Tracey Emin: I Loved You Until the Morning

Published by the Yale Center for British Art 

Hardcover, 128 pages, 75 color illustrations
ISBN-13: 9780300279726

by Martina Droth
Contributions by Claire Gilman, Courtney J. Martin, and Tracey Emin

Publication date: April 15, 2025 
(available now exclusively online at https://britishart.yale.edu/)

Description

Tracey Emin (b. 1963) is widely known for autobiographical works that explore themes grief, hope, loss, and love. For more than three decades, her art has challenged stereotypes about female experience and sexuality. Emin made her mark in the 1990s with iconic sculptural installations and the use of a wide range of media, including neon, textiles, film and photography, yet she has long considered painting as central to her artistic identity. When selected to represent Britain in the 2007 Venice Biennale, she intensified her focus on the medium and began creating large-scale figurative works rooted in emotion and bodily experience for which she is celebrated today.

Published to accompany the first North American museum exhibition of Emin’s paintings, this generously illustrated volume places her work in its art-historical context, opens new avenues for approaching her drawings, and offers an in-depth interview with the artist.

Martina Droth is the Paul Mellon Director of the Yale Center for British Art. Claire Gilman is Acquavella Curator and Department Head, Modern and Contemporary Drawings, at the Morgan Library and Museum, New York. Courtney J. Martin is Executive Director of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation.