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
- Car in a giant tattoo-covered ice cube in Potters Fields Park (9 Feb 2010)
- Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde at Tate Modern (4 Feb 2010)
- Call for new South Bank pier on River Thames (12 Jan 2010)
- Artist Francis Farmar donates Bankside painting to Guy's Hospital (12 Jan 2010)
- Boris Johnson starts enabling works for Tate Modern extension (6 Jan 2010)
- Bankside's Tsuru Japanese restaurant launches local delivery service (4 Jan 2010)
- Pop-up Christmas gift shop in Union Street (17 Dec 2009)
- Oyster pay as you go now available on Thames Clippers boat services (23 Nov 2009)
- Could Elephant & Castle be the new South Bank? Southwark hosts culture conference (23 Nov 2009)
- Work to strengthen Tate Modern Turbine Hall foundations begins (13 Nov 2009)
- FT boss David Bell on "phenomenal" transformation of Bankside (8 Nov 2009)
- BFI's new South Bank film centre: Government pledges £45 million (16 Oct 2009)
- Pop Life: Art in a Material World at Tate Modern (30 Sep 2009)
- Andrew Richardson is new Bankside Residents' Forum coordinator (10 Sep 2009)
- 10:10 climate change campaign launched on Bankside (2 Sep 2009)
- Thameslink: two-year Thames Path diversion at Blackfriars draws near (23 Aug 2009)
- EV and neighbours win Southwark In Bloom awards (28 Jul 2009)
- SE1 arts bosses warn against cuts to Tate Modern extension and BFI Film Centre (27 Jul 2009)
- 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)
Forum discussions about Tate Modern
- Activities for 3 year old?
- BFI Funding
- Bookstores in SE1?
- Mandela Way - New depot for Westminster refuse lorries
- Mouse at Tate Modern cafe
- Dog Walking Swaps or Acupuncture Treatments!
- Snow in SE1
- Need to find a community room
- Amano
- End Less, Great Guildford St
- Where to become engaged in SE1?
- Underground Vaults
- Three Houses
- Warning-Costcutters Gt.Dover street
- Sunday Roasts SE1
- Purple light on Tate Modern
- Southwark Council.......what a joke
- Seeking site for bee hive
- Fab Festival
- Overkill?
Restaurants, pubs & bars close to Tate Modern
- Tate Modern Restaurant (52 yards)
- Leon (122 yards)
- Starbucks (132 yards)
- Del'Aziz (138 yards)
- Amano (146 yards)
- Crussh (180 yards)
- Viva Verdi (186 yards)
- Swan at the Globe (188 yards)
- Starbucks (192 yards)
- Tsuru (210 yards)
- The Refinery (216 yards)
- Tas Pide (218 yards)
- Starbucks (220 yards)
- Pret a Manger (234 yards)
- Tortilla (238 yards)
- Founders Arms (240 yards)