Exhibitions • Tate Britain • May 2026
Photo © Jon Shard / BCA. All rights reserved.
Works by British Culture Archive photographers Jon Shard, Mark McNulty, Peter J. Walsh and Tony Davis will feature in Tate Britain’s major exhibition The 90s: Art and Fashion, opening in autumn 2026. The exhibition will also include photography by Mischa Haller, whose work Tate first viewed through British Culture Archive during his time with BCA.
Guest curated by Edward Enninful, the exhibition brings together art, photography and fashion to reconsider a decade that reshaped British visual culture. Nearly 70 artists, photographers and designers are expected to feature, with the exhibition spanning club culture, fashion, identity, class and the changing representation of Britain during the 1990s.
British Culture Archive has supported Tate’s research and access to selected photographic material connected to the exhibition, while also overseeing permissions and the production of exhibition prints for the works by Shard, McNulty, Walsh and Davis. The selected photographs include photography taken at The Haçienda and Cream, alongside photographs documenting Britain’s rave and club culture and the communities that formed around them.
Photo © Jon Shard / BCA. All rights reserved.
Jon Shard’s photographs document Flesh, the influential LGBTQ+ club night held at The Haçienda between 1991 and 1996. Taken while Shard was closely involved with Manchester’s club culture, the work records the people, fashion and social freedom associated with one of the clubs defining nights.
Photo © Mark McNulty / BCA. All rights reserved.
Mark McNulty photographed Liverpool’s music and club land throughout the 1990s, including Cream, Quadrant Park and Garlands. His archive documents the development of club culture in the city and the audiences, DJs and venues that shaped it.
Photo © Peter J Walsh / BCA. All rights reserved.
Peter J. Walsh began photographing Manchester’s music and nightlife during the 1980s and continued through the emergence of acid house and Madchester. His work includes photographs taken at The Haçienda, documenting both the club, fashions and the people who were part of the scene.
Photo © Tony Davis / BCA. All rights reserved.
Tony Davis photographed Britain’s rave culture during the early 1990s, including events at Nottingham’s Marcus Garvey Centre, The Eclipse in Coventry and gatherings connected to Shelley’s Laserdome. His photographs record the clubs, motorway services and temporary communities surrounding the rave scene.
The 90s: Art and Fashion
Tate Britain, London
Opening autumn 2026
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