What’s on: Exhibitions
Tate Modern : Exhibition
Alexander Calder: Performing Sculpture
11 November 2015 – 3 April 2016
This exhibition will reveal how motion, performance and theatricality underpinned his practice
Tate Modern : Exhibition
Performing for the Camera
18 February 2016 – 12 June 2016
Serious performance art, portraiture, or just simply posing for the camera? What does is it mean to perform for the camera?
Tate Britain : Exhibition
Artist and Empire
25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016
Tate Britain presents a major exhibition of art associated with the British Empire from the 16th century to the present day. The show raises questions about ownership, authorship and how the value and meanings of these diverse objects have changed through history
Tate Britain : Exhibition
Frank Auerbach
9 October 2015 –13 March 2016
Join us for a retrospective of the work of Frank Auerbach, the maker of some of the most resonant and inventive paintings in recent times, both of people and of the urban landscapes near his studio in Camden Town
Tate Liverpool : Display
Works to Know by Heart: Matisse in Focus
20 November 2015 – 2 May 2016
This autumn Tate Liverpool presents one of the most iconic works ever made by Henri Matisse – The Snail 1953. Due to the delicate nature of the work, this is your only opportunity to see The Snail outside of London, as this masterpiece will not tour to other venues in our lifetime
Tate St Ives
Coming soon: The Studio and The Sea
21 May – 2 October 2016
A season of two exhibitions about the ceramics studio, the ocean and the landscape
What's on: Events
Tate Britain : Talks and lectures, Conversation
On Auerbach: Painting, process, landscape
Wednesday 24 February 2016, 18.30–20.00How can painting capture place through time? This conversation focuses on Auerbach’s urban landscapes, discussing his process in relation to contemporary painterly and personal engagements with the concepts of place and time
Tate Modern : Courses and workshops
Tate Intensive: Making Tomorrow’s Art Museum
4 – 8 July 2016, 09.00–18.30This week-long programme held in the new Tate Modern offers an exceptional opportunity to explore key questions facing art galleries and museums in the twenty-first century
Tate Britain : Film
Co-op Dialogues 1966-2016: John Smith and Laure Prouvost
Monday 7 March 2016, 19.00–21.00Tate Britain and LUX presents a monthly series of screenings and artists’ conversations revisiting the legacy of the London Film-makers’ Co-op and its significance today
Tate Modern : Performance and music
Erwin Wurm: One Minute Sculptures
Monday 22 February 2016, 19.00–20.15Artist Erwin Wurm invites you to make a One Minute Sculpture. Through his work Erwin Wurm questions and reflects on sculpture itself, seeking to overcome its restrictions, limiting its life time to one minute only
Tate Modern : Conference
Art is…
Saturday 9 April 2016, 10.30–20.00Art Is… a day devoted to dialogue, discussions and ideas. This event is focused on thinking about the relationship between art and education and the social function of art
Tate Britain : Talks and lectures
Anwar Shemza
Friday 11 March 2016, 18.30–20.00An intimate evening of conversation and reflection on the work of pioneering painter Anwar Shemza, who moved from Lahore to Britain in 1956
Tate recommends
Competition
Win a hotel stay and more prizes to celebrate the new Tate Modern
To mark the opening of the new Tate Modern we are offering two people the chance to win a perfect weekend right in the heart of the celebrations.
Win two nights stay in a luxury hotel (pictured), a £150 dining experience in the new restaurant, free UK travel and £500 to spend on Tate printsBe part of Tate
Support Tate: Join as a Member today
Members are at the heart of Tate and every year provide vital support for our work. Become a Tate Member and enjoy unlimited free entry to all exhibitions, the use of our elegant Members Rooms, invitations to exclusive talks and events, and much more…
Tate online shop
Artist skateboards at Tate online shop
Basquiat, Koons and Hirst skateboards from The Skateroom. The Skateroom specialise in collaborating with artists and skateboard companies to create unique pieces of art
Tate Kids
How to be an artist: Tate Kids films
Watch art and artists come to life in these Tate Kids videos and clips
Digital innovation
Call for entries to IK Prize 2016!
The Prize is open to creative practitioners around the world with expertise in some form of digital technology, whether animation, gaming, digital product and experience design or otherwise, and involving anything from coding and software development to computer science and robotics
Research resource
Art & artists
Explore Tate’s collection of British, international, modern and contemporary art from 1500 to the present day. Learn about over 70,000 artworks from Marcel Duchamp’s Fountain to Roy Lichenstein’s Whaam!
Donate to Tate
Support the new Tate Modern and receive an original digital artwork
Donate £5 today to receive a digital artwork exclusively created by John Baldessari as a ‘thank you’ for donating to the new Tate Modern. Your donation will help go towards funding the new Tate Modern, including workshops and events, school visits and resources to help fulfil our mission to make art accessible to everyone
Tate Etc : Apps
Tate Etc. for iPad
Our iPad version of Tate Etc. includes the best content from the magazine plus extras including exhibition tours and visits to artists’ studios
Tate Worlds
Tate Worlds: Art Reimagined for Minecraft
Tate meets Minecraft. Enter a virtual world inspired by art
Learning resource
Try our free online courses
Through a series of learning tutorials, let artists and curators take you on a journey through art histories and practices from around the world
#ArtWords
Glossary term of the month: Sound art
Welcome to our glossary term of the month! Tate’s online glossary is designed to explain and illuminate some of the art terminology you will find on our website, from abstract art to Zero
Exhibitions and displays
ARTIST ROOMS
Find out more about ARTIST ROOMS, a touring collection of international contemporary art jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate on behalf of the nation
- Listen to mixes inspired by Tate works
MixTate is a series of commissioned mixes inspired by works in Tate’s collection by up-and-coming musical figures
