Tag: Young British Artists

• Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas: The Shop and the Birth of a British Art Legacy

  

  In the mid-1990s, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas ran The Shop in Shoreditch, a short-lived but hugely influential space that helped shape late twentieth-century British art. Blurring the lines between art, commerce, and social life, their collaboration became a defining moment of the YBA era and a touchstone for third-wave feminist art.

  Alison Little

  28.01.2026

  Arts and Culture, Politics, Feminism & History

  1990s art scene, British Contemporary Art, East London art, Feminist Art, Sarah Lucas, The Shop Shoreditch, Third-wave feminism, Tracey Emin, Women in art, Young British Artists

• Tracey Emin’s My Bed Returns to Tate Modern in 2026: Does It Still Shock?

  

  Tracey Emin’s My Bed returns to Tate Modern in spring 2026, nearly three decades after its explosive debut. Once a Turner Prize controversy, the installation of crumpled sheets, bottles, and personal relics challenged what art could be. Has it lost its shock factor, or does it still hold the same raw power today?

  Alison Little

  28.11.2015

  Arts and Culture, Health & Wellness, Politics, Feminism & History

  Charles Saatchi Sensation, Contemporary British Art, Controversial Artworks, My Bed, Tate Britain Exhibitions, Tate Modern, Tracey Emin, Turner Prize, YBA, Young British Artists