Tate Modern Events

Tate Modern

Bankside, Southbank, SE1 9TG
Tel: 020 7887 8888

Opened in 2000 at the dawn of a new millennium, Tate Modern is London's flagship contemporary art museum. Housed in the colossal former Bankside Power Station opposite St Paul's Cathedral, the gallery is one of the major landmarks on the Thames skyline.

The permanent collection is spread over five floors, each arranged thematically rather than chronologically. This part of Tate Modern is free to visit and includes major works by the likes of Warhol, Rothko, Picasso, Lichtenstein, Martin Creed, Sol LeWitt, and Anish Kapoor.

Tate Modern also hosts high-profile temporary exhibitions, which you have to pay to see. But these are generally so major – think Gilbert & George, Dalí, Kandisnsky – that the entry fee feels like a bargain.

One of the things that sets Tate Modern apart from its counterparts across the world is the vast Turbine Hall. This space originally housed the old electricity generators but now plays host to a programme of site-specific installations, most notably Carsten Holler's much-publicised slides and Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth, a massive crack running down the centre of the hall.

Tate Modern is one of Spoonfed's Best Galleries in London.

Click here to see what's on over at Tate Britain.
Tate Modern London

More Info

Upcoming Events at Tate Modern

Photography - New Documentary Forms

Photography - New Documentary Forms

Friday, 10 Feb (10:00AM)
Five rooms at the Tate will house photographic works by five contemporary photographers exploring the power of the camera as a documentary medium. Themes range from conflicts in Iraq, elections in Congo...
The Unilever Series - Tacita Dean

The Unilever Series - Tacita Dean

Friday, 10 Feb (10:00AM)
After Ai Weiwei's damp squib of an installation back in 2010, 2011 sees British Berlin-based contemporary artist Tacita Dean take up the challenge of doing something interesting in the Turbine Hall at...
Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Friday, 10 Feb (10:00AM)
Another coup for Victoria Miro as gallery artist Yayoi Kusama gets a major solo show at Tate Modern. The artist - 83 in March - works across a huge range of media and is one of Japan's most prominent cultural...
Photography - New Documentary Forms

Photography - New Documentary Forms

Saturday, 11 Feb (10:00AM)
Five rooms at the Tate will house photographic works by five contemporary photographers exploring the power of the camera as a documentary medium. Themes range from conflicts in Iraq, elections in Congo...
The Unilever Series - Tacita Dean

The Unilever Series - Tacita Dean

Saturday, 11 Feb (10:00AM)
After Ai Weiwei's damp squib of an installation back in 2010, 2011 sees British Berlin-based contemporary artist Tacita Dean take up the challenge of doing something interesting in the Turbine Hall at...
Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Saturday, 11 Feb (10:00AM)
Another coup for Victoria Miro as gallery artist Yayoi Kusama gets a major solo show at Tate Modern. The artist - 83 in March - works across a huge range of media and is one of Japan's most prominent cultural...
Photography - New Documentary Forms

Photography - New Documentary Forms

Sunday, 12 Feb (10:00AM)
Five rooms at the Tate will house photographic works by five contemporary photographers exploring the power of the camera as a documentary medium. Themes range from conflicts in Iraq, elections in Congo...
The Unilever Series - Tacita Dean

The Unilever Series - Tacita Dean

Sunday, 12 Feb (10:00AM)
After Ai Weiwei's damp squib of an installation back in 2010, 2011 sees British Berlin-based contemporary artist Tacita Dean take up the challenge of doing something interesting in the Turbine Hall at...
Yayoi Kusama

Yayoi Kusama

Sunday, 12 Feb (10:00AM)
Another coup for Victoria Miro as gallery artist Yayoi Kusama gets a major solo show at Tate Modern. The artist - 83 in March - works across a huge range of media and is one of Japan's most prominent cultural...
Photography - New Documentary Forms

Photography - New Documentary Forms

Monday, 13 Feb (10:00AM)
Five rooms at the Tate will house photographic works by five contemporary photographers exploring the power of the camera as a documentary medium. Themes range from conflicts in Iraq, elections in Congo...
Show More Events

Reviews

NoelleKelley Thursday, 21 August
This is one of the best galleries in London and I think it's unique curation contributes to this. Finally - a group of museum directors and curators who have realise you don't NEED to group things according to the year they were made.
Alice Aylett Roberts Wednesday, 15 April
Although this gallery runs a close second to MoMA in New York as my favourite gallery in the world, it is by far the best one in the UK. Tate Modern attracts the best temporary exhibitions and their permanent collection is basically a shrine to the artists I most admire.
belias Monday, 08 June
Enjoying the collection of the Tate Modern would really depend on your attitudes towards modern and abstract art. Some pieces are inspiring while others can only be explained as elaborate hoaxes at the expense of the gallery and public. At the very least though, this collection will spark a lot of conversation, and that's never a bad thing.
Simon827 Monday, 22 June
Always worth popping in as you go past, even if just to see what weird and wonderful thing is going on in the massive entrance hall... Sometimes it's good and sometimes, well, it's modern art...
Gemma Bergomi Monday, 03 August
Not quite Tate Britain, it's still a winner, and even if you are not a fan of art, quite a few of the exhibitions are a good laugh (not in a bad way - they are just fun!).

Seeing as it's free it's a great studenty attraction and worth a quick visit every once in a while.
Plumbobrainier Wednesday, 06 July
The Tate Modern and The Hayward Gallery (to a slightly lesser extent) are pillars of the Southbank's greatness. Always pop in whenever I'm nearby and absolutely love the Great Turbine Hall - in my hugely under-art-informed opinion, the world's single greatest art installation space.