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Discover how pictorialism, the first international art photography movement, developed across the world from the 1880s to the 1960s.

Bringing together over 50 artists from Seoul to Sydney, New York to Cape Town and Brazil to Singapore, this truly international exhibition takes a fresh and inclusive look at the history of art photography.

Featuring never-before seen works from around the world alongside pieces from Tate’s Collection, Light and Magic highlights the vast and varied artistic possibilities of photography as a medium. Light and Magic is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.

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Installation Views

Exhibition view: Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography, Tate Modern (10/14/2026–21 February 2027). Courtesy Tate Modern.

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Tate Modern is one of the world’s most iconic museums of modern and contemporary art, located on the South Bank of the River Thames in London. Occupying the former Bankside Power Station, the museum’s dramatic industrial architecture—most notably its cavernous Turbine Hall—has made it a destination for art lovers and architectural enthusiasts alike.

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