Kate Wilson has Zero Fucks Left to Give

Kate Wilson has Zero Fucks Left to Give

Tracey Emin’s SECOND LIFE (Tate Modern, London)

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Kate Wilson
Mar 10, 2026
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When I saw Tracey Emin’s 2010 neon light sculpture in the final room of her new Tate Modern exhibition, Second Life, I really, really thought it said, “I whisper to my past / Do I have another chance?”, and I kinda liked it: contemplative, introspective, a bit whimsical, in keeping with the show’s title, yet hopeful and with the sprinkling of poetic joy…

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