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Tate announces 2019 exhibition highlights

<b>LONDON</b><b>.-</b> Tate today announced highlights of its 2019 exhibitions for all four Tate galleries in London, Liverpool and St Ives. The programme covers …

Tate Britain to revive William Blake's failed 1809 exhibition | London Evening Standard

The Tate will recreate William Blake’s failed 1809 solo show as part of a landmark new exhibition about the poet and artist.<p>Best known now for …

Wine Tasting and Dinner: Following in the Footsteps of Turner – Food and drink at Tate Britain | Tate

Like many other young talented artists of his generation, J. M. W. Turner travelled extensively throughout Britain and Europe in search of …

At Tate Britain, the Aftermath of Art After World War I

June 14, 2018<p>Andreja Velimirović is a passionate content writer with a knack for art and old movies. Majoring in art history, he is an expert on …

Performing the Body in Pain – Course at Tate Britain | Tate

Tate Britain Food and drink<p>Until 23 Sep 2018<p>Take in Tate Britain’s newest exhibition and complete the experience by dining in the historic Rex …

The Reader: Radical Burne-Jones deserves his place in the artistic spotlight

In THE 20th century, as modern art movements based on abstraction and expressionism developed, the critical response to pictures produced in the …

Andrea Schlieker Joins Tate Britain as Director of Exhibitions and Displays

June 06, 2018 at 2:01pm<p>Andrea Schlieker has been appointed director of exhibitions and displays at Tate Britain. Schlieker comes to the institution …

Tate Britain Confronts the Aftershocks of World War I

The scenes presented in Tate Britain’s newest exhibition, <i>Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One</i>, range from mechanically detached— …

Lisa Brice liberates art history's female muses with a vibrant and voluptuous show at Tate Britain's Art Now

Any figurative artist working today knowingly carries the weight of art history on their paintbrush. Then if you happen to be female there’s the added issue of stepping into what has traditionally been a male terrain, in which women tend to appear on, rather than behind, the canvas.<p>Lisa Brice is …

Kehinde Andrews in Conversation with Afua Hirsch – Talk at Tate Britain | Tate

For this special event Kehinde Andrews will be in conversation with renowned writer and broadcaster Afua Hirsh to discuss the long and complex …

War Is Horrific. War Is Futile. War Is Hell. That's The Message At Tate Britain

This painting by CRW Nevinson is a powerful anti-war message. © IWMA landscape that was once green is now blackened, pocked with holes made from …

Brush with death: first world war art goes on show at Tate Britain

Tate Britain is inviting members of the armed forces and veterans to view for free an exhibition on art created in the aftermath of the first world war – however, they may find the experiences and emotions recorded almost a century ago disquietingly close to their own.<p>The first object is a large …

Library and Archive Speed Dating – Workshop at Tate Britain | Tate

Pricing<p>FREE with ticket<p>Advance tickets available on the day. A limited number of tickets will be released on the door. Please collect tickets from …

Tate Britain to unite Burne-Jones's two great painting cycles for the first time

<b>LONDON</b><b>.-</b> Two celebrated series of Pre-Raphaelite paintings will be brought together in their entirety for Tate Britain’s Burne-Jones retrospective …

Andrew Lloyd Webber to lend works to Tate Britain’s Edward Burne-Jones show

The composer and theatre producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, best known for hit musicals like Phantom of the Opera and Jesus Christ Superstar, will be a …

"Unless you’ve put the graft in, you’ll be found out": the action-packed photography of Elaine Constantine

“I was a teenager in the late 1980s and unemployed,” Elaine Constantine tells me first off. “Like most kids my age at that time in the north west of …

Late at Tate Britain: Spire – Late at Tate Britain | Tate

Painted over 180 years ago and now considered a masterpiece, this event is inspired by John Constable's painting <i>Salisbury Cathedral from the …

Constable and Turner landscapes reunited for first time since 1831

Tate Britain has hung two paintings by John Constable and JMW Turner together for the first time since 1831, when their display provoked a row between the artists that rumbled on for years.<p>Constable’s Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows, a lyrical rain-sodden landscape with a rainbow as a symbol …

What to do over the bank holiday weekend

It's a double celebration this month – so here's our round-up of the best things to see and do locally over the May bank holiday weekends<p><b>Pick up a</b> …

Lady in blue: the nudes of Lisa Brice – in pictures

South Africa-born artist Lisa Brice first began working on her series of blue female nudes in 2014. “The situations are imagined,” she says, “but based on real experience.” They’ve been all-consuming at times: “I painted a group of 60 continuously day and night for a month,” she says. “Eventually …

Roundtable: Mind to Mind – Talk at Tate Britain | Tate

​​​To coincide with <i>Aftermath: Art in the Wake of World War One</i> join us for an informal roundtable discussing art, resilience and care<p>Facilitated by …

Camilla Parker-Bowles wore a purple tiered dress at the Tate Britain with Prince Charles

<b>The Duchess of Cornwall</b> looked fabulous in the most regal of colours on Wednesday, as she attended the 150th anniversary of the Press Association at …

Famous landscape paintings on loan from the Tate

An exhibition featuring over 70 British landscape paintings is open to the public at the Shanghai Museum.<p>Boasted as the biggest show focusing on …

Rare display of British landscape works in China

Landscape art is one of Britain's most important contributions to the visual arts in Europe, and some of the finest British works are now on display …

The Rex Whistler: Jazz Brunch – Food and drink at Tate Britain | Tate

Kicking off on Saturday 26t May from 12 noon our live Jazz Trio's will transport brunch guests to the hot jazz, blues, ragtime and popular tunes of …

This London Gallery Roasts Its Own Coffee In A Second World War Bunker

Tate not only houses one of Britain's largest art collections in its galleries, it also produces a whopping 22,000 kilos of coffee every year. Where? …

Princess Eugenie becomes Royal Patron of Tate Young Patrons

Princess Eugenie of York has announced that she has become Royal Patron of the Tate Young Patrons organisation. The royal bride-to-be announced the …

Edward Burne-Jones – Exhibition at Tate Britain | Tate

Forensic Architecture shortlisted for Turner Prize 2018

Investigative agency Forensic Architecture has been shortlisted for this year's Turner Prize, the UK's most important art award.<p>The research group, …

Exhibit of British paintings

A visitor takes photos of a painting of Sir Brooke Boothby by Joseph Wright at the Shanghai Museum yesterday. An exhibition of British paintings, …