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  Tate Modern Gallery London,Tate Modern Art Gallery London
Tate Modern Gallery London was built in the year 2000 and stands at the site, which actually had an abandoned power station, right in central London.
What makes Tate Modern such a unique place is that apart from the permanent exhibits, from time to time, contemporary exhibitions too are hosted at its fabulous premises, which explores extensive range of ideas from contemporary British art to the work of promising individual artists.
Lectures, symposia and workshops are regularly conducted at Tate Modern Art Gallery London and it is always advisable to check with the Reception prior to your visit in case you are interested in participating in any special program that might be of interest to you.
www.6london.com /art-galleries-in-london/tate-modern.html   (501 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Tate Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
Eventually Henry Tate who as well as a sugar magnate was a major collector of Victorian academic art offered to fund the building of the gallery to house British Art as long as the state pay for the site and revenue costs.
The Tate Liverpool is an art gallery and museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and a branch of the Tate Gallery, along with the Tate St Ives, Cornwall, the Tate Britain, London, and the Tate Modern, London.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tate-Gallery   (1845 words)

  
 Tate Gallery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Forty years later Henry Tate who, as well as a sugar magnate, was also a major collector of Victorian academic art, offered to fund the building of the gallery to house British Art on the condition that the state pay for the site and revenue costs.
Tate Modern, in Bankside Power Station on the south side of the Thames, exhibits the national collection of modern art from 1900 to the present day.
In 2006, it was revealed that the Tate was the only national-funded museum not to be accredited to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), as it did not wish to abide by guidelines that deaccessioned work should first be offered to other museums.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tate_Gallery   (1287 words)

  
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The Tate Gallery is an art gallery or museum, that was originally officially titled the National Gallery of British Art, and was situated on Millbank in Pimlico, in London.
It was founded in 1897 by Henry Tate with money earned from his sugar refineries.
The original gallery is now called Tate Britain to distinguish it from several other recently-opened "Tate Galleries" in England, and is a national gallery for British art from 1500 to the present day.
wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tate_gallery.html   (178 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Tate Gallery (European Art, 1600 To The Present) - Encyclopedia
A gallery of modern foreign art was added in 1916, and three new galleries for foreign art and one for the works of John Singer Sargent were opened in 1926.
In 1987 the Clore Gallery was opened to display the gallery's collection of J. Turner works, which is the most extensive in the world.
The Tate Modern, Britain's first national modern-art museum in 100 years, opened in a large, refurbished power station on the south bank of the Thames in 2000.
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 Tate Gallery - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
TATE GALLERY [Tate Gallery] London, originally the National Gallery of British Art.
The first gallery in space; Tate Modern is going extraterrestrial in search of new sites for its Hirsts and Emins.
There is no such thing as a free museum; The Tate Gallery faces a [pounds sterling]1.5 million deficit unless its Government grant is increased - all because it does not charge admission.
www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/TateG1all.asp   (464 words)

  
 Tate Gallery - Wikipedia
Henry Tate, der durch Zucker-Plantagen zu Reichtum gelangt war, hatte dem Staat angeboten, seine Kunstsammlung der Öffentlichkeit zu übergeben und ein Museum dafür zu errichten, wenn der Staat ein Grundstück zur Verfügung stellen und das Haus dann verwalten würde.
Das gesamte Gebäude in Millbank sollte britische Kunst von 1500 bis zu heutigen Zeit zeigen und „Tate Britain“ heißen.
Die „Tate St Ives“ wurde im Juni 1993 eröffnet und bietet eine einzigartige Einführung in moderne Kunst, weil man viele Arbeiten in der Umgebung und der Atmosphäre sehen kann, die sie inspiriert hat.
de.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tate_Gallery   (588 words)

  
 Tate Gallery, United Kingdom
The Tate Gallery, one of London's largest art collections, was opened in 1897 in a classical-style building designed by Sidney R. Smith on Millbank, on the banks of the Thames.
The gallery was built at the expense of Sir Henry Tate, a wealthy art collector, who presented his own collection to the nation as the basis of a national collection of significant British pictures from the 16th century to the present day.
As the gallery can only show a third of its collection at one time, the items exhibited are changed every nine to 12 months and the visitor is advised to obtain a current plan of the exhibition at the information desk.
www.planetware.com /london/tate-gallery-gb-l-tg.htm   (262 words)

  
 The Tate Gallery St Ives Cornwall
Located in the beautiful harbour town of St Ives the Tate Gallery was opened in 1993 and has become one of Cornwall's leading attractions.
The purpose built four-storey gallery, owned by Cornwall County Council but managed by the Tate Gallery, is situated on the site of the old town gasworks overlooking Porthmeor Beach and the beautiful surrounding coastline.
The gallery is a great place for a family day out with plenty of attractions and activities to keep children of all ages amused.
www.cornwall-online.co.uk /attractions/tate-gallery/Welcome.html   (271 words)

  
 Tate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tate County, Mississippi, a county in the United States
Tate Gallery, London, named after founder Henry Tate.
Any one of the four Tate Galleries of art in the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tate   (115 words)

  
 NG London/Tate Gallery
The new gallery was officially known as The National Gallery, Millbank, or The National Gallery, British Art.
At first, the Tate Gallery was under the administration of the National Gallery.
In 1954 the Tate was formally established as an independent institution.
www.nationalgallery.org.uk /about/history/growth/tate.htm   (114 words)

  
 Tate Online: British and international modern and contemporary art
The national gallery of British art from 1500 to 2006
A major gallery of modern and contemporary art
The first major exhibition of photography at Tate Britain takes a unique look at the journey of British photography, from the pioneers of the early medium to today.
www.tate.org.uk   (170 words)

  
 New Tate Gallery in London 2005/2006 :: Tate Modern
Constructed from 4.2 million bricks, the building is a brick-clad steel structure, and in order to be lower than the dome of St Pauls Cathedral the chimney was limited to a height of 99 metres.
I went to see The Weather Project at the Tate Modern gallery in London several times between 16 October 2003 and 21 March 2004 in the Turbine Hall.
Tate Modern is located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St Paul's Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre.
www.revs.org /photos/tate.html   (367 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Tate Gallery   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tate Gallery The only site you need to plan your trip to Britain.
Tate Gallery TATE GALLERY [Tate Gallery] London, originally the National Gallery of British Art.
National Gallery NATIONAL GALLERY [National Gallery] London, one of the permanent national art collections of Great Britain.
www.encyclopedia.com /articles/12660.html   (747 words)

  
 London's Tate gallery censors work citing fear of offending Muslims
The Tate gallery in London has withdrawn the work God Is Great from an exhibition dedicated to the conceptual artist John Latham.
The Tate’s actions underline the developing climate of intimidation and censorship of artists that is being fostered in Britain.
Under conditions where the Tate has already withdrawn Latham’s artwork, it has made clear that its own approach to this “fraught relationship” is to adapt to the regressive atmosphere created by the government.
www.wsws.org /articles/2005/oct2005/tate-o12.shtml   (890 words)

  
 fakeTate Gallery: focus of post surRealism and post surRealist art
This exhibition was inspired by the major surrealism exhibition at Tate Modern in London from 20/9/01 to 1/1/02 and titled 'Surrealism: desire unbound'.
The new gallery is housed in a converted power station and has a huge entrance hall (the old Turbine Hall, 500feet long by 100 feet high, or 150m by 30m).
Details of the Tate and a link to their web site are on the Inspiration page.
mail.bris.ac.uk /~lijeh/fthome.htm   (979 words)

  
 The Tate Gallery
The Tate Gallery, which is in Westminster, near Vauxhall Bridge, has an interesting history, new as it looks.
It is to Sir Henry Tate that we owe the building and some sixty of the pictures it shelters.
The Tate Gallery is a fine classical-looking building designed by Sidney R, J. Smith.
www.oldandsold.com /articles20/tate-gallery-14.shtml   (957 words)

  
 Tate Gallery , St Ives, Cornwall
The Tate is a further extension of this movement
The Tate Gallery extension in St Ives, Cornwall opened in 1993.
It is a purpose built gallery, on the site of the old town gasworks, and has wonderful views over the coast.
www.cornwall-calling.co.uk /culture/tate_gallery__st_ives_cornwall.htm   (265 words)

  
 Travel Log -- The Tate Gallery -- Page
LONDON -- The magnificent Tate Gallery, located on the bank of the Thames River here, houses the national collections of British painting, the bequest of Joseph M.W. Turner and a wonderful sampling of international twentieth-century art.
Admission to the Tate is free, except for special exhibits, and I can't imagine a trip to England that doesn't include several afternoons in this marvelous art gallery, which first opened in 1897.
The Tate also has a first-class restaurant with a menu that includes everything from bangers and mash ("No filler in the sausage," the waitress assured me) to fresh fish or a hearty roast beef.
www.dcn.davis.ca.us /go/gizmo/travel/tate.html   (886 words)

  
 Tate Gallery Liverpool in directory.co.uk
Clore Gallery, London 1987 And The Tate Gallery, Liverpool 1988...
At the Albert Dock, is a branch of the Tate Gallery, which is in London.
The Liverpool Gallery is home to the National Collection of 20th...
www.directory.co.uk /Tate_Gallery_Liverpool.htm   (220 words)

  
 Tate Gallery
Sir Christopher Mallaby was appointed to the Tate Gallery in 1996 and has served for one term.
The Tate Gallery houses the national collection of British paintings, the Turner Bequest and 20th - century paintings and sculptures.
The Tate Gallery comprises Tate Britain at Millbank and Tate Modern at Bankside in London, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page2756.asp   (245 words)

  
 Westport Arts Center: Online Gallery - Joey Tate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Tate received her fine arts training in London.
Tate's work has been exhibited in numerous area exhibitions.
In the year 2000, she moved to Norwich, Vermont, and has since been active at AVA Gallery, where she monitors the gallery's Friday sketch classes.
www.westportartscenter.org /site/z_artists/tate_jo.htm   (239 words)

  
 Tate Gallery london popular galleryinternational modern art
The Tate which holds the greatest collection of British art in the world, including works by Blake, Constable, Epstein, Gainsborough, Gilbert and George, Hirst, Hockney, Hogarth, Moore, Rossetti, Spencer, Stubbs and Turner, has split its collections to create two new galleries.
Tate Britain shows the collection of British art from 1600 to the present day.
One of the world's foremost modern art museums, it houses the Tate's collection of international 20th century art and exhibits new work.
www.studios92.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk /guide/tate_gallery.htm   (133 words)

  
 Tate Gallery - Sightseeing National Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
I knew before visiting The Tate in St Ives that the modern art I would see displayed there was not likely to be to my personal taste.
Cornwall has theatres, museums and art galleries of course, but they are smaller, more provincial and I looked forward to what I believed would be a taste of city sophistication.
My first sight of The Tate, opened in 1993 and built on the site of the old gasworks in St Ives, was both a delight and a disappointment.
www.dooyoo.co.uk /sightseeing-national/tate-gallery   (263 words)

  
 Riviere Towans | The Tate Gallery St Ives | The Barbara Hepworth Museum | St Ives Guest House Association | The Tate ...
In recognition of the international importance of St. Ives and the surrounding area in the art world, 1993 saw the opening of the Tate Gallery, St. Ives by H.R.H. Prince Charles.
The ethos of Tate Gallery St. Ives is an immaculate concept, achieved in the great depths of an economic recession.
This is an international standard gallery and houses a rotating display selected from the Tate Gallery's collection of around 300 works of art produced by the St. Ives School of Artists in the late 1800's and throughout this century.
www.stives-cornwall.co.uk /tate_gallery.html   (305 words)

  
 Tate Gallery
The Tate Gallery houses the national collection of British paintings, the Turner Bequest and 20th century paintings and sculptures.
The Tate Gallery comprises the Tate Gallery of British Art at Millbank London, the Tate Liverpool and the Tate St Ives.
The Tate Gallery of Modern Art is due to open at Bankside in Spring 2000.
www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page2773.asp   (194 words)

  
 Tate St Ives: Displays of modern and contemporary art
Writer and broadcaster Mike Phillips leads a discussion exploring Cornish maritime traditions, the triangular slave trade and settlement in the Caribbean.
Superflex and Regina Möller are showing new work at Tate St Ives as part of a series of international commissions in Cornwall by contemporary visual arts organisation ProjectBase.
There is always something for families to do at the Gallery, including talks, family trails and activity buckets to help you explore the exhibitions.
www.tate.org.uk /stives   (216 words)

  
 ArtLex on the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Chaucer at the Court of Edward III, 1856-68, oil on canvas, 123.2 x 99.1 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
The Bath of Psyche, 1890, oil on canvas, 189.2 x 62.2 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
Aurora Leigh's Dismissal of Romney ('The Tryst'), 1860, oil on board, 39.4 x 31.0 cm, Tate Gallery, London.
www.artlex.com /ArtLex/p/preraphaelite.html   (892 words)

  
 Tate Gallery (annex), Liverpool - Reviews of Tate Gallery (annex) - IgoUgo   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Liverpool's Tate Gallery is the northern connection to the world-renowned Tate Gallery in London and the lesser-known St Ives Tate.
Situated at the Albert Dock, the gallery boasts the city's largest contemporary art collection, with many temporary exhibitions aiming to challenge aspects of social or personal thought.
This annex of the famous London gallery was free, and contained a great exhibit of the collage work of Peter Blake.
www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=7263   (284 words)

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