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Artwork of collaged images cut together including red and pink roses, painted nails, red lips and some animals like a gecko, an owl and a seagull layered together
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Linder: Danger Came Smiling

21 November 2025 – 3 October 2026

A touring edition of this retrospective, showcasing 50 years of the pioneering feminist artist’s work, dissecting our fascination with the body and its representation.

Blackpool

From the early photomontages made while she was part of the punk scene of 1970s Manchester, to new work shown for the first time, this touring exhibition presents the breadth of Linder’s artistic output across montage, photography, performance and sculpture.

The body and its photographic representation, from early glamour photography to digital deep fakes, is central to Linder’s approach to image-making. 

Often working with a medical grade scalpel, she draws on the creative and violent power of the cut in her forensic examination of our shifting attitudes to aspirational lifestyles, sex, food and fashion. 

Tour dates

Now and coming up

18 July – 3 October 2026
Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool

Past dates

21 November 2025 – 1 March 2026
Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea

23 May – 19 October 2025
Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh

Collage artwork of a woman with large pink flower in her hair and large mouth covering her face
Linder, Oh Grateful Colours, Bright Looks I, 2009. Photomontage on photograph, photography by Tim Walker. Courtesy of the artist; Modern Art, London; dépendance, Brussels; Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Paris; and BLUM, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York. Photo: Robert Glowacki
View larger image 1 of 4. Collage artwork of a woman with large pink flower in her hair and large mouth covering her face
A black and white portrait of the artist. She has a cut out image of her chin from another angle which she is holding up and covering the bottom section of her face with.
Linder, SheShe, 1981. Silver bromide photographs from original negative. Courtesy the artist and Modern Art. Photo: birrer
View larger image 2 of 4. A black and white portrait of the artist. She has a cut out image of her chin from another angle which she is holding up and covering the bottom section of her face with.
Linder, Oh Grateful Colours, Bright Looks V, 2009. Photomontage on photograph, photography by Tim Walker. Courtesy of the artist; Modern Art, London; dépendance, Brussels; Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Paris; and BLUM, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York.
View larger image 3 of 4.
Artwork of collaged images cut together including red and pink roses, painted nails, red lips and some animals like a gecko, an owl and a seagull layered together
Linder, The Pool of Life, 2021. Photomontage. Courtesy of the artist; Modern Art, London; dépendance, Brussels; Andréhn-Schiptjenko, Stockholm, Paris; and BLUM, Los Angeles, Tokyo, New York. Photo: Alexandra de Cossette.
View larger image 4 of 4. Artwork of collaged images cut together including red and pink roses, painted nails, red lips and some animals like a gecko, an owl and a seagull layered together

Partners

Linder: Danger Came Smiling [on tour] is a Hayward Gallery Touring exhibition, in partnership with Inverleith House, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Grundy Art Gallery.