Lee Miller

02 Oct 2025 – 15 Feb 2026
London, UK
tate.org.uk
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Tate Britain presents the most comprehensive UK retrospective to date of Lee Miller, celebrating her as one of the 20th century’s most compelling and uncompromising artistic voices. After first working in front of the camera as a sought-after model in the late 1920s, Miller quickly moved behind the lens, becoming a central figure in the avant-garde communities of New York, Paris, London, and Cairo.

The exhibition traces the full sweep of her career — from her involvement with French Surrealism to her pioneering fashion and war photography — while also highlighting lesser-known chapters, including her striking images of the Egyptian landscape in the 1930s.

With around 250 vintage and modern prints, many never shown before, the survey reveals the clarity, curiosity, and courage that shaped her vision. As Miller once said of her refusal to follow anyone else’s path, ‘It was a matter of getting out on a damn limb and sawing it off behind you.’

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