Tate has announced its 2026 exhibition highlights. Of particular notes is Light and Magic which explores how pictorialism, the first international art photography movement, developed across the world from the 1880s to the 1960s. The exhibition was previously scheduled to open in December 2025. Bringing together over 50 artists from Seoul to Sydney, New York to Cape Town and Brazil to Singapore, this truly international exhibition takes a fresh and inclusive look at the history of art photography.
Featuring never-before seen works from around the world alongside pieces from Tate’s Collection, Light and Magic highlights the vast and varied artistic possibilities of photography as a medium.
Light and MagicThe Birth of Art Photography
8 October 2026 – 14 February 2027
London, Tate Modern, Bankside
Ticket price to be confirmed
See: https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/light-and-magic
Light and Magic is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.
Image: Long Chin-San Riverside Spring 1942, The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund © Courtesy the Estate of the Artist
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