Tate Modern

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art museum contemporary art museum modern art museum museum in London

Tate Modern is a major modern and contemporary art museum housed in a former power station on the South Bank of the River Thames in London.

Aliases (13)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum → contemporary art museum → modern art museum → museum in London →
admissionPolicy	free entry to main collection →
architecturalStyle	adaptive reuse → industrial architecture →
buildingArchitect	Giles Gilbert Scott →
category	Art museums and galleries in London → Contemporary art galleries in London → Modern art museums → Tate galleries → Tourist attractions in the London Borough of Southwark →
chargesFor	special exhibitions →
collectionFocus	contemporary art → modern art →
collectionStartDate	1900 →
conversionArchitect	Herzog & de Meuron →
country	United Kingdom →
floorCount	10 →
formerName	Bankside Power Station →
formerUse	power station →
hasCollectionSize	tens of thousands of artworks →
hasPart	Boiler House → Switch House → Turbine Hall → viewing terrace →
hasView	St Paul’s Cathedral across the River Thames →
inception	2000 →
locatedIn	Bankside → England → London → London Borough of Southwark →
locatedOn	River Thames → South Bank of the River Thames →
name	Tate Modern →
notableFor	international modern and contemporary art collection → large-scale installations in Turbine Hall →
openingDate	2000-05-12 →
operator	Tate →
ownedBy	Tate →
partOf	Tate → Tate galleries →
publicTransit	Blackfriars station → London Bridge station → Southwark station →
visitorAttractionType	tourist attraction →
website	https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern →

Referenced by (53)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Barnett Newman → Georges Braque → Gerhard Richter → Henri Matisse → Lee Krasner → Mark Rothko → Roy Lichtenstein →	hasWorkInCollection
Brillo Boxes → Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose ("Tate collection") → Lobster Telephone → Marilyn Diptych → The Weeping Woman ("Tate collection") →	collection
Boiler House → Metamorphosis of Narcissus → The Snail → The Weeping Woman →	location
Boiler House → Switch House → Tate Modern ("Tate galleries") → Turbine Hall →	partOf
John Singer Sargent ("Tate Gallery (for murals and works)") → Marsyas →	commissionedBy
Lobster Telephone → Marsyas →	exhibitedAt
Bankside → Southwark →	hasLandmark
Blackfriars ("Tate Modern (across the Thames)") → London Millennium Pier →	hasViewOf
Switch House ("Tate Modern complex") → Turbine Hall →	locatedIn
Herzog & de Meuron → Herzog & de Meuron ("Tate Modern Switch House extension") →	notableWork
Switch House ("Tate Modern Turbine Hall") →	adjacentTo
Tate Modern ("Tate galleries") →	category
Marsyas ("Tate Modern Turbine Hall commission") →	commissionedFor
Central London →	contains
Bankside Power Station ("Tate Modern building") →	currentUse
Bankside →	hasCulturalInstitution
Kara Walker →	hasExhibitedAt
Bankside →	hasMuseum
Tate →	hasPart
Bankside Power Station ("Turbine Hall of Tate Modern") →	hasTurbineHall
London →	hosts
Switch House ("Tate Modern extension") →	inauguratedAs
Jazz (book) ("Tate Modern, London") →	inCollection
Wassily Kandinsky paintings ("Tate Modern, London") →	locationOfExhibition
Tate Modern →	name
Millennium Bridge approach →	near
London Millennium Pier ("Tate Modern (across the river)") →	nearby
Jenny Holzer →	notableExhibition
Bankside Power Station →	occupant
Tate →	operates
Bankside Power Station →	redevelopedAs