Hockney at Tate Turbine
David Hockney is set to transform the Tate Modern Turbine Hall in 2027 with an installation of operatic set designs reworked into walk‑through canvases — a theatrical, large‑scale return for Hockney. The preview was highlighted in design coverage today as a major upcoming immersive commission. (x.com)
Tate Modern says the Hockney multimedia installation in the Turbine Hall will take place in summer 2027. (tate.org.uk) Tate Britain will stage a paid, career‑spanning David Hockney retrospective running from 7 October 2027 to 20 February 2028. (tate.org.uk) Tate frames the two shows as a double celebration timed to coincide with Hockney’s 90th birthday in July 2027. (tate.org.uk) Tate’s announcement describes the Turbine Hall project as a multimedia staging that will animate Hockney’s opera set and costume designs dating back to the 1970s. (tate.org.uk) Multiple reports say the presentation will assemble as many as eleven stage sets Hockney created between 1975 and 1992 for productions by Mozart, Wagner and Stravinsky. (observatorial.com) Design coverage notes the installation will rely on large‑scale projections across the Turbine Hall’s surfaces and points out the hall’s roof of 524 glass panes as part of the immersive architecture. (designboom.com) Tate unveiled the 2027 programme amid a leadership change at the institution, with Maria Balshaw departing and Karin Hindsbo named interim director. (tate.org.uk)
