Tate Modern

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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.


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

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