Tate Modern  

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Address:
Tate Modern, Bankside,
London SE1 9TG
England
Website:
www.tate.org.uk
Opening times:
Gallery: 10 AM to 6 PM (Sun–Thu), 10 AM to 10 PM (Fri, Sat); Last admission 45 minutes before closing time; Tours: 11 AM, noon, 2 PM, 3 PM (daily)
Note: Opening times are subject to change, and may not apply on public holidays. Always reconfirm with the venue before making plans.
Cost:
Free
Telephone:
Work +44 (0) 207 887 8888
Buses:
45 63 100 344 381 RV1
Trains:
Blackfriars CRC DSC, Mansion House CRC DSC, Southwark JUB, St. Paul’s CNT Note: The nearest train station to Tate Modern is Southwark. We can help you find the best route from any other train station:
Train journey to Tate Modern
The Tate Modern art gallery in London Tate Modern gallery, London Tate Modern’s colossal Turbine Hall Turbine Hall, Tate Modern

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Tate Modern achieved great acclaim when in opened in May 2000 – before anyone even walked through the door. The Swiss architects Herzog & De Meuron transformed an old disused power station into a new London landmark – walking away with the prestigious Pritzker prize.

The building is almost as interesting as the art itself. Take the colossal Turbine Hall, for example. This was originally the centre-piece of the power station and now resembles the insides of a huge cathedral – 525-feet long and 115-feet tall.

The two-story glass block on top of the roof contains various cafes and viewing spots of the nation’s greatest landmarks.

Painting at Tate Modern

Art exhibitions at the Tate cover a broad range of painters from 19th-century Impressionists, to modern day pop-art. Film media, photography and sculpture all feature too.

The Tate Modern’s permanent collection is grouped into four broad themes: Still Life/Objects/Real Life; Landscape/Matter/Environment; History/Memory/Society, and Nude/Action/Body.

You can find works by every famous artist of the last two centuries: Salvador Dalí, Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Francis Bacon and Mark Rothko, for example. Not to mention works by Georges Braque, Jackson Pollock, Pablo Picasso and Andy Warhol.

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  • Fish – “I visited this the same day that I visited the magnificent ceiling painted by Rubens in Banqueting House, and I must say that I much prefer the classical and traditional styles of art. I am not saying there is nothing to enjoy in the modern art galleries,… read the full review
 
 
  
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