17.11.2022 - 21.05.2023 Events, Visual arts

Abakanowicz at Tate Modern

*Last Week - Ends 21st May* UK Premiere exhibition of Magdalena Abakanowicz's radical woven sculptures at the Tate Modern.

17 November 2022 – 21 May 2023

A UK premiere exhibition exploring Magdalena Abakanowicz’s famous series of woven sculptures known as Abakans, whose radical form and format revolutionised sculpture art and pioneered a new form of installation when they first appeared in the late 1960s.

This exhibition presents a rare opportunity to explore Abakanowicz’s extraordinary body of work.

Many of the most significant Abakans will be brought together in a forest-like display in the 64-metre long gallery space of the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern.

Magdalena Abakanowicz was born in 1930 in Poland and came of age during the Second World War. Living in Poland under the Communist regime, she established a career as an international artist and her work is included in many public and private collections around the world.

For more details and to book tickets: Magdalena Abakanowicz | Tate Modern

* A special ticket offer is available for followers of the Polish Cultural Institute, London until the end of the exhibition *

The ticket offer is a 2 for 1 offer. You will be able to buy tickets for £8 instead of the normal  £16 on the condition that you buy two tickets together during one transaction online

After clicking ‘Book Tickets’, you will need to write the PROMO CODE: 241PCI at the bottom of the page.

The Exhibition is organised by Tate Modern in collaboration with the Fondation Toms Pauli at the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne/Plateforme 10 and Henie Onstad Art Centre, Høvikodden.

With generous thanks to the Fundacja Marty Magdaleny Abakanowicz Kosmowskiej i Jana Kosmowskiego.

It is supported by

The Magdalena Abakanowicz Exhibition Supporters Circle

Tate International Council

The Polish Cultural Institute in London

Tate Patrons and Tate Members

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