Takis
Over a 70-year career, Takis (Panayiotis Vassilakis, born 1925) has created some of the most innovative art of the 20th century.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Tate Modern
Takis Tate Modern Kevork Mourad Ismaili Centre – Two Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Greek artist Panayiotis Vassillakis, known simply as Takis, born in Athens in 1925, is a very senior member of today’s international avant-garde. His new show at Tate Modern – what? Not a woman, not a person of colour? – therefore qualifies as an event of some interest.
7 July 2019
Natalia Goncharova: Luboks, Icons And Russian Avant-Gardism – Edward Lucie-Smith
Born in 1881, Natalia Goncharova was a full generation older than Lee Krasner and came from a very different background from that of Krasner’s Jewish parentage.
18 June 2019
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life
Marking the most comprehensive solo presentation of Eliasson’s work, and his first major survey in the UK, the exhibition offers a timely opportunity to experience the immersive world of this endlessly inquisitive artist.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Natalia Goncharova
Tate Modern will present the first retrospective of Natalia Goncharova ever held in the UK. Most of the works have never been seen in this country before.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Anne Imhof: The World As A Durational Techno Sex Performance
After catching only the last few moments of the atmospheric Faust (2017) at the 57th Venice Biennale, I was excited to discover that Anne Imhof was this year’s BMW Tate Live commissioned artist.
27 March 2019
Tate Modern Tops Visitor Attraction List For First Time
The public has chosen Tate Modern over the British Museum for the first time since records began. The UK’s most popular visitor attractions’ list published yesterday has shown for the first time in a decade Tate Modern is the clear winner.
27 March 2019
Anne Imhof Sex Installation Opens At Tate Modern
A brand new large-scale commission by Anne Imhof has been unveiled at Tate Modern.
21 March 2019
BMW Tate Live Exhibition: Anne Imhof: Sex
The celebrated German artist Anne Imhof takes over the Tanks.
installation open daily 10am - 5pm, see above for performance times
Kara Walker To Create Next Hyundai Commission At Tate Modern
The African American Artist Kara Walker has been selected to create the next annual Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern.
11 March 2019
Dorothea Tanning The Doors of Perception – Tate Modern – Jude Cowan Montague
Dorothea Tanning is the artist, face hidden to me back then, who drew and painted a short series of paintings that I have loved since a child.
2 March 2019
Franz West: Tate Modern And David Zwirner London – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Franz West show at Tate Modern, with a smaller spin-off at the London branch of Zwirner, the late artist’s long-time dealer, presents the critic with a series of dilemmas.
27 February 2019
Residents Lose Tate Modern Invasion Of Privacy Case
The residents of four flats in the Neo Bankside development next to Tate Modern in the South Bank have lost their invasion of privacy case.
13 February 2019
Pierre Bonnard: A French Painter Carrying Forward A Great Inheritance – Edward Lucie-Smith
Bonnard was one of those betwixt and between artists, part of the Modern Movement
21 January 2019
Pierre Bonnard: First London Museum Show In 20 Years Unveiled
Tate Modern is mounting the UK’s first major Pierre Bonnard exhibition in 20 years, opening to the public on the 23 January.
19 January 2019
Olafur Eliasson and Minik Rosing: Ice Watch
Artist Olafur Eliasson and geologist Minik Rosing have installed Ice Watch, a group of twenty-four blocks of ice, in front of Tate Modern.
24 hours
Dorothea Tanning
Over a seven-decade career, Dorothea Tanning pushed the boundaries of surrealism.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Franz West
Ironic, irreverent, yet profoundly philosophical, Franz West was a key figure of European art in the late 20th century.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Pierre Bonnard: The Colour of Memory – The CC Land Exhibition
This is the first major exhibition of Pierre Bonnard’s work in the UK since the much-loved show at Tate 20 years ago.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Tania Bruguera Creates Hyundai Commission Inspired By Shifting Migration
Cuban Artist Tania Bruguera has opened, today 1 October the third presentation of the highly ambitious Tate Exchange programme alongside this year’s Hyundai Commission, also created by the artist.
1 October 2018
Hyundai Commission: Tania Bruguera
Bruguera’s unique concept for her political approach to art – Arte Util (useful art) – will continue to be developed in this major new project, transforming Tate Modern’s iconic Turbine Hall.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Anni Albers
A long overdue recognition of Anni Albers’s pivotal contribution to modern art and design, this is the first major exhibition of her work in the UK.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Magic Realism: Objectivity In Weimar – Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Magic Realism Art In Weimar Germany 1919-33 show that just opened at Tate Modern is a welcome addition to what you can see at this major London institution
7 August 2018
Free Art in London This Summer 2018
London is an expensive place to live let’s face it and visiting art exhibitions at £15-£20 per show is a luxury. Here is a selection of what Art to see in London this summer for free.
24 July 2018
Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33
FREE – Tate Modern will explore German art from between the wars in a year-long, free exhibition, drawing upon the rich holdings of The George Economou Collection.
Sunday to Thursday 10.00–18.00 Friday to Saturday 10.00–22.00
Christian Marclay: Legendary Video Installation The Clock Screened At Tate
Christian Marclay is one of the most important artists of his generation. The internationally celebrated 24-hour video installation The Clock will go on display at Tate Modern
11 June 2018
Shape Of Things To Come: Abstract Photography Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
Tate Modern’s new show, Shape of Light, has already received negative reviews from The Independent, The Times, and The Sunday Times.
10 May 2018
Shape Of Light: Photography’s Relationship With Abstract Art – Tate Modern
London 30 April: Tate Modern reveals the intertwined stories of photography and abstract art in a new exhibition.
30 April 2018
Joan Jonas: Portrayals Of Female Identity – Tate Modern – Zoltan Alexander
One of the most important American video and performance artists Joan Jonas emerged in the late 1960s.
29 April 2018
BMW Tate Live Exhibition 2018: Ten Days Six Nights
Tate Modern stages its second annual BMW Tate Live Exhibition this month in the atmospheric subterranean Tanks. Joan Jonas, a pioneer of performance art, is this year’s focus coinciding with a major survey of her work in the galleries above.
Open daily 10.00 – 18.00. Evening performances on 16, 17, 20, 21, 23 and 24 March 2018
Picasso’s Unspoken Minotaur In The Room – Tate Modern – Edward Lucie-Smith
The hosannas have already begun. Picasso’s latest show at Tate Modern, entitled Picasso 1932: Love, Fame, Tragedy gets a 5-star review in The Times.
7 March 2018
Shape of Light 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art
An exhibition looking at how photographers responded and contributed to the invention of abstract art
Sun-Thurs 10-6 Sat-Sun 10-10