Tate Modern

In Brief

In Ongoing Crusade for Privacy, Residents of Glass Condos Sue Tate

Five residents of a luxury apartment complex claim Tate is violating the European Convention of Human Rights by letting visitors photograph their glass-walled flats.

Opinion

Why Are London's Museums Royally Overhung?

Countless exhibitions in the capital are stuffed full of art like a trussed turkey.

Art

Reconsidering the Work of a Lebanese Female Artist Who Deserves a Closer Reading

Most reviews of Saloua Choucair's work are still confined to some superficial observations on her paintings, and her sculptures are nowhere yet offered any serious treatment.

Art

An Ambitious Survey of the Titans of Abstract Expressionism

This expansive AbEx show is brash, irreverent, and unconstrained, just like the period it aims to express.

Art

At Tate Modern, an Attempt to Free Georgia O’Keeffe’s Art from an Erotic Interpretation

LONDON — The opening of Tate Modern on London’s South Bank in 2000 changed the landscape of contemporary art in Britain.

In Brief

Peeping Toms on Tate Modern Observation Deck Lead Neighbors to Threaten Legal Action

Residents of London's Neo Bankside luxury apartment complex, next to the Tate Modern, have lately been dismayed to find photographs of their living rooms and bedrooms popping up on strangers' Instagram feeds.

Opinion

Wanna Be a Tate Curator? Don't Quit Your Day Job!

In mid June, Tate opened the £260 million expansion of Tate Modern, the Switch House. In mid August, it posted three job listings for assistant curator positions at Tate Britain and Tate Modern with starting annual salaries of £24,360.

Art

The Chilling, Anxious World of Mona Hatoum

LONDON — Tate Modern’s retrospective of Mona Hatoum spans the artist’s 35-year career, and she has made a lot of art.

Art

In Tate Modern’s New Wing, a Broader, More Global View of Art

LONDON — The day began in the Turbine Hall, the 85-foot-tall atrium at the heart of Tate Modern, the most visited museum of modern and contemporary art in the world.

News

Protesters Demand “Where Is Ana Mendieta?” in Tate Modern Expansion

LONDON — Posters all around London advertising Tate Modern’s new building proudly proclaim: “Art Changes. We Change.”

Art

From Fluxus to Selfies, Photographs that Blur the Performative and the Real

LONDON — Five figures stand cocooned in the radiating steel cables of the Brooklyn Bridge — four of them are naked and covered in painted spots, hanging out beneath a banner that reads “SELF-OBLITERATION.”

In Brief

Damien Hirst's Pickled Animals May Have Leaked Carcinogenic Fumes [UPDATED]

Damien's Hirst's formaldehyde-filled installations don't just ooze money and pretension — some may also leak potentially dangerous gas.