Tate Gallery, London
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Tate Modern
The Tate Modern is one of my favorite museums in London, and that is saying something. There is a rotating exhibit in the largest room. I’ve seen it full of white boxes, with a large wind turbine and, most incredibly, five large twisty slides. It features modern art from the turn of the century to the present day. It’s arranged thematically and by period. It has the traditional paintings and then everything from photography, cinema, sculptures, and more. Entrance is free, though there is a featured exhibit that changes every six months or so that costs money. [more] |
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Tate Modern to Tate Britain Boat Trip
For a day trip full of culture I’d recommend visiting both Tate Galleries and taking the boat between the two for a great view of London. The galleries are free to get into and cover a huge period from 1500 to today with all kinds of styles of art included. They are great for architecture lovers as well as they are housed in stunning buildings on the bank of the river Thames. The boat takes 45 minutes and costs £5 which is reasonable for a trip down such a stunning section of river. There’s a really good discount if you have a travel card too! I timed it so I could have a free tour, a little wander and a coffee in each gallery and then the boat trip between the two so I wasn’t too exhausted. It was a fantastic and cheap way to enjoy some of the best art and sites the city has to offer! Visit the website for the tour and boat timetables www.tate.org.uk [more] |
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Tate Modern Guided Tours
The Tate Modern is a great gallery, but some of the works are so “modern” it can be hard to know what you’re looking at. If you want to make the most of this fab gallery I would definitely recommend their free guided tours which show highlights of the different sections and give you an insight into the works and makes you appreciate some of the more unusual ones. The tour guides are really knowledgeable and friendly and I found they would stop at works which I had missed in previous visits. They are 45 minutes long, so it’s manageable and I thought it was a good starting point. I then went back to take a closer look at some art that they didn’t cover in the tour. They are run Monday to Sunday at 11, 12, 2 and 3 and there’s no need to book just turn up at the meeting point and join in. Visit www.tate.org.uk for more information [more] |
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Tate Modern London
In my opinion this is one of London’s best galleries - the main problem is seeing it all! It’s housed in an old power station and uses the old turbine halls for impressive art installations. On the floors above, the art is grouped into themes such as Idea and Object, Poetry and Dream and the mysterious sounding State of Flux, which enables you to see all kinds of modern art in an easily digestible way. I would only tackle one section at a time otherwise you may get art overload! It’s free to get in, so if you are there for a while a couple of visits will help you get the most of it. The Tate Modern is in a great location on the river so there’s a lot to see – walk across the infamous Millennium Bridge (which no longer wobbles) to St Paul’s Cathedral, go down to Shakespeare’s Globe for a bit more culture or just have a few drinks or something to eat in one of the Tate’s great bars and restaurants. [more] |
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The Lobby of the Tate
Allow me to make the Tate Modern easier for neophytes to art, galleries, museums, and other institutions that involve a lot of walking, staring, and coming up with something intelligent to say about paint smeared on canvas: The lobby is the best part of the Tate. And it's free. It's exciting to walk into the Tate's lobby, a beautiful and grand place (well worth the walk in) that also houses an annual funky art commission. When I was there, this involved a giant metal slide. As London is the most expensive city in the world, one must conserve one's financial resources whenever one can. What the Tate lacks in outstanding works of modern art (although they do have some beautiful pieces and exhibitions and are worth sticking around to check out if you have the time and the pounds), they make up for in a beautiful atmosphere. And you can't put a price on that. Fortunately, neither do they. [more] |
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The exhibitions
I really enjoyed visiting the Tate Modern and I would go back again any day. There is such a good range of exhibitions packed into not that big a space. I am a fan of modern art so this was just up my street. There are three floors of permanent exhibtions and then some temporary exhibtions that change about twice a year. One minus point is that some of the modern art was really not art at all- a canvass just painted black isn't exactly difficult to paint or come up with. It's one of London's many free galleries and definitely one of the best- unfortunately it isn't really near any of the other ones as it's in a residential area. [more] |
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The building
The Tate Modern building is something that really interests me. I know a lot of art galleries are housed in disused warehouse and things like that, but the Tate Modern's building is just a red brick, inconspicuous building set in a quiet and peaceful area of London and not actually that close to the tube stop (not as close as you would expect from a top London attraction anyway). Inside, it's actually quite difficult to negiotiate yout way around- and it was tricky to actually find the exit! Other than that, it's mainly white washed inside- doesn't distract from the exhibitions. [more] |
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The Crack
The Crack is probably world famous by now! What I'm referring to is the temporary exhibtion housed in the Tate Modern since late last year- it is quite literally a large crack in the floor! What makes this such a spectactular crack is that people have actually fallen into it! You may wonder how you can go an visit the Tate Modern, think: I must go and visit the crack in the floor, and then fall into it! I have no answer to that! So now Tate Modern have had to put a barrier round it to comply with health and safety and alert people to the crack [more] |
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Tate Modern
Tate Modern is located at Bankside (take tube to Southwark). Tate Modern is another must-see especially if you like your art with a twist sort to speak. Located at Bankside it is housed in what used to be a power station. There are works by some of my favorite artists such as Picasso, Pollock, Dali, De Kooning, Magritte, Matisse, Mondrian, Monet, Miro, Kandinsky. These are all artists I used to learn about in school and you can see some of their most wonderful works in Tate Modern. Well worth the visit in my opinion. Opening hours are Sun to Thu from 10:00am until 6:00pm and Fri and Sat from 10:00am until 10:00pm, price of admission is free. [more] |
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