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Love it or hate it, modern art certainly gets a reaction. To see what the fuss is all about head to the Tate Modern, Britain's national museum of international modern art. Opened in 2000, the gallery houses art from as far back as the 1500's, till the present day. Entry to the permanent collections and many of the temporary exhibitions is free.
This impressive gallery is housed within the old Bankside Power Station, making the space itself as much of an attraction as the collections it contains. On display you can see work by such greats as Warhol, Picasso, Dalí & Matisse.
We entered via the Turbine Hall, which used to house the electricity generators of the old power station. It is seven storeys tall and here you can see specially-commissioned work by up and coming artists. When we visited the Turbine Hall was filled with this huge red funnel-like masterpiece - not exactly sure what it was, but it sure was impressive!
Suffering from art-overload? Why not relax for a while at the Tate Modern Restaurant, on the 7th floor of the building. It offers fine dining with spectacular views over London. Alternatively, there is a more relaxed café or an Espresso bar for that quick caffeine boost. We stopped by the 2nd floor café for a light lunch and a much needed coffee.
Modern Art - can someone explain it to me please!? Leave a Comment
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Built from the old Bank Side Power Station, The Tate Modern is a must see activity for any visitor to London. I love the way London constantly rebuilds, changes and makes new from old - it never sits still, stagnating... it did that for a while - and found it wasn't healthy.
As with all the best museums and galleries in London - it's free - except for the special exhibitions. Donations of course are always gladly accepted - and it's a fantastic place to see the works of Mondrian, Dali, Pollock, Degas,Rothko, etc etc - so give what you can.
Its open Sun-Thurs 10.00-18.00 and Fri-Sat 10.00-22.00. Leave a Comment Phone: 0 20 7887 8000Directions: Southwark or Blackfriars tubesWebsite: www.tate.org.uk
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 Tate Britain, Millbank
entrance. by breughel
The amateur of paintings will find here a display in a chronologic way of the British school through the centuries. I especially liked a number of works from Sargent, Whistler and Millais. Unfortunately, I can show no photos, because photography is prohibited in this museum.
Tate Britain has the largest collection of works by William Turner in the world. A large part of the museum (10 rooms) shows works from this painter whose style varied very much through his career.
It was my second visit to this museum and it confirmed my impression that the British school was well behind the Italian, Dutch, Flemish or French painters.
Furthermore some highlights of this school, like famous paintings by John Constable or William Turner, are at the National Gallery and not at Tate.
The museum is located at Milbank Pier along the river Thames. During gallery hours a "Tate Boat" joins Tate Britain and Tate Modern every 40 minutes for a fee of 5£.
I was too late for the last boat to the Tate Modern. I don't know if I have to add unfortunately of fortunately when I read here the VT comments.
For the time being I'll keep my comment to a cautious: "De gustibus et coloribus non est disputandum".
Open: daily 10.00 - 17.50 (last admission 17.00 h)
Free.
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 tate art by willy_wonka
yes, FREE. great for us unemployed bums in the hostel, who would go to tate and spend hours staring at the bright neon line on the wall. so artistic darling! Leave a Comment Phone: 0 20 7887 8000Directions: Southwark or Blackfriars tubes
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 The Weather Project at
the Hall Entrance --
TATE! by tzuki
The building belong to the Bankside Power Station, along the River Thames.
I do like the main entrance at the gallery , the Hall which is very open with has a high ceiling. At this entrance, sometimes, there are exhibitions going on as the one that I am showing in the picture [The Weather Project by Olafur Eliasson].
Also, they do performances as dance in this entrance because the big set-ups they can build in it.
Besides, this entrance, the gallery displays a huge diversity of international and contemporary art including artists such as Matisse, Rodin, Deacon, Brancusi, Mori, ....
The buiding has also a coffee room and restaurant at the top floor, where is very nice to stay while observing the sunset over the River Thames.
Besides, has another restaurant and bar at the ground floor, at the side with the main entrance.
And a bookshop in the hall-entrance where is possible to find the catalogues of the exhibitions goin on and a large variety of titles and artist in the Modern Art field. Leave a Comment
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I often come to the Tate Modern if I just want to relax,
Most of the exhibitions here are free to view although they have specialised exhibitions which charge a small entrance fee.
The Tate Modern was created in 2000 from a disused power station, my boss feels if they had sectioned off parts of the plant it may have made for interesting viewing.
Some of the art is interactive. The turbine hall always has interesting displays & handy if you don't have time to go around the different floors you can just nip in.
The art installations have included a giant sun on the turbine hall roof, a huge crack in the floor, a huge spider overlooking bunk beds and then the bodyspaceinmotion display that dissappeared before the treasure hunt vt'ers got an opportunity to interact with it. Leave a Comment
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In 2000, Tate Modern opened to the public in the impressive transformed Bankside Power Station. Its location is beside the Thames River, the new Millenium pedestrian bridge linked the museum to St Paul’s Cathedral.
Tate is a Modern art museum on 7 levels. It holds the Tate Collection of International 20th Century art, featuring major works by the most influential artists of this century including Bourgeois, Picasso, Matisse, Mondrian, Duchamp, Dali, Bacon, Giacometti, Pollock, Rothko and Warhol. It is also a Gallery for the 21st Century exhibiting new art as it is created and drawing in new audiences.
On top floor (7th) you will find a nice bar and restaurant with great views on the Thames and the right bank skyline.
Admission to the gallery is free, but donations are welcome. Some temporary exhibitions are subject to entrance fee.
Gallery Hours:
Sunday to Thursday, 10.00-18.00
Friday and Saturday, 10.00-22.00
Last admission into exhibitions 17.15 (Fri and Sat 21.15)
Closed 24, 25, 26 December (open as normal on 1 January). Leave a Comment
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 The Tate Modern Art Gallery by easyoar
These days however, all of the old generating equipment has gone, to be replaced by lots and lots of some of the best 20th Century Art in the world. What's shown inside changes frequently, so it is hard to give details of what is currently there. See the attached website which should be able to give more details.
The museum itself is open every day of the year except Dec 24th, 25th and 26th. Leave a Comment Phone: 0 20 7887 8000Directions: Southwark or Blackfriars tubesWebsite: www.tate.org.uk
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 tate modern by sylvie-uk
One of Britains newest art museum. It openned in may 2000.
It s housed in a converted power station.
You can find modern art from the 19th century and work of young British artists of the late 20th and early 21st century.
You can check the website below for more infos. Leave a Comment
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 Tate Modern by ZanieOR
I enjoyed the variety of art -- some of it was pretty off-beat -- "modern" covers quite a range of time. As I recall the gallery was divided into sections. Art pieces that stand out in my memory (I should have written this tip sooner) included a piece by Dali featuring a lobster and a telephone, and a huge piece of an African woman with real-life elephant droppings artfully incorporated. It was actually quite an impressive painting.
Admission was by donation. Leave a Comment Phone: 0 20 7887 8000Directions: Southwark or Blackfriars tubes
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