasons and our changing environment
