Theatre Picasso – The Three Dancers at Tate Modern

Name: Theatre Picasso
Start: 2025-09-17
End: 2026-04-12
Location: Tate Modern

Where? Tate Modern, Bankside When? 17th September 2025 to 12th April 2026 10 AM to 6 PM (Mon-Sun); Last entry 45 mins before closing Price? £14 · See tate.org Parking: Nearby car parks Buses: 40, 63, 100, 344, 381 Bus fares Trains: The closest station is Southwark Jubilee Other nearby stations: Blackfriars Train fares

Tate Modern will be celebrating the centenary of Picasso's landmark painting The Three Dancers by exploring his fascination with performers.

Picasso was both inspired by the bullfighters, flamenco dancers and entertainers that he painted, but also borrowed from their capacity for transformation to create his own public persona of a creative genius and outsider.

Staged by the contemporary artist Wu Tsang and the author Enrique Fuenteblanca, the Theatre Picasso exhibition will showcase over 45 drawings, paintings, prints, sculptures and textiles from the Tate's own collection, as well as important loans from European galleries - some of which have never been seen in the UK before.

Girl In A Chemise by Pablo Picasso: 1905

At the centre of the exhibition will be The Three Dancers itself, an important part of his evolution as an artist that sat at a crossroads between madness, philosophy and the avant-garde. It marked a break from his classical phase to his use of emotional violence and expressionist distortion.

Also on display will be the wool and silk tapestry Minotaur (1935), Weeping Woman (1937), Nude Woman in a Red Armchair (1932), Girl In A Chemise (1905), Horse With A Youth In Blue (1905-6), Bullfight Scene (1960), Acrobat (1930) and Henri-George Clouzot's film The Mystery of Picasso (1959).

How to get to Tate Modern

Bus and train fares to Tate Modern
Fare zone	Cash	Oyster & Contactless				Travelcard
	Single fare	Single fare		Daily cap		One day
	Single fare	Peak	Off-peak	Peak	Off-peak	Anytime	Off-peak
Bus	n/a	1.75		5.25		6
Train (zone 1)	7	2.90	2.80	8.90	8.90	16.60(zone 1-4)	16.60(zone 1-6)
Train (zone 1-2)	7	3.50	2.90	8.90	8.90
Train (zone 1-3)	7	3.80	3.10	10.50	10.50
Train (zone 1-4)	7	4.60	3.40	12.80	12.80
Note: Prices are correct as of 2nd March 2025

Bus No.40, 63, 100, 344 and 381 all stop near Tate Modern. The closest train station is Southwark Jubilee

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