Gauguin

Tate Modern 30 September 2010  –  16 January 2011

About the exhibition

Now open until 22.00 on Sundays

'Brilliant' - The Guardian

'* * * * *' - The Telegraph

‘the show of the season – in fact of the whole year’- The Times

Book your tickets now for the must-see exhibition of 2010

Gauguin is one of the world's most famous and best-loved artists from the early 20^th century. For the first time in the UK in over 50 years, Tate Modern presents an exhibition dedicated to this master French Post-Impressionist, featuring paintings and drawings from around the world. His sumptuous, colourful images of women in Tahiti and beautiful landscape images of Brittany in France are some of the most popular images in Modern art.

Gauguin was the ultimate global traveller, sailing the South Seas, and living in Peru, Martinique, and Paris among other places. This exhibition explores the role of the myths around the man – Gauguin as storyteller, painting himself as a Christ-like figure or even a demon in his own paintings, religious and mythical symbols in his work, and the manipulation of his own artistic identity. It features many of his iconic paintings, including those showing daily village life from the artist's colony of Pont-Aven in Brittany, nude bathers and haystacks in the Breton landscape, and decorative works such as the carved wooden door panels around Gauguin's hut in the Marquesas Islands in French Polynesia.

Gauguin sought to escape European civilisation in the South Seas. Inspired by Tahiti's tropical flora, fauna and island life, he immersed himself in its fast-disappearing local culture to invest his art with deeper meaning, ritual and myth.

Advance booking is strongly recommended as the exhibition is proving very popular, so book now to guarantee your admission time.

Visit Gauguin as a group and get a special ticket price

If you're visiting Gauguin as a *group, please call our ticketing team on 020 7887 8888 for reduced rate tickets of £12.50 per person (£9.00 concession).

Private talks and exhibition packages including catering can also be arranged for groups of over 20. Please call us on 020 7887 8888 or email tour.bookings@tate.org.uk to discuss the individual requirements of your group.

* For groups of over 10 visiting Monday - Friday when booking at least 2 weeks in advance.

Extended opening hours - now open until 22.00 on Sundays

Closes at 18.00 on Sunday 5 December and Friday 31 December

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