Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain

Ithell Colquhoun
13 June – 19 October 2025
Tate Britain, London, UK

‘The first major exhibition of visionary artist Ithell Colquhoun. One of the most radical artists of her generation, Ithell Colquhoun was an important figure in British Surrealism during the 1930s and 1940s. An innovative writer and practicing occultist, Colquhoun charted her own course, investigating surrealist methods of unconscious picture-making and fearlessly delving into the realms of myth and magic.

This landmark exhibition of over 140 artworks and archival materials traces Colquhoun’s evolution, from her early student work and engagement with the surrealist movement, to her fascination with the intertwining realms of art, sexual identity, ecology and occultism.’ – Tate Britain

See prints by Ithell Colquhoun at the Tate website.

Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988)

British surrealist poet, painter, and occultist Ithell Colquhoun (1906–1988) was a prolific artist, mystic, essayist, novelist, and poet whose overriding concerns were with spiritual transcendence and union with the divine energy that animated all matter. Queer artists Marlow Moss, Gluck and Ithell Colquhoun were living in Lamorna, a small village on the Cornish coast, in the far southwest of Britain.