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Tate Modern in general ... Admission free. / Tate Modern in London, England is Britain's national museum of international modern art and is, with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives, and Tate Online[2], part of the group now known simply as Tate. The galleries are housed in the former Bankside Power Station, which was originally designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect of Battersea Power Station, and built in two stages between 1947 and 1963. The power station closed in 1981. The building was converted by architects Herzog & de Meuron, after which it stood at 99m tall. The southern third of the building was retained by the French power company EDF Energy as an electrical substation (in 2006, the company released half of this holding)[1]. Since the museum's opening on 12 May 2000, it has become a very popular destination for Londoners and tourists. Entry to collection displays and some temporary exhibitions is free.

Newest Review: ... information booths situated at the centre of the turbine hall. If your knowledge of 20th Century art history is a little rusty or a little sketchy then you may be interested to know that there is a free audio guide for any one who wants to borrow one. This is basically an outsize mobile phone which has a recorded commentary, provided by the gallery staff giving interesting insights into the ... more

 ... paintings and work of selected artists throughout the gallery. Very handy if you are not up on your art history, and if you would prefer to go round on your own rather than herded round on one of the cattle drives accompanied by a harassed gallery guide ...more

jokoo
Crowned Review Tate Modern in general: The Mighty Tate (2473 words)
by jokoo - written on 29/03/04 (Very useful, 173 readings)
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The building of the Tate Modern was a truly incredible project. Strictly speaking not built from scratch but rejuvenated from the gutted shell of the Bankside power station. The Tate Modern is part of a larger regeneration scheme going on, on the south bank and is the flagship project from that area. The Bankside building is relatively unremarkable from the outside, a very Modernist structure built for function rather than aesthetic beauty, though I think it has a minimal elegance, a functional and economical simplicity of design which makes it an Icon of a previous industrial age, and an excellent choice for a repository of 20th C and contemporary art. I t was built as ...

David+A.+Brett
Crowned Review Modern art OR just rubbish? (991 words)
by David A. Brett - written on 14/10/03 (Very useful, 125 readings)
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Visiting London recently we strolled along the Thames ? really to view illusionist David Blane suspended above the river. As we made our way along the calm river on the very sunny and very hot day, we came across a building with a ?Bertie Bassett? type inflatable model outside. Totally black the inflatable model was almost as tall as the 7 floored building behind it ? the Tate modern. I?m not the type of person who is usually attracted to art museums, but as we spied the single word that changed my mind ? ?FREE? the decision was made to go and see it on the way back. After seeing Mr Blane in his Perspex box now hanging away from the Thames, surrounded ...

MALU
Crowned Review Tate Modern in general: Cathedral Of Cool (1256 words)
by MALU - written on 04/08/03 (Very useful, 163 readings)
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Immediately after its opening Tate Modern became the most visited modern art gallery in the world beating its nearest rivals the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Who are these people? Are dooyooers among them? A first survey revealed the following confessions: “I think I’ll stick to Tate Britain, I’m not courageous enough for Tate Modern” (an occasional visitor to London); “Ermh, no, haven’t been.” (a Londoner); “Didn’t know it existed.” (a country pumpkin). Well, it does exist, the Queen declared it open on 11th May, 2000. It has a longer history, ...

 

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