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TATE MODERN ART GALLERY BANKSIDE, LONDON SE1 Phone: 020 7887 8000 |
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Tate Modern, opened in May 2000, is Britain's new national museum of modern art.
Housed in the former Bankside Power Station, Tate Modern is a spectacular setting for displaying the Tate's collection of international modern art from 1900 to the present day, including major works by Bacon, Dalí, Picasso, Matisse, Rothko and Warhol as well as recent work by artists such as Steve McQueen, Rebecca Horn and Gillian Wearing.
There is also an extensive range of special exhibitions and a programme of events throughout the year. Tate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre. Underground: Southwark (Jubilee Line) and Blackfriars (District and Circle Lines) are the closest underground stations both of which are less than ten minutes walk away from the Tate Modern. The gallery is currently, as of 2005, building an extension on its south side which will increase display space by 60%, and which is scheduled to open in 2012. This expansion was also designed by Herzog & de Meuron. Galleries are located on the third, fourth and fifth floors of the building. Thematically-arranged exhibitions from the gallery's permanent collection are located on the third and fifth floors, while temporary exhibitions are located on the fourth floor. The main hall of the building, which originally housed the power station's turbine, is also used for temporary exhibitions. The turbine hall is used to display specially-commissioned work by contemporary artists, between October and March each year, in a series sponsored by Unilever. This series was originally planned to last the gallery's first five years, but the popularity of the series has led to its extension until 2008. London hotels near Tate Modern with online reservations Citadines Apart'hotel Barbican, 7-21 Goswell Road, City of London, London EC1M 7AH Express by Holiday Inn London Southwark, 103 - 109 Southwark Street, Southwark, London SE1 0JQ Novotel London City South, 53 - 61 Southwark Bridge Road, Southwark, Southwark, London SE1 9HH London Southwark Hotels |
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