Hot topic: Mirosław Bałka on putting Trump-style walls in a gallery heated to 45C
His black box brought a shiver of death to the Tate Turbine Hall. Now the Polish sculptor has created some vast barriers – and cranked up the heat to protein-killing levels
March 2014
Bałka: Die Traumdeutung 75,32m AMSL and 25,31m AMSL – review
Adrian Searle encounters
Mirosław Bałka: Freud, the Holocaust and the unbearable melancholy of being
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May 2010
The Tate Modern at 10
It started with Louise Bourgeois's giant sculpture. Since then, Tate Modern's Turbine Hall has been filled with a succession of spectacular slides, sunsets and visions of the apocalypse. As the gallery turns 10, we talk to the artists who took on the commission of a lifetime
March 2010
Turbine Hall commissions at Tate Modern
Relive a decade of Turbine Hall art commissions at Tate Modern, from the spider to the big orange sun
December 2009
Miroslaw Balka and Pawel Althamer
The profound, poetic work of Miroslaw Balka is just the beginning… suddenly, great Polish art seems to be everywhere, writes Laura Cumming
Bałka's Bambi at Birkenau
Deer eating grass, a pond in a woodland, a distant bell . . . Adrian Searle is gripped by Mirosław Bałka's eerie death camp videos
Exhibitionist
Exhibitionist: The best art shows to see this week
London blends porn and politics, Miroslaw Balka brings the Holocaust to Oxford, and Liverpool bids a stylish goodbye to analogue TV
October 2009
Jonathan Jones on art
Contemporary art should lose the hype
Jonathan Jones: The fanfare for this autumn's exhibitions belies the forgettable nature of much of the art – and drowns out any serious criticism
How it is: Miroslaw Balka, Unilever Series
Miroslaw Balka's steel container at Tate Modern takes you into the art of darkness, says Laura Cumming
Miroslaw Balka at the Turbine Hall
Miroslaw Balka at the Turbine Hall: at the edge of darkness
Tate Modern's Turbine Hall takes visitors to the dark side
September 2009
Artist studio: Miroslaw Balka takes us on a tour
Miroslaw Balka on the ghosts of Treblinka
January 2009
Why Miroslaw Balka is a great choice for the Tate's Turbine Hall
Adrian Searle
Adrian Searle: The Polish sculptor's mix of intense seriousness and dark humour makes his Tate commission one to look forward to
Polish artist wins commission to fill Tate Modern's Turbine Hall
Gallery interested in Miroslaw Balka's work, incorporating sculpture, video and installations
'Master poet' Miroslaw Balka gets Tate's Turbine Hall commission
Polish artist becomes the 10th person to create installation for Tate Modern
