{"id":28536,"date":"2025-06-13T11:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T09:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/?p=28536"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:57:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T06:57:24","slug":"ithell-colquhoun-at-tate-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.femininemoments.dk\/blog\/ithell-colquhoun-at-tate-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Ithell Colquhoun at Tate Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Ithell Colquhoun<\/em><br \/>\n13 June \u2013 19 October 2025<br \/>\nTate Britain, London, UK<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;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.<\/p>\n<p>This landmark exhibition of over 140 artworks and archival materials traces Colquhoun\u2019s 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.&#8217; &#8211; Tate Britain<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.tate.org.uk\/ithell-colquhoun-prints\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See prints by Ithell Colquhou<\/a>n at the Tate website.<\/p>\n<h2>Ithell Colquhoun (1906\u20131988)<\/h2>\n<p>British surrealist poet, painter, and occultist <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ithell_Colquhoun\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ithell Colquhoun<\/a> (1906\u20131988) 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. 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