Dame Tracey Emin on finally being accepted by the art world - BBC 100 Women, BBC World Service

From a rebellious star in contemporary art in the 1990s to receiving the title of Dame by King Charles for her service to the visual arts in 2024, Tracey Emin is an icon.

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Her career has spanned over three decades with pieces tackling sex, pain and the female experience in a deliberately confessional way.

But Emin’s life hasn’t always been filled with awards and royal recognition.
And in the last few years, she has survived an aggressive cancer, opened an art school and produced paintings and sculptures with renewed intensity.

25 years after her famous installation, My Bed, was nominated for a Turner prize, the artist sat down with BBC Woman to talk about the person behind the artwork and the legacy she hopes to leave behind.

00:00 Introduction
00:12 A very special toilet
00:49 Tracey Emin Artists Residency
01:40 A British icon
02:37 Being on BBC 100 Women list
03:06 An artist’s studio
03:56 ‘Painting is about waiting’
04:52 Creating new memories in Margate
05:27 The Cypriot influence
07:21 The story of a successful woman
08:33 How did she know art was her thing
09:07 Mr J and Mrs Morris
09:43 Rape
11:48 Why is important to make work about rape, abortion and teenage sex
12:56 The Young British Artists
14:56 The Tent
15:45 My Bed
16:38 Her body
17:45 The ultimate seal of approval
19:01 Dame Tracey
20:00 Art education
21:05 British creativity
21:45 Legacy
22:35 Tears of blood
23:44 How she would like to be remembered
24:16 Being a woman right now

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