General Information

Tate Modern is Britain’s national gallery of international modern art and forms part of the Tate group (together with Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, Tate St Ives and Tate Online). It is the most-visited modern art gallery in the world. It is based in the former Bankside Power Station.

Additional Information

The collections in Tate Modern consist of works of international modern and contemporary art dating from 1900 until today. These include artworks by Claude Monet, Anish Kapoor, Barnett Newman, Mark Rothko, Henri Matisse, Kasimir Malevich, Pablo Picasso, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Eugène Atget, Damien Hirst.
The Tate Collection is on display on levels three and five of the building, while level four houses large temporary exhibitions and a small exhibition space on level two houses work by contemporary artists.

History: Highlights

The Bankside Power Station was designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott and built between 1947 and 1963. The power station closed in 1981. The building was converted by architects Herzog & de Meuron and contractors Carillion, after which it stood at 99 metres tall. The gallery opened in 2000.