Tate Britain holds the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and contains important work by all the great masters of British art including Hogarth, Stubbs, Blake, Turner, Constable, the Pre-Raphaelites, Spencer, Hepworth and Bacon along with a consistently refreshed series of rooms displaying contemporary British art.

The BP British Art Displays for 2005 include a range of new displays reflecting the breadth and scope of British art in the Tate Collection. Along with the permanent major displays given to John Constable and JMW Turner there are solo displays devoted to the art of GF Watts, Vanessa Bell, Francis Bacon, Patrick Caulfield, Richard Long, Donald Rodney and a group of new acquisitions of Tracey Emin's work. New themed rooms include those devoted to medieval stained glass fragments; a special two-room display exploring British national identity, curated by the leading scholar David Bindman and including a room dedicated to influential masters of caricature such as James Gillray; On England a display looking at the pastoral tradition in British art of the early to mid-twentieth century and Society Consumed a room exploring contemporary artists' concerns relating to the environment.

The BP British Art Displays reveal the range and variety in British art over six centuries and the richness of British visual culture past and present. They are free for all visitors and are open every day from 10.00 to 17.50.