The logo of Tate, used in different colours for the 4 galleries.

Tate is the United Kingdom national museum of British and Modern Art, and is a network of four art galleries in England: Tate Britain (opened 2000), Tate Liverpool (1988), Tate St Ives (1993) and Tate Modern (2000), with a complementary website, Tate Online (1998). Tate has several meanings. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... The Tate Liverpool is located in Albert Dock, Liverpool. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Porthmeor Beach, St Ives with the entrance to the Tate gallery on the right. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

The Tate was founded in 1897 as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was changed to include Modern Art it was renamed the Tate Gallery after Henry Tate, who had laid the foundations for the collection. The Tate Gallery was housed in a building at Millbank, London. In 2000 the Tate Gallery split its collection into four museums: Tate Britain (housed in the original building) displays the collection of British art from 1500 to the present day; Tate Modern which is also in London, houses the Tate's collection of British and International Modern and Contemporary Art from 1900 to the present day. Tate Liverpool, in Liverpool has the same purpose as Tate Modern but on a smaller scale, and Tate St Ives displays Modern and Contemporary Art by artists who have connections with the area. All four museums share the Tate Collection. One of the Tate's most publicised art events is the annual Turner Prize, which takes place at Tate Britain. Dejeuner sur lHerbe by Pablo Picasso At the Moulin Rouge: Two Women Waltzing by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, 1892 The Scream by Edvard Munch, 1893 I and the Village by Marc Chagall, 1911 Fountain by Marcel Duchamp, 1917 Campbells Soup Cans 1962 Synthetic polymer paint on thirty-two... Sir Henry Tate (March 11, 1819 - December 5, 1899) was an English sugar merchant, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London. ... Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Year 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full 2000 Gregorian calendar). ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ... The Tate Liverpool is located in Albert Dock, Liverpool. ... For other uses, see Liverpool (disambiguation). ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ... Porthmeor Beach, St Ives with the entrance to the Tate gallery on the right. ... The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ...

History and development

The original Tate Gallery, now renamed Tate Britain

The original Tate art gallery was called the National Gallery of British Art, and was situated on Millbank, Pimlico, London on the site of the former Millbank Prison. The idea of a National Gallery of British Art was first proposed in the 1820s by Sir John Leicester, Baron de Tabley. It took a step nearer when Robert Vernon gave his collection to the National Gallery in 1847. A decade later John Sheepshanks gave his collection to the South Kensington Museum (later the Victoria & Albert Museum), known for years as the National Gallery of Art (the same title as the Tate Gallery had). Forty years later Henry Tate who was a sugar magnate and a major collector of Victorian art, offered to fund the building of the gallery to house British Art on the condition that the State pay for the site and revenue costs. Henry Tate also gifted the gallery his own collection. It was initially a collection solely of modern British art, concentrating on the works of modern—that is Victorian era—painters. It was controlled by the National Gallery until 1954. Download high resolution version (750x601, 99 KB) Tate Britain, London. ... Download high resolution version (750x601, 99 KB) Tate Britain, London. ... Tate Britain is a part of the Tate Gallery in Britain, along with Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives. ... The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. ... Millbank is an area of London, England, that is east of Pimlico and south of Westminster. ... Pimlico is a small area of central London in the City of Westminster that is primarily residential and well known for its collection of small hotels. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Millbank Prison was a large prison built in Millbank, Pimlico, London. ... Londons National Gallery, founded in 1824, houses a rich collection of over 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 in its home on Trafalgar Square. ... The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ... The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ... Sir Henry Tate (March 11, 1819 - December 5, 1899) was an English sugar merchant, noted for establishing the Tate Gallery in London. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ... Queen Victoria (shown here on the morning of her accession to the Throne, 20 June 1837) gave her name to the historic era The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British Industrial Revolution and the apex of the British Empire. ...

In 1915, Hugh Lane bequeathed his collection of European Modern Art to Dublin, but controversially this went to the Tate, which expanded its collection to include foreign art and continued to acquire contemporary art. In 1926 and 1937 the art dealer and patron Joseph Duveen paid for two major expansions of the gallery building. His father had earlier paid for an extension to house the major part of the Turner Bequest, which in 1987 was transferred to a wing paid for by Sir Charles Clore. Henry Courtauld also endowed Tate with a purchase fund. By the mid 20th century it was fulfilling a dual function of showing the history of British art as well as international Modern art. In 1954 the Tate Gallery was finally separated from the National Gallery. Sir Hugh Lane by Antonio Mancini - Oil on canvas (1913) Sir Hugh Percy Lane ( November 9, 1875-May 7, 1915 ) Born in County Cork on 9 November 1875, he is best known for for establishing Dublins Municipal Gallery of Modern Art (the first known public gallery of modern art... Joseph Duveen (1869 – 1939), later made Baron Duveen of Millbank, was one of the most influential art dealers of all time. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999...

Tate St Ives (on right), opened 1993, overlooks Porthmeor Beach

During the 1950s and 1960s, the visual arts department of the Arts Council of Great Britain funded and organised temporary exhibitions at the Tate Gallery including in 1966 a retrospective of Marcel Duchamp. Later the Tate began organising its own temporary exhibition programme. In 1979 with funding from a Japanese bank a large modern extension was opened that would also house larger income generating exhibitions. In 1987 the Clore Wing opened to house the major part of the Turner bequest and also provided a 200 seat auditorium. (The 'Centenary Development' in 2001 provided improved access and public amenities.) Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1295x839, 174 KB) St Ives Cornwall. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1295x839, 174 KB) St Ives Cornwall. ... The Arts Council of Great Britain was a Quango dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Britain. ... Marcel Duchamp (pronounced ) (July 28, 1887 – October 2, 1968) was a French artist (he became an American citizen in 1955) whose work and ideas had considerable influence on the development of post-World War II Western art, and whose advice to modern art collectors helped shape the tastes of the...

In 1993 an outpost in the West of England was opened, Tate St Ives. It exhibits work by modern British artists, particularly those of the St Ives School. Additionally the Tate also manages the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden which opened in 1980. Porthmeor Beach, St Ives with the entrance to the Tate gallery on the right. ... The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden in St Ives, Cornwall preserves the 20th century sculptors house and garden much as they were when she lived and worked there. ...

Tate Liverpool opened in 1988

In 1988 another offshoot opened as Tate Liverpool. This shows various of the works from the London Tates as well as mounting its own temporary displays. In 2007 Tate Liverpool will host the Turner Prize, the first time this has been held outside London. This is an overture to Liverpool's being the European Capital of Culture 2008. Download high resolution version (1000x710, 217 KB)Albert Dock in Liverpool. ... Download high resolution version (1000x710, 217 KB)Albert Dock in Liverpool. ... The Tate Liverpool is located in Albert Dock, Liverpool. ... The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... The European Capital of Culture is a city designated by the European Union for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to showcase its cultural life and cultural development. ...

Neither of these two new Tates had a significant effect on the functioning of the original London Tate Gallery, whose size was increasingly proving a constraint as the collection grew. It was a logical step to separate the "British" and "Modern" aspects of the collection, and they are now housed in separate buildings in London. The original gallery is now called Tate Britain and is the national gallery for British art from 1500 to the present day, as well as some modern British art. Tate Modern, in Bankside Power Station on the south side of the Thames, opened in 2000 and now exhibits the national collection of modern art from 1900 to the present day, including some modern British art. 1500 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Tate Modern from the Millennium Bridge Tate Modern from St Pauls Cathedral. ... Bankside Power Station after conversion to the Tate Modern, from the Millennium Bridge Bankside Power Station is located on the south bank of the Thames in the Bankside district of London. ... This article is about the River Thames in southern England. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ...

Tate Modern opened in 2000

The Tate's director is Sir Nicholas Serota. In its first year, it was the most popular museum in the world, with 5,250,000 visitors. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 451 pixelsFull resolution (2353 × 1327 pixel, file size: 2. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 451 pixelsFull resolution (2353 × 1327 pixel, file size: 2. ... Nicholas Serota Sir Nicholas Serota (born 1946) is a curator, and is currently Director of the Tate Gallery, the United Kingdoms national gallery of modern and British art. ...

Tate Online

Tate Online is the Tate's web site. Since its launch in 1998, the site has provided information on all four physical Tate galleries (Tate Britain, Tate St Ives, Tate Liverpool and Tate Modern) under the same domain. Tate Online helps visitors prepare and extend visits to the physical sites but also acts as a destination in its own right. Other resources include illustrated information on all works in Tate's Collection of British and Modern international art, structured and informal e-learning opportunities for all visitors, over 400 hours of archived webcast events, all articles from the magazine, TATE ETC. and a series of bespoke net art commissions. BT has been the exclusive sponsor of Tate Online since 2001. TATE ETC: is an arts magazine produced within Britains Tate organisation of arts and museums. ... BT Group plc (formerly British Telecommunications plc) which trades as BT (pronounced Bee tee) (also previously as British Telecom and is still commonly known as such amongst the general public) is the privatised UK state telecommunications operator. ...

Tate in Space was created in 2002 as an online artwork by artist Susan Alexis Collins in collaboration with the Tate. The web pages appear as part of the Tate Online web pages, alongside the pages for physical art galleries such as Tate Modern and Tate Liverpool. Tate in Space is interactive fiction, with each participant bringing their own fantasies to the project. There are also contributions from space art historians, architects and space scientists, so that the site blending fact and fiction. It was nominated in the Interactive Art category for the 2003 BAFTA Interactive awards. Susan Collins PhD, (born 1964, London) is an English artist and academic noted for her work with digital media. ... The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA), is a British organization that hosts annual awards shows for film, television, childrens film and television, and interactive media. ...

Administration

The Tate receives a grant directly from the Treasury. It is administered by a board of trustees, who are responsible for the running of the gallery and appoint the Director (for a period of seven years). The Tate is also registered as a charity with the Charity Commission, but with the status of unregulated, which limits the Commission's normal powers over it. The new eastern entrance to HM Treasury HM Treasury, in full Her Majestys Treasury, informally The Treasury, is the United Kingdom government department responsible for developing and executing the British governments public finance policy and economic policy. ... The Charity Commission is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities (and hence to some extent most churches) in England and Wales. ...

Various bodies have been set up to support the Tate including Tate Members for the general public, where a yearly fee gives rights such as free entry to charging exhibitions and members rooms. There is also Tate Patrons for a higher subscription fee and the Tate Foundation. There are a number of corporate sponsors. In addition individual shows are often sponsored.

The Outset Contemporary Art Fund was established in 2003 by Tate patrons, Yana Peel and Candida Gertler, in collaboration with the Frieze Art Fair, to buy works from the fair for the Tate. Frieze is an annual international contemporary art fair held in October in Londons Regents Park. ...

Controversies

In the 19th century, there was dispute over the acquisitions made with the Chantrey bequest and accusations that favouritism resulted in the purchase of dull work by Royal Academicians. Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey (April 7, 1782–November 25, 1841), was an English sculptor of the Georgian era. ... The Royal Academy of Arts is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly, London, England. ...

In 1971, an exhibition by Robert Morris was closed after one day due to health and safety concerns. Bronze Gate (2005) is a cor-ten steel work by Robert Morris. ...

In 1972, the Tate Gallery purchased a work by Carl Andre called 'Equivalent VIII'. During a 1976 exhibition of the work The Times newspaper published an article using the work to complain about institutional waste of taxpayers' money. The article made the piece infamous and it was subjected to ridicule in the media and vandalism. The work is still popularly known as "The Bricks", and has entered the British public lexicon. Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) American minimalist artist. ... Equivalent VIII, usually referred to as The Bricks, is the last and most famous of a series of minimalist sculpture by Carl Andre. ...

Each year, the Turner Prize is held at a Tate Gallery (historically at Tate Britain) and is awarded to an artist under 50 who is either British or primarily working in Great Britain. It is the subject of great controversy and creates much media attention for contemporary British art, as well as attracting demonstrations. The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... Rain, Steam and Speed — The Great Western Railway by Joseph Turner| (1844). ... Stuckist artists dressed as clowns demonstrate against the Turner Prize, Tate Britain, in 2000 Stuckist demonstrations since 2000 have been a key part of the Stuckist art groups activities and have succeeded in giving them a high profile both in Britain and abroad. ...

In 1995, it was revealed that the Tate had accepted a gift of £20,000 from art fraudster John Drewe. The gallery had given Drewe access to its archives which he then used to forge documents authenticating fake modern paintings that he then sold. John Drewe (b 1948) is a British purveyor of art forgeries who commissioned impoverished artist John Myatt to paint them. ...

In 1998, Sir Nicholas Serota, director of Tate, conceived Operation Cobalt, the secret and ultimately successful buyback of two of the Tate's paintings by J. M. W. Turner that had been stolen from a German gallery in 1994. See Frankfurt art theft (1994). Nicholas Serota Sir Nicholas Serota (born 1946) is a curator, and is currently Director of the Tate Gallery, the United Kingdoms national gallery of modern and British art. ... Joseph Mallord William Turner (April 23, 1775 (exact date disputed) – December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape painter, watercolourist and printmaker, whose style can be said to have laid the foundation for Impressionism. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... Three famous paintings were stolen from a Frankfurt art gallery in 1994. ...

Charles Saatchi stated that an offer of a major gift of works was rejected by Serota. Serota responded that no such offer had been made. Charles Saatchi Charles Saatchi (born June 9, 1943) was the co-founder with his brother Maurice of the global advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi, which became the worlds biggest before the brothers were forced out of their own company in 1995. ...

In 2005 the Stuckists offered a donation of 175 paintings which had been exhibited at the Walker Art Gallery. This was rejected and the Tate was accused of "snubbing one of Britain’s foremost collections".^[1] The logo on the Stuckism International web site Stuckism is an art movement that was founded in 1999 in Britain by Billy Childish and Charles Thomson to promote figurative painting in opposition to conceptual art. ... The first national gallery exhibition of Stuckist art was at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool from September 18, 2004 - February 20, 2005. ... This page is about the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool. ...

In 2005, there was a scandal over the Tate's purchase of its trustee Chris Ofili's work The Upper Room for £705,000, and accusations of conflict of interest.^[2] In July 2006 the Charity Commission completed an investigation into this and censured the gallery for acting outside its legal powers.^[3] Chris Ofili (born 1968) is an English born painter noted for artworks referencing aspects of his Nigerian heritage. ... The Upper Room by Chris Ofili The Upper Room is an installation of 13 paintings of rhesus macaque monkeys by English artist Chris Ofili in a specially-designed room. ... The Charity Commission is the non-ministerial government department that regulates registered charities (and hence to some extent most churches) in England and Wales. ...

In 2006 a legal opinion was given that the Tate and National Gallery have no legal right to ownership of the Turner Bequest, as Turner's conditions for that had never been fulfilled and are still binding.^[4]

In 2006, it was revealed that the Tate was the only national-funded museum not to be accredited to the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA), as it did not wish to abide by guidelines that deaccessioned work should first be offered to other museums. The MLA threatened to bar the Tate from acquiring works under the Acceptance in Lieu (AIL) scheme, whereby works are given to the nation to settle inheritance tax. 1,800 museums are accredited to the MLA.^[5] The Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) is a government-funded body (a national development agency) in the United Kingdom with a remit in the area of museums, libraries and archives. ...

See also

• Tate Britain
• Tate Liverpool
• Tate Modern
• Tate Online
• Tate St Ives
• Turner Prize
• TATE ETC.

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References

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External links

• Tate Online — 65,000 works from the Tate Collection online, information on Tate's exhibitions and events programmes, and online learning resources.
• Turner Worldwide - an ongoing online cataloguing of JMW Turner's work around the world.
• Turner Collection Online The online catalogue of Tate's collection of nearly 300 oil paintings and 30,000 works on paper by JMW Turner.
• Tate Podcasts Audio and video podcasts from Tate.
• Tate in Space
• Turner Museum