Tate Modern in general Reviews

Recently, My husband and I took advantage of a free work excursion for a free day trip to London. We were dropped off at the London Eye (Waterloo station area) and our first port of call was going to be Tate Modern as we had worked out that was the closest of all the attractions we wanted to see from where we were dropped off. I had seen there is ...  Read the complete review

The Tate Modern is easily accessible along the Southbank of the Thames. Directly in front is the 'Wobbly' Bridge and St Paul's Cathedral. It's a wonderful location. The building is an ex-power station and the turbine hall is immense, allowing for works that would not normally fit into a gallery. There are 5 floors of art pieces, with some areas ...  Read the complete review

Tate Modern which opened in 2000, is part of the Tate collection of galleries which includes Tate Britain, Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St.Ives. It is a worldwide famous gallery that attracts visitors from all over the world. It is situated in the south of london, alongside the river Thames, with the nearest stations being ...  Read the complete review

Overview ----------- The Tate modern is a free art gallery displaying modern paintings, drawings, sculptures and other items. The displays are frequently changing so a visit once a year is not out the question. Location ----------- Right on the banks of the Themes next to the millenium bridge. Take the tube - do not ...  Read the complete review

This review is a warning to anyone considering visiting the Mark Rothco exhibition currently at the Tate Modern. For anyone in the capital, a visit to Tate Modern will be well worth it. It takes you into a fantastic part of the city. The Millenium Bridge is a tremendous structure with wonderful views of the city. It is free to get ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

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 ...  Read the complete review

Bankside power station (designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1963, which closed in 1981 due to the increase in oil prices), was converted in to Tate Modern - a national museum of modern art, by 2 swiss arcitects - Pierre de meuron and Jacques Herzog. Tate Modern was built there in the late 1980's because the place where it originally was ...  Read the complete review

Bankside power station (designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott in 1963, which closed in 1981 due to the increase in oil prices), was converted in to Tate Modern - a national museum of modern art, by 2 swiss arcitects - Pierre de meuron and Jacques Herzog. Tate Modern was built there in the late 1980's because the place where it originally was ...  Read the complete review

Another Millennium Project, the Tate, Britain's national collection of art since 1500, has converted this abandoned power station on the South bank into a marvellous gallery to hold it's international modern art collection. Standing opposite St Paul's cathedral, this building has long dominated that stretch of the river bank, and it is ...  Read the complete review

Another Millennium Project, the Tate, Britain's national collection of art since 1500, has converted this abandoned power station on the South bank into a marvellous gallery to hold it's international modern art collection. Standing opposite St Paul's cathedral, this building has long dominated that stretch of the river bank, and it is ...  Read the complete review

I have recently been to the Tate modern and enjoyed it and its exhibitions but had mixed feelings about it. Hence the title! The Tate Modern is situated in quite a convenient place. Its in walking distance from waterloo station. Also if you try to get tickets to the London eye but cant it’s also in walking distance from there so it’s a ...  Read the complete review

The New Tate to me optimizes everything that is wrong and naff with the Heritage lottery fund. Like the Millenium Dome, it would never have been built without a slush fund of non-accountable public money. These funds have been awaited eagerly by London’s arty classes to rape and pillage at will. The project in theory was a good idea and ...  Read the complete review

22 JUNE UPDATE AT END When it comes to art I can take it or leave it, I never get too excited. Modern art I have always treated with disdain, I belong to the "you cannot call that art" brigade. So, it was with a certain amount of trepidation that I paid a visit to the Tate Modern. I had business in London, several ...  Read the complete review

yet this is currently my favourite museum. The building is horrible - it looks too much like my university library, AKA The Ministry of Truth, for me ever to like it, yet the interior is spacious and cleverly used. And the hype that surrounded its opening, made more obnoxious by the self-satisfaction of the art industry, should have ...  Read the complete review

I don't like modern art, so a journey to the Tate Modern might seem a little stupid. I'd actually wanted to see the building not it's contents. I'd been fascinated by the television documentary that recorded it's transition from derelict power station to a monument to modern art and architecture. The old man was keen ...  Read the complete review

You can see the Tate Modern for miles. The massive tower in the middle of the building stands proud for all to see all the way Green Park. The huge converted building stands out from the other office blocks and appartments that litter the banks of the Thames and shouts out now as one of the most recognisable galleries in the world. And ...  Read the complete review

I hate the London Underground. If I'm not terrified of the confined, dark, sweaty space, I'm frightened of a crash. If I'm not frightened of crashing, I'm scared silly that the wallet in my right pocket is now missing. And if I'm not scared of that, I'm petrified of a bomb-scare. Suffice to say, the 'tube' is not my ...  Read the complete review

I have now visited the Tate Modern twice, and both times found an unnerving urge to go to sleep within an hour. But why is this? The building itself is vast and somehow lifeless, with not much colour or abstract quality that one would normally associate with Modern Art. Although pleased to see a family presence, the gallery seemed to be ...  Read the complete review