At White Cube Paris, Tracey Emin presents a deeply personal exhibition exploring love, desire, loneliness and emotional vulnerability. Bringing together paintings and bronze sculptures, the presentation reflects on the complexities of human relationships, drawing on the artist’s experiences of intimacy, separation and loss. The show is running until 18 December.
Rooted in Emin’s autobiographical practice, the works return to the bedroom as a space of solitude and psychological exposure. Her expressive brushwork captures the female figure in moments of tenderness and uncertainty, transforming private emotions into powerful visual statements.
Alongside the paintings, small-scale bronze sculptures introduce a quieter reflection on companionship and everyday life, offering an intimate counterpoint to Emin’s monumental public works.
Beyond the gallery, three large-scale bronzes, I lay here for you (2018), I Followed You to the End (2024) and I Will Not Be Alone (2025), are installed at the Trocadéro, overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Presented in conjunction with Art Basel Paris, the sculptures explore vulnerability and resilience through the human body. Their monumental scale transforms Emin’s deeply personal visual language into a striking public encounter, set against one of the world’s most recognisable landmarks.
Together, the gallery exhibition and outdoor installation reveal the breadth of Emin’s practice, connecting intimate experiences of love and loss with universal questions of human connection. Unflinchingly personal yet widely resonant, her work finds its power in emotional honesty, where tenderness, desire and grief remain inseparable. Tate Modern’s recent exhibition will remain as one of the most successful shows in the history of the museum.
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