Tate Modern
Gallery of international modern art situated on Bankside. Opened May 2000.
Tate Modern displays the Tate collection of international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the present day.
Tate Modern is more than just an art gallery. The amazing space of the Turbine Hall - has housed a succession of installations which have caught the imagination of the public.
The arrival of Tate Modern has had a huge impact on the locality, and Tate has worked hard to forge good relations with the Bankside community.
Web: www.tate.org.uk/modern
Open: Sun-Thu 10am-6pm; Fri & Sat 10am-10pm
Admission FREE
Open: Sun-Thu 10am-6pm; Fri & Sat 10am-10pm
Admission FREE
Want a handy printed guide to what's on in the area each month?
Pick up a free copy of in SE1 at Tate Modern.
News & features about Tate Modern
- Birthday celebrations for Bankside's 'secret garden' (28 Jun 2009)
- Treasure map offers new way to explore South Bank & Bankside (16 Jun 2009)
- Junior wardens tackle litter problem along South Bank and Bankside (7 Jun 2009)
- Rich and famous join ARK party at Waterloo International (6 Jun 2009)
- Petition calls for neon tower to be returned to Hayward Gallery (4 Jun 2009)
- Strike up a conversation at Southwark Tube Station and claim a free badge (3 Jun 2009)
- Tate Modern reopens Robert Morris's controversial installation (22 May 2009)
- Andy Burnham and Hazel Blears on South Bank to launch 'World class places' policy (15 May 2009)
- Southwark on alert as City shut down by G20 protests (1 Apr 2009)
- Tate Modern extension gets green light from Southwark councillors (1 Apr 2009)
- Details emerge of 'Three Houses' skyscrapers at London Bridge (8 Mar 2009)
- 11 new trees planted on Bankside housing estate (7 Mar 2009)
- Morph flashmob on Bankside in memory of Tony Hart (1 Mar 2009)
- 'Happy Clouds' float above Bankside (25 Feb 2009)
- Bankside and Waterloo open space groups to join forces (18 Feb 2009)
- Rodchenko and Popova: Defining Constructivism at Tate Modern (15 Feb 2009)
- Culture minister visits Tate Modern to launch Artist Rooms (25 Jan 2009)
- Tate Modern extension: planning application submitted (9 Jan 2009)
- New art gallery at Bankside dry cleaners (4 Dec 2008)
- Culture secretary calls for "common sense" on health and safety (27 Nov 2008)
- Lack of public toilets on South Bank highlighted in Commons report (22 Oct 2008)
- Tate Modern Turbine Hall becomes futuristic 200-bed shelter (13 Oct 2008)
- Street Geniuses celebrate Olympic spirit in South Bank and Bankside (9 Oct 2008)
- Blackfriars skyscraper inquiry closes: "sarcophagus" or "sculptural elegance"? (5 Oct 2008)
- DRIFT 08 brings accessible contemporary art to the Thames (30 Sep 2008)
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