Tracey Emin’s close friends and admirers reveal the artist’s true colours

“The most beautiful thing is honesty, even if it’s really painful to look at.” As tenets go, this remark by Tracey Emin could hardly be more apt. The artist has made a career out of telling the truth

The two suitcases give a sense that this is a very provisional space. This isn’t a settled home: they show that this work is the traces that life leaves behind. To create the installation, the wooden

Ahead of Tracey Emin’s monumental show at Tate Modern, her friend (and admirer) Dylan Jones charts the artist’s 40-year career

I t ’s over 30 years since Tracey ...

Artist Elaine Murray, 55, from Lyme Regis, shares how creating memorial art has helped people reconnect with those they’ve lost