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Feb 7, 2019 · In 1990, Tracey Emin had her first abortion even though a doctor (at a church) had told her that there was a 99.9 per cent chance she could never have kids. Upon having a test, the doctor took three weeks to return her results and proceeded to tell her it was too late to have an abortion as he showed her a photo of his child and remarked what a ...
Feb 18, 2022 · Tracey Emin’s career has run an arc that saw her first considered an enfant terrible, barrelling out of her native Margate to pull the rug out from under the London art establishment, before gradually carving out a niche as one of the most prominent and respected British artists of her generation – not to mention an outspoken supporter of ...
Jun 3, 2022 · When Emin and her twin brother Paul were young, children called him a “wog”; her mother told them it meant “Western oriental gentleman”. Her father kept two families, refusing to leave his wife for Emin’s mother, and ran Margate’s Hotel International, formed from six houses knocked together.
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Oct 21, 2014 · In a series of clips collected to celebrate her 50th birthday on 3 July, she discusses dealing with her detractors, destroying her student works and why “art is like a lover”.
Sep 13, 2006 · She is one of the most prominent members of the generation of young artists that emerged in London in the 1990s – often referred to as the YBAs. Her work is largely based on her own personal experiences such as her family, the abuse she suffered as a teenager, and her sexual history.
Mar 7, 2023 · Tracey Emin has laid bare the realities of life post bladder cancer. Writing in The Independent on International Women’s Day, the artist - who features on The Independent’ slist of most...
Emin has never had children although she was pregnant twice in her twenties, which came as a shock considering the doctors told her the gonorrhoea infection that she’d contracted in her teens had left her infertile.
