Discover art from the Tate collection and beyond
We hold the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. Our collection includes nearly 70,000 artworks by over 3,000 artists and grows every year.
You can also access nearly 2,500 artworks by Joseph Mallord William Turner from other collections. Together with Tate's own holdings, these form the most comprehensive online catalogue of Turner's work.
Explore art
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Highlights of the Tate collectionA selection assembled by Tate curators to give you a flavour of the collection
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Style or ‘-ism’ :
SymbolismCould the exotic flower of Symbolism take root in the cold soil of Victorian Britain?
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Turner's sketchbooksTate holds nearly 300 sketchbooks by Joseph Mallord William Turner, part of the Turner Bequest to the nation
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ShedsWhich contemporary artist asked the British Army to blow up a garden shed in the name of art?
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FeetSometimes feet take centre stage in art, and in unexpected roles. Discover feet on holiday, lace-up feet and trees wearing shoes.
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George JonesA tirelessly prolific draughtsman, George Jones sought to capture every bodily pose and social type he could find. Imagine a nineteenth-century August Sander armed with a sketchbook and pencil
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Prime ministersIf you thought Blair and Cameron were youthful, see George Romney's dashing portrait of our youngest ever premier
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Style or ‘-ism’ :
Feminist ArtFrom 'old masters' to 'modern masters' - styles may come and go but has western art remained a boys club all along? For forty years, feminists have been subverting old assumptions
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BathroomsFrom Degas to Hockney, modern artists have be drawn to the everyday spaces where we wash (and just so happen to take off all our clothes)
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Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema2012 marks the centenary of this talented Dutch-born painter
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St Paul's cathedralYou would expect one of London's greatest landmarks to feature in many views … but which artist relocated it to a Venetian canal?
What's on display
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Tate BritainBrowse the current selection of British art from 1500 to the present day, on show at Tate Britain
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Tate ModernExplore the displays at Tate Modern, including the main thematic zones: Poetry and Dream, Energy and Process and Structure and Clarity
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Tate LiverpoolDLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture takes an ambitious and challenging look at the rich history of modern and contemporary sculpture
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Tate St IvesBrowse the current selection of artworks on show at Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
More on art and Tate's collection
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About the Tate collectionOur collection has grown enormously in size and scope since Henry Tate's founding gift to the nation of 65 artworks, back in 1897
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Art on DemandOrder prints of artworks from Tate's collection, sized, printed and framed to your specifications
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ConservationHow we care for the works in our collection
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ARTIST ROOMSA collection of international contemporary, created through one of the most imaginative gifts ever made to museums in Britain
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Plus TateA Tate-led initiative to support the development of the visual arts across the UK, by sharing our collection and expertise with partner galleries around the country
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Research projectsTate's expert staff pursue research into the art in our collection
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Prints and Drawings Rooms, Tate BritainAll visitors to Tate Britain are welcome to access prints, drawings and watercolours that are not on display elsewhere, at the Prints and Drawings Rooms