Tate Modern

Celebrating one of the most powerful and poetic American artists of his generation, Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective examines the extraordinary contribution of this seminal figure in Abstract Expressionism.
Born in Turkish Armenia, probably in 1904, Vosdanik Adoian fled the massacres of 1915 and eventually arrived in America in 1920. There he reinvented himself as Arshile Gorky and, with little formal training, absorbed European Modernism through both his studies and his teaching.
The result was a distinctive synthesis of artistic styles that pushed beyond the creative boundaries of Surrealism.This retrospective covers Gorky's 25-year artistic career which was cut short by his suicide in 1949. With an emphasis on his uniquely lyrical paintings of the 1940s, it will be the most important exhibition of his work for over twenty years.

This programme surveys recent video work from Georgia, examining practices that have emerged since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Artists and filmmakers include Koka Ramishvili, Mamuka Japaridze, Maya Sumbadze, Tolia Astali, Alexander Kviria. The screening complements an online show at , from 1-14 April, curated by Sophio Medoidze in conjunction with tank.tv.