The Facts
On September 28, 2026, White Cube announced that Tracey Emin (b. 1963, London) will have her debut solo exhibition at its Paris gallery, coinciding with Art Basel Paris 2026. The presentation features new paintings and intimately scaled bronze sculptures, following her critically acclaimed Tate Modern exhibition 'Tracey Emin: A Second Life,' which tours to the Louisiana Museum, Denmark, from October 8, 2026, to April 18, 2027. Concurrently, three monumental bronze sculptures by Emin—'I lay here for you' (2018), 'I Followed You to the End' (2024), and 'I Will Not Be Alone' (2025)—will be installed at the Parvis des Droits-de-l'Homme in Paris from October 14 to November 1, 2026, marking the first Art Basel Paris Public Program project at that site. At the fair (Booth B34, Grand Palais, October 20–25), White Cube will also present works by Georg Baselitz, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Giovanelli, Antony Gormley, David Hammons, Marguerite Humeau, Suleman Aqeel Khilji, Ibrahim Mahama, Giorgio Morandi, and Francis Picabia.
The Signal
The dual presentation strengthens Emin's institutional presence in Europe, following her recent Tate Modern survey and upcoming museum tour, while the public sculpture installation underscores Art Basel Paris's ambition to activate the city's monumental spaces. White Cube's booth mix—including late Baselitz paintings, a new Khilji work, and Morandi's still life—signals the gallery's cross-generational strategy in the Paris market. Emin's bronze progression from prone to seated figures offers collectors a tactile, narrative arc, and the concurrent Mahama exhibition at Fondation Cartier (opening October 22) adds cross-gallery institutional weight to the fair week.
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- Artists: Tracey Emin, Georg Baselitz, Alexander Calder, Helen Frankenthaler, Louise Giovanelli, Antony Gormley, David Hammons, Marguerite Humeau, Suleman Aqeel Khilji, Ibrahim Mahama, Giorgio Morandi, Francis Picabia
- People: Tracey Emin
- Galleries: White Cube
- Museums: Tate Modern, Louisiana Museum, Fondation Cartier, MIMA (Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art)
- Locations: Paris, London, Denmark, South Korea, Middlesbrough
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