Tate Gallery Reviews

A "must see" - Advantages: Good collection - Disadvantages: Light on some rooms is not 100% perfect

I knew before visiting The Tate in St Ives that the modern art I would see displayed there was not likely to be to my personal taste. My taste in art is more Turner and Blake, yet in spite of this I desperately wanted to go. One of the few drawbacks of living in Cornwall is that you can experience 'culture deprivation'. Cornwall has ...  Read the complete review

The Tate gallery, St Ives, Cornwall is a gallery to visit for a variety of reasons including (in no particular order!): the art, the view and the building. The Building The gallery was designed in the 90’s by the architects David and Elizabeth Shalleth to occupy the site of the old town gasworks, which overlooks the world famous ...  Read the complete review

I visited the Tate Gallery in St Ives after having read an opinion from “Picasso” in dooyoo. I was very fortunate because there was a break in the weather and the day was glorious. It was a sunny December day ( a rarity) which was very fortunate indeed because the car park was on top of a big hill. As a “silver ...  Read the complete review

Having enjoyed my visits to the Tate Galleries in London and Liverpool I was looking forward to seeing the Tate in St Ives. The gallery which opened in 1993 stands above the spectacular Porthmeor Beach. It is a striking white building, unusual in shape with huge windows looking out to sea. The idea is that this Tate Gallery is to ...  Read the complete review