Franciszka Themerson: Walking Backwards

Room 20, Tate Britain:

3rd June 2024 - 30th March 2025

Tate Britain will open the new display Franciszka Themerson: Walking Backwards on 3rd June 2024. This display brings together films, drawings and paintings by Franciszka Themerson, made between the 1930s and the 1950s. With mingled tragedy and humour, they explore the turbulent years before and after the Second World War.

New Book Release: Ubu To You!

Ubu To You! is the title of a box which contains two books with Franciszka Themerson’s work on Ubu Roi. The first book deals with Franciszka’s illustrations for the first English translation of Alfred Jarry's play Ubu Roi published by Gaberbocchus Press in 1951. It includes her papier-mâché masks of the characters in the play for the ICA, and the designs for the puppet performance at the Marionetteteatern, Stockholm. The second book is of Franciszka’s designs for her Ubu Comic Strip.

The Book is available to purchase at Idea Books: https://www.ideabooks.nl/9781916247437-ubu-to-you

Other Books from the Themerson Estate: