First Friday of each month, 18.00–22.00
Late at Tate Britain: Neo Classical
Friday 1 February 2008
18.00 – 22.00
Explore the new exhibition of Neo-Classical sculptures in Return of the Gods, discover the myths behind the marble with Mary Beard and listen to Mat Collishaw present his own interpretation of these myths. Have your own pose preserved by photographer Sara Haq and listen to body-language expert Judi James interpret your classic stance.
General Information
Main pay bar in the Manton Foyer on level 1 18.00–21.30
Pay bar in Gallery 9 18.00–21.30
Refreshments available in the café on Level 1 18.00–21.30
Restaurant Tasting Menu for 19.30 sitting £60 per head
Main Shop Level 2 open until 21.40
Collection displays open 18.00–21.40
Mat Collishaw: on his work
20.00 – 20.30
Duffield Room
Mat Collishaw talks about his work inspired by and reinterpreting myth. Free tickets are available on the night from the Clore Information desk at 18.00
The Colour White
19.00 – 19.45
Auditorium
Curator of Return of the Gods, Martin Myrone is joined by Professor Richard Dyer and artist David Batchelor to explore the colour white. Free tickets are available on the night from the Clore Information desk at 18.00
Connections: Dance/Architecture
20.45 – 21.20
Duffield Room
Architect and choreographer Ana Serrano is joined by architect of Return of the Gods Adam Caruso and dancer/choreographer Tom Sapsford to explore the relationship between architecture and dance. Free tickets are available on the night from the Clore Information desk at 18.00
Myths behind the Marble
Duveen Galleries
18.30, 19.00, 19.30 & 20.00
Described as ‘a wickedly subversive commentator on the ancient world’, Mary Beard, Professor of Classics at Cambridge, presents a series of short talks on the myths on display in the Duveen Galleries. Free tickets are available on the night from the Millbank Information desk at 18.00
Dance in the Duveens
Duveen Galleries
Inspired by the sculptures in Return of the Gods, Mollie McClennan choreographs and performs a work combining physical theatre and dance.
DJ Richard Osborne
Gallery 9
18.00 – 21.30
A selection of new-wave music inspired by the colour white. Look out for roving photographer Sara Haq and get snapped on your own or with friends
Royal Academy of Music Quartet
Manton Foyer
18.00 – 21.00
Students from the Royal Academy of Music perform a selection of music from the late 18th and early 19th century – the age of Return of the Gods
Pose
18.30 – 20.00 – photography by Sara Haq - throughout the gallery
Gallery 9
20.30 – 21.00 – live interpretation with Judi James
Get spotted by photographer Sara Haq, and strike a pose on your own or with friends. Join body language expert Judi James for live interpretation of the images
Night of the Living Dead (George A Romero, USA, 1968, 96 mins)
Auditorium
20.00
This classic low-budget horror is one of Richard Dyer’s key case studies in White: Essays on race and culture his exploration of whiteness in cinema
Art Now
Strange Solution
Karla Black, Alice Channer, Dee Ferris, Anthea Hamilton, Katy Moran
The latest Art Now exhibition brings together five artists whose work originates with found objects, images or substances. They then amend, transform or juxtapose these elements so they retain a sense of their original function, but also develop new relationships with each other and with the viewer. Through a process of reduction and abstraction, the resulting paintings, sculptures and installations have a minimalist, even impoverished aesthetic
Lightbox
Breda Beban The Most Beautiful Woman in Gucha (2006)
18.00 – 22.00
This series is related to the The Return of the Gods exhibition
