Viewing Lee Miller at Tate Britain

The major, long overdue and highly anticipated Lee Miller retrospective at Tate Britain, curated by Hilary Floe, opens at last this week. The result of two years research into Lee’s archives facilitate by her estate, the exhibition is a thorough and in-depth account of Miller’s work from the 1920s to the 1960s.

More than 250 photographs – the majority of them vintage prints – are on view in this vast show that reveals how prolific Miller was, (she produced more than 60,000 negatives in her lifetime). It also captures the breadth of her interests, as she moved from Surrealism to fashion photography to the war photography she is best known for.

Miller’s importance in cultural memory was consolidated with the release of a biopic film released last year and starring Kate Winslet, but this exhibition will show unknown and overlooked facets to the artist’s practice with new prints, rare pictures and never seen before photographs. Unmissable.

Check out The Wick’s interview with Hilary Floe to get the inside scoop.