Collection Galleries at Tate Modern on artrepublic.com
Exhibition running from Apr 01 2008
Britain’s biggest and newest gallery, which opened in 2000, has quickly been recognized as one of the finest and most important collections of art in the world. Housed in a vast ex power station, the building itself is enough to inspire awe, but the collection and exhibition schedule require a breathtaking setting. There are many internationally important artists on display as well as representation for lesser known and new artists. Some highlights include the collection of Rothko paintings, several works by Pollock, Warhol, Duchamp, Hockney, and many many more shining lights from contemporary and historical art. In 2007 for the first time since Tate Modern opened in 2000, all 48 of its galleries devoted to the display of the permanent Collection were rehung around an entirely new concept. Featuring four wings (on Levels 3 and 5) each of which will revolve around a central display that focuses on a key period of innovation in twentieth century art history. The four periods are associated with Cubism, Futurism and Vorticism; Surrealism and Surrealist tendencies; Abstract Expressionism and European Informal Art; and Minimalism. Around these focal points a range of displays will move backwards and forwards in time, exploring how these movements both reflect earlier artistic practice and shape and inform subsequent developments and contemporary art. Image Credits: Tate Modern Building © Tate Photography  |
