Edward Enninful's 90s art and fashion exhibition at Tate Britain

Tate Britain's The 90s: Art and Fashion is put together by Edward Enninful, the former editor of British Vogue, and draws on his own years as a young man in London during the decade. It mixes the famous, including Juergen Teller's Young Pink Kate, fashion by Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood, and plenty of Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell, with artists the gallery feels were overlooked, such as Hamad Butt's 1992 installation Familiars.

Livingetc's writer, who visited before it opened, picks out several threads. Minimalism here means honesty rather than beige: curator Helen Little describes it as distilling things to their "truest and purest" state, which you can see in the photographs by Teller and Corinne Day. One room, which the article says Enninful considers the most meaningful, centres on the Black British experience, with Chris Ofili's No Woman, No Cry, Donald Rodney's In the House of My Father, Ozwald Boateng's tailored suits and Steve McQueen's early silent film Bear.

A darker room turns to club culture. Mark Leckey's Fiorucci Made Me Hardcore plays on a small television, surrounded by pictures of ravers and bleary mornings on the Brighton seafront. Curator Dominique Heyse-Moore points to clothes chosen for dancing rather than dressing up. There is also an exhibition book edited by Enninful.

The show opened on 8 October, and the piece gives no closing date, so check before you go. It suits anyone who lived through the decade, and anyone meeting it for the first time.

Our summary of a story from Livingetc, published 8 October 2026. Read the original