Tate Britain

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Address:: Tate Britain, Millbank, Westminster,
London SW1P 4RG
England
Website:: www.tate.org.uk
Opening times:: 10 AM to 6 PM (Sat–Thu), 10 AM to 10 PM (Fri); Last admission 45 minutes before closing time; Note: Opening times can change at short notice. Opening times may not apply on public holidays.
Cost:: Free
Telephone:: Work +44 (0) 207 887 8888
Buses:: 2 3 36 77 87 88187344 360 436510C10
Trains:: Pimlico VC, Vauxhall VCNote: The nearest station to Tate Britain is Pimlico. We can help plan your journey from Waterloo, King’s Cross and many other stations
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Entrance to the Tate Britain art gallery

^{Tate Britain gallery, London}

Famous paintings at Tate Britain

The Golden Stairs – Burne-Jones
Flatford Mill – Constable
Jacob and the Angel – Epstein
The Great Day of His Wrath – Martin
Ophelia – Millais
Recumbent Figure – Moore
Norham Castle – Turner
The Lady of Shalott – Waterhouse
The Cholmondeley Ladies – Unknown

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The Tate Gallery started life in 1897, when Sir Henry Tate gifted his entire collection of sixty-five paintings to the nation. Extensions were added at regular intervals throughout the century, until a final split in 2000.

The Tate’s art collection had grown so large and unwieldy that the vast majority of it remained undisplayed. The decision was taken to divide it into two, and an old power station on the Thames was converted into the celebrated Tate Modern.

The gallery was then renamed Tate Britain, and focused solely on British art from the 16th-century onwards.

Painting of Ophelia, at the Tate Britain art gallery

^{John Millais’ Ophelia} The Lady of Shalott, at the Tate Gallery in London

^{Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott}

Paintings at the Tate

Some of the famous artists on display at the Tate include David Hockney, Francis Bacon, William Blake, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Constable and, of course, the great J W Turner who has his own devoted wing – the Clore Gallery.

Famous paintings include the scary Ophelia, by John Millais, and John William Waterhouse’s The Lady of Shalott. You can also see some sculptures by Henry Moore.

Artists from the present day include the wild-child Tracey Emin, and sculptor Antony Gormley (responsible for the famous Angel of the North).

The Turner Prize exhibition

From early October to December every year, Tate Britain houses the Turner Prize exhibition. Most of the winners are either shockingly bad, or stunningly good – depending on your point of view.

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