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Ana Mendieta
14 Jul 2026 — 17 Jan 2027 at Tate Modern
· London
This exhibition presents the work of Ana Mendieta, a groundbreaking artist whose practice spanned performance, video, photography, and sculpture. Known for her powerful body art and earth-based interventions, Mendieta created visceral works that examined themes of identity, displacement, mortality, and the sacred. Her practice challenged conventional boundaries between art and life, and between the personal and the political.
About the artist
Ana Mendieta
1948–1985 · feminist art
Ana Mendieta was a Cuban-American performance artist, sculptor, painter, and video artist who is best known for her "earth-body" artwork. She is considered one of the most influential Cuban-American artists of the post–World War II era. Born in Havana, Cuba, Mendieta left for the United States in…
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Tate Modern
· London
Tate Modern is an art gallery in London, housing the United Kingdom's national collection of international modern and contemporary art. It forms part of the Tate group together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. It is located in the former Bankside Power Station, in the Bankside…
