This catalogue marks Tracey Emin’s return to London, featuring the artist’s paintings, sculptures and video that comprised her celebrated exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey (September – November 2024). With comprehensive illustrations and full-bleed details, this publication arrays the heterogeneity of Emin’s work, displaying the myriad ways in which the artist explores the transformative potential of life’s most intimate moments.

Examining the works on view and tracing the personal experiences from which they emerge, Martin Gayford’s long-form essay studies Emin’s autobiographical reflection on the female nude and the bed as a site ‘where the fundamental processes of life take place: birth, sex, sickness, death’. Documenting the levels and layers of Emin’s metamorphoses, this catalogue provides a thoughtful endnote to the breadth and vitality of this significant exhibition.

Edited and co-ordinated by Honey Luard
Editorial assistance by Alex Bennett
Text by Martin Gayford
Designed by Maria Amaro
Printed by Verona Libri, Italy
235 x 285 mm, hardback
136 pages, colour illustrations throughout
ISBN 978-1-910844-75-5
Published by White Cube, October 2024

Martin Gayford is a writer, critic and curator. His most recent book is How Painting Happens (2024).