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WELCOME TO
TATE BRITAIN
There are various ways in which you can plan
your visit today.
The BP Walk through British Art provides
a chronological circuit from the 16th century
to the present day. It shows famous and
less famous works together, offering an
introd­uction to 500 years of art from our
collection. Follow the golden dates at the
thresholds of the galleries around the outer
perimeter of the building and enjoy the
promenade as it unfolds.
BP Spotlights are also drawn from our
permanent collection, and can be found in the
central galleries within the circuit. They change
regularly, every spring and autumn. They may
highlight a work of art, an artist or a group, or
recent research. They focus on a specific period
and provide more in-depth information.
Turner, Blake and Moore each has a special
relationship with Tate Britain, and each is
allocated a dedicated space.
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The Archive Galleries are dedicated to
displays drawn from our archive of modern
British art, selected alternately by artists,
curators and archivists.
Exhibitions present an in-depth look at
a movement or theme or provide a detailed
survey of an artist and most of the works
are borrowed from other collections. These
are ticketed from the Manton foyer on the
lower level. There are two shops, one at
each level, which offer a wide range of books
and gifts, as well as postcards and the new
Tate Britain Companion.
The Djanogly Café on the lower level
serves a full range of refreshments while the
celebrated Rex Whistler Restaurant offers a
changing seasonal menu with an emphasis
on the British.
We hope you enjoy your visit today and
that you will return to see the galleries as they
continue to change.
Penelope Curtis
Director, Tate Britain
British School 17th century The Cholmondeley Ladies c.1600 – 10 John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott 1888
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BP WALK THROUGH
BRITISH ART
The BP Walk through British Art offers a
circuit of Tate Britain’s unparalleled collection,
from its beginnings to its end. This ‘walk
through time’ has been arranged to ensure
that the collection’s full historical range,
from 1545 to the present, is always on
show. There are no designated themes or
movements; instead, you can see a range
of art made at any one moment in an open,
conversational manner.
The gallery layout has been reconfigured
to create a circuit around its outer perimeter,
exploiting the long enfilades of galleries
that open onto each other. You experience
a cross-section that is representative of
what we know as ‘British art’, meeting both
well-known and less-familiar works. The
circuit travels anti-clockwise around the
building, with threshold dates on the floor
to tell you where you are in time.
David Bomberg The Mud Bath 1914
Tony Cragg Stack 1975 © DACS 2014
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Other areas introduce artists who have
a strong relationship with Tate Britain. Two
galleries on the main floor are devoted to
Henry Moore, one of Britain’s pre-eminent
sculptors. The rooms explore Moore’s close
personal relationship with Tate, investigate
his working processes and highlight his public
sculpture of the 1950s and 1960s.
The Clore Gallery is dedicated to The Turner
Collection and houses the artist’s bequest to
the nation.
The upper floor of the Clore Gallery
showcases a representative selection of
works by William Blake, alongside a room
of works on paper by other artists.
Henry Moore Recumbent Figure 1938
JMW Turner Hannibal and his Army Crossing the Alps exhibited 1812
William Blake Pity c.1795
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BP SPOTLIGHTS
Alongside the BP Walk through British Art
are eight BP Spotlight displays. Each explores
a single work, a particular artist or group,
or focuses on a certain period or theme, with
documentation providing a greater level of
information. These displays change twice a
year so there is always something new to see.
Spaces of Black
Modernism: London
1919 – 39
Until 4 October
Drawing together paintings,
sculpture, photographs and
archival material from Tate’s
collection with others from
public and private collections,
this display explores the
experiences of people from
diverse ethnic backgrounds
in London’s art world between
the wars.
Karen Knorr
Until 4 October
This display brings together
two series of work by the
photographer Karen Knorr:
Belgravia 1979–81 and
Gentlemen 1981–83. Knorr’s
work emerged out of debates
in cultural studies that were
current in the 1970s about the
politics of representation.
William Hogarth
Caroline Achaintre
Until 3 May
Until 26 April
The work of Caroline Achaintre
(born 1969) encompasses
a diverse range of media
including textiles, ceramics,
woodcuts and watercolours.
Deploying handcrafting
techniques, her ceramic masks
and large-scale wall-based
textiles evoke the primitive
and the carnivalesque.
2014 marks the 250th
anniversary of the death of
William Hogarth. This display
presents works by Hogarth in
the Tate collection alongside
those from other museums
including the British Museum,
the Foundling Museum and
Hogarth’s House.
Ronald Moody Midonz 1937
Karen Knorr Untitled from the series Belgravia 1979–1981
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Marlow Moss
Until 22 March
Marlow Moss (1889–1958) was
one of Britain’s most important
constructivist artists. Drawn
from collections in the UK and
Europe, the paintings, reliefs
and sculptures in this display
interrogate movement, space
and light.
William Hazlitt:
Through the Eyes
of a Critic
Until 5 April
William Hazlitt (1778–1830),
one of the most important and
politically radical writers of his
day, was a pioneering art critic.
This display looks at works by
artists including Joshua
Reynolds, David Wilkie and
JMW Turner through the eyes of
the man Kenneth Clark deemed
‘the best critic before Ruskin’.
David Hall: TV
Interruptions
New Brutalist Image
Until 4 October
This display is curated with
direct reference to the radical
and highly influential exhibition
Parallel of Life and Art of 1953
in which the sculptor Eduardo
Paolozzi, the photographer
Nigel Henderson, and the
architects Alison and Peter
Smithson documented the
birth of New Brutalist
architecture.
Until 29 March
Starting as a sculptor,
David Hall became one of the
pioneers of Video Art in Britain.
The seven video works in this
installation were broadcast on
television as part of the
Edinburgh Festival in 1971.
Reception, Rupture
and Return:
The Model and
the Life Room
Until 19 April
Archive Galleries
This display examines the role
of the life model for the artist
and the changing status of
life drawing from the 19th to
the 21st centuries. It includes
unique perspectives from the
archives of three artists’ models.
Marlow Moss White with Curved Cord 1943
James Northcote A Young Lady Playing the Harp ?exhibited 1814
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FIND OUT MORE
Poor Man’s Picture
Gallery: Victorian
Art and Stereoscopic
Photography
You will find that our displays are accomp­anied
by different levels of information.
The BP Walk through British Art focuses
primarily on visual pleasure and the
underlying framework is simply chronological.
However, you can learn more about individual
works in a number of ways:
Until 1 November
The nineteenth century saw a
craze for stereograph pictures
which circulated worldwide in
their tens of thousands. Early
pioneers of the art form were
quick to engage with fine art.
Here a number of Tate’s famous
Victorian and Pre-Raphaelite
works are hung face to face
with a rare collection of their
three-dimensional doubles.
Ask one of our knowledgeable
staff and volunteers
and Fridays during the school
holidays) for a range of family
activities and resources
Join one of our free daily guided
tours taking place at 11.00,
12.00, 14.00 and 15.00
Learn more about artists and
their work by joining one of our
free weekend Archive Explorer
Tours . Ask a member of staff
for details
Connect to Tate’s free Wifi to find
more content and make the most
of your visit at:
tate.org.uk/tbmobile
Make an appointment to visit
the Library and Archive or the
Prints & Drawings Room
Purchase the Tate Britain
Companion guide in the shops
for details of 170 key works in
the circuit
Henry Wallis
Chatterton 1856
Discover the context and
history of the national
collection of British art in the
rooms situated at the beginning
and end of the circuit
Drop into the Families Welcome
area in the Clore Centre (open
every weekend plus Thursdays
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DISPLAYS
Olafur Eliasson:
Turner Colour
Experiments
Tate Britain
Commission:
Christina Mackie
Until 25 January
24 March – 18 October
Danish-Icelandic artist Olafur
Eliasson (b 1967) is concerned
with the exploration of light and
colour. Here he responds to the
paintings by JMW Turner.
The Tate Britain Commission
invites artists to respond to
Tate’s collection and to the
grand spaces of the Duveen
Galleries. This year’s artist is
Christina Mackie who will
unveil a new installation
inspired by her interest in
pigments and the use of colour.
Philip King
Until 1 February
EXHIBITIONS
Supported by Sotheby’s
Tate Britain marks the 80th
birthday of renowned British
sculptor Phillip King (b. 1934)
with a display of six of King’s
works from the 1960s in the
Duveens Galleries. The display
celebrates King’s significant
contribution to late 20th
century sculpture.
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THE EY EXHIBITION:
LATE TURNER – PAINTING SET FREE
10 September – 25 January 2015
Adult £16.50 (without donation £15)
Concession £14.50 (without donation £13.10)
Help Tate by including the voluntary donation to enable Gift Aid
All exhibitions are free for Members
NICK WAPLINGTON/
ALEXANDER MCQUEEN:
WORKING PROCESS
10 March – 17 May 2015
Adult £16.00 (without donation £14.50)
Concession £14.00
(without donation £12.70)
Help Tate by including the voluntary donation to enable Gift Aid
All exhibitions are free for Members
This major exhibition presents the result of a unique collaboration
between artist Nick Waplington (b. 1965) and the acclaimed fashion
designer Alexander McQueen (1969–2010). Raw, bold and thoughtprovoking, Waplington’s photographs provide a unique insight into
one of the most celebrated fashion collections in recent history.
SALT AND SILVER: EARLY
PHOTOGRAPHY 1840 – 1860
25 February – 7 June 2015
Adult £12 (without donation £10.90)
Concession £10 (without donation £9.50)
Adult combined ticket with Sculpture Victorious £16.50
(without donation £15)
Concession combined ticket with Sculpture Victorious £14.50
(without donation £13.10)
Help Tate by including the voluntary donation to enable Gift Aid
All exhibitions are free for Members
This is the first exhibition in Britain devoted to salted paper prints,
one of the earliest forms of photography. A uniquely British
invention, unveiled by William Henry Fox Talbot in 1839, salt prints
spread across the globe, creating a new visual language of the
modern moment.
SCULPTURE VICTORIOUS
25 February – 25 May 2015
Adult £12 (without donation £10.90)
Concession £10 (without donation £9.50)
Adult combined ticket with Salt and Silver £16.50
(without donation £15)
Concession combined ticket with Salt and Silver £14.50
(without donation £13.10)
Help Tate by including the voluntary donation to enable Gift Aid
All exhibitions are free for Members
Sculpture Victorious celebrates some of the most astonishing and
lavish sculptures produced in the groundbreaking period of the
Victorian era.
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The EY Exhibition: Late
Turner – Painting Set Free
Until 25 January
Salt and Silver: Early
Photography 1840 – 1860
25 February – 7 June 2015
Sculpture Victorious
25 February – 25 May 2015
Manton
Studio
Manton Entrance
Taylor
Digital Studio
Ticket
Desk
Manton
Foyer
Tate Library
and Archive
Shop
Hyman Kreitman
Reading Rooms
The Model and
the Life Room
LO W E R
TUNDA
RO
The Darks
Lower Floor
Djanogly
Café
Schools Entrance
Whistler
Restaurant
Clore Auditorium
The Clore Gallery
Entrance
The Turner Collection
Duffield
Room
Clore
Studio
1730
Emily
Wardill
Mark Leckey
2000
1650
1990
Duveen Galleries
1780
1540
Nick
Waplington/
Alexander
McQueen:
Working
Process
1810
New Brutalist
Image
10 March – 17 May
Sackler
Octagon
1840
Learning
Gallery
Henry Moore
1890
Spaces
of Black
Modernism
Philip King
Karen
Knorr
1980
Prints and
Drawings Rooms
1970
William Hogarth
1950
Olafur
Eliasson
Until 25
January
David
Hall
1915
1930
Main
Shop
TUNDA
RO
Upper Floor
Works
on
paper
The Turner Collection
1910
William
Blake
1960
Henry Moore
Until 1 February
Poor Man’s
Picture Gallery
Marlow Moss
Works
on
paper
Willaim
Hazlitt
Caroline
Achaintre
1940
E
1940
Millbank
Foyer
Millbank Entrance
Main Floor
The Clore Gallery
Designed by John Morgan studio
1760
BP WALK THROUGH BRITISH ART
2000
Poor Man's
Picture Gallery
Karen
Knorr
Spaces
of Black
Modernism
Marlow Moss
New Brutalist
Image
William
Hogarth
David
Hall
Caroline
Achaintre
January 2015