Exhibition at the Tate Modern extended until 26th October 2025
I have to admit something - I didn’t know he was. I went to the exhibition as my sister is a big fan, and it soon became clear that he has many fans all over the world. We rushed as the exhibition was coming to a close, but you will be delighted to know that the Tate has extended its show until 26th October 2025, so hopefully you have time to see it before it’s over.
What makes it special
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Walk the House (extended through 26 October 2025) is a major exhibition gathering three decades of Suh’s work—from fabric architecture to drawings, installations, and video.
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The theme of home, memory, identity, and displacement runs deeply through every piece. Suh builds fabric replicas of rooms or thresholds from the places he has lived—Seoul, New York, London, Berlin—and stitches in intimate details: door handles, sockets, light switches. These are all parts of his personal history.
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One powerful piece: Nest/s (2024), a maze-like corridor of translucent corridors that feel simultaneously protective and fragile, a space you walk through feeling both visitor and witness.
In Summary
Even though this kind of conceptual, installation-led art isn’t what I normally gravitate towards, spending time inside those translucent rooms made me think about the concept he raises around ‘home’. However, for me, it was his attention to detail that struck me the most when walking around this exhibition including extremely elaborate doors and even a fire extinguisher.
I also like how this show stretches across media: fabric structures are striking, but the drawings, the rubbings, the small details feel just as essential.
Info & Practical Notes
Where: Tate Modern, London
Exhibition: The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House
Extended Until: 26 October 2025
What to Expect: Large fabric installations, video, drawings, works on paper. Best to give yourself plenty of time to walk through slowly.
Have you been?
Have you been to this show (or a similar one) that changed the way you think about objects, rooms, or memory? If so, I’d love to hear about it!