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Now booking Tate Modern Exhibition

Mike Kelley Ghost and Spirit

3 October 2024 – 9 March 2025

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Mike Kelley, Ahh...Youth! 1991. © Mike Kelley Foundation for the Arts. All Rights Reserved / VAGA at ARS, NY

The first major UK exhibition of American artist Mike Kelley

Discover the elaborate, provocative and imaginary worlds created by experimental artist Mike Kelley.

From the late 1970s to 2012, Kelley made a diverse body of work using drawing, collage, performance, found objects, and video.

Spanning Kelley’s entire career, the exhibition features his breakthrough 'craft' sculptures made from textile and plush toys through to his multi-media installations such as Day Is Done.

Drawing on references from popular and underground culture, literature, and philosophy, Kelley explores how the roles we play in society are entangled with historical fact and imaginary characters from the films and images we consume.

Over a decade since his passing, Kelley’s reflections on identity and memory continue to resonate.

Organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with Bourse de Commerce, Paris, K21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf and Moderna Museet, Stockholm

All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner Street.

There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.

  • Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
  • A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
  • Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.

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Dates

3 October 2024 – 9 March 2025

  • Members enjoy free entry – no need to book, just turn up with your card
  • Relaxed Hours on the third Tuesday of the month at 10.00–11.00

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Content guidance: This exhibition includes violence, sexual content, explicit language and references themes of abuse. It is not recommended for children.

Supported by

With additional support from

The Mike Kelley Exhibition Supporters Circle

Amanda and John Waldron

Hauser & Wirth

Tate Americas Foundation

Tate International Council

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    £18 / Free for Members

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