Every year since 1988 Tate has commissioned a leading contemporary artist to design its Christmas Tree. The tree is situated in the Rotunda at Tate Britain. From 1991 the commissioned artist has also created the Director's Christmas Card. This section of the website traces the history of the Christmas Tree and documents the associated objects, cards as well as the press and public reaction to the work.

Tate Britain has commissioned Fiona Banner to create its Christmas tree for 2007, which is titled Peace on Earth and will be on display from 1 December 2007.

At around 30 feet high this traditional Nordic tree is the largest to be installed at Tate Britain. Banner has decorated the tree with 123 handmade kit models of all the world’s fighter planes that are currently in service, anywhere in the world. This collection of diminutive models forms an ‘A to Z’ of military airplanes, yet bears no markings of nationality.

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View works by Fiona Banner in the Tate Collection