Last updated: 26 October 2026
Dame Tracey Emin is the London-born, Margate-based artist behind My Bed, the neons and the confessional paintings and textiles. Here you will find the Tracey Emin prints and editions you can buy now, where her work is on show, recent auction results, and our 4/5 review of her 2026 Tate Modern retrospective.
Our take on Tracey Emin
Emin puts her own life straight into the work: My Bed (1998), the appliqué blankets, the handwritten neons and, more recently, big loose paintings of the body. She was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999, represented Britain at Venice in 2007 and was made a Dame in 2024. On how she got there, she told the Louisiana Museum: “I didn’t let anybody stop me, I didn’t listen to anybody and I did what I had to do, because I had a vocation.”
I gave her Tate Modern retrospective, A Second Life, 4/5 this spring. “The textile works and installations are world-class,” I wrote, but the crowds were a downside, “along with paintings that do not quite reach the heights of the other work.”
New Tracey Emin prints are not cheap. Her 2026 lithographs with Counter Editions are £12,000 each, and several of the series have already sold out. At auction, her signed prints regularly sell for several thousand pounds.
Tracey Emin: the essentials
- Born in London in 1963 and grew up in Margate. She lives and works in Margate, London and the South of France, according to White Cube.
- Studied at Maidstone College of Art, then took an MA in painting at the Royal College of Art (1987 to 1989).
- Shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 1999 with My Bed, and represented Great Britain at the 52nd Venice Biennale in 2007.
- Elected a Royal Academician in 2007, appointed CBE in 2012 and made a Dame in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours.
- Founded TKE Studios in Margate in 2021, a studio complex with a residency programme.
- Represented by White Cube and by Xavier Hufkens in Brussels.
Tracey Emin exhibitions: now on and recent
- Now on: Tracey Emin: A Second Life, the touring version of the Tate retrospective, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark, 8 October 2026 to 18 April 2027.
- Now on: new paintings and sculpture at White Cube Paris, 20 October to 18 December 2026. Free.
- Closing soon, free: three monumental bronzes in the Art Basel Paris public programme at the Trocadéro, until 1 November 2026.
- Tracey Emin: A Second Life, Tate Modern, London, 27 February to 31 August 2026. Read our review. There is no Emin show in the UK at the moment.
Recent Tracey Emin auction results
Market signals
Averages over the last 36 months, in US dollars
Figures from the Artsy price database. Last checked: 26 October 2026.
Emin’s market is busy, with around 63 lots a year at auction, from prints in the low thousands to paintings in the millions. Three recent lots show the range:
- I hated you - I hated you- I hated you, 2019, acrylic on paper, 121.8 x 152.3cm (47 7/8 x 59 7/8in). Sold for £193,500 against an estimate of £150,000 to £200,000 at Phillips London, Modern & Contemporary Art Evening & Afternoon Sale, 26 June 2026.
- Feeling this way, 2012, gouache on paper, 23.1 x 30.8cm (9 1/8 x 12 1/8in). Sold for £32,250 against an estimate of £10,000 to £15,000 at Phillips London, Modern & Contemporary Art, 17 October 2026.
- Life Will Never Be The Same (Nor Should It), 2022, lithograph published by Counter Editions, numbered from an edition of 50, image 77 x 60cm (30 3/8 x 23 5/8in). Sold for £7,740 against an estimate of £5,000 to £7,000 at Phillips London, Editions online, September 2026.
Prices include buyer’s premium. Last checked: 26 October 2026.
Where to buy Tracey Emin prints
Counter Editions, which prints Emin’s lithographs in Margate, has four 2026 editions in stock. Tate’s A Sleep at home lithograph has sold out.
- Because Its You, £12,000: a 2026 two-colour lithograph on Somerset Velvet paper, 81 x 99cm (32 x 39in), signed, numbered and dated from an edition of 50, from Counter Editions.
- I kept dreaming of you, £12,000: the upright lithograph from the same 2026 series, 99 x 81cm (39 x 32in), edition of 50, from Counter Editions.
- Tate gifts: our pages on the Tracey Emin blanket and the Tracey Emin cat bowl from the Tate shop cover the cheaper ways in.
Our reviews featuring Tracey Emin
- Tracey Emin: A Second Life at Tate Modern review (Cool Factor 4/5): “The textile works and installations are world-class.”
Tracey Emin prints and editions on CoolCuration
Tracey Emin FAQs
How much do Tracey Emin prints cost?
New lithographs from Counter Editions are £12,000 each in 2026. At auction, a signed Emin lithograph made £7,740 in September 2026, and smaller etchings regularly sell for £2,000 to £3,000.
Where can I see Tracey Emin’s work now?
Her retrospective A Second Life is at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark until 18 April 2027, and White Cube Paris has new work until 18 December 2026. Her Tate Modern show closed on 31 August 2026.
Is Tracey Emin a Royal Academician?
Yes. She was elected in 2007, the year she represented Britain at the Venice Biennale.
Which galleries represent Tracey Emin?
White Cube, and Xavier Hufkens in Brussels.
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Main image: Tracey Emin in 2007. Photo: Piers Allardyce via Wikimedia Commons, licensed CC BY 2.0, cropped and framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates, prices, auction results and market figures last checked: 26 October 2026.
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