Highlights will include:
- Free fun outdoor activities will be available to visitors of all ages who can get creative with art easels or a game of ping pong with bats featuring William Blake and David Bomberg artworks or a bounce on Tate Britain’s space hoppers.
- Visitors are invited to relax outside on artist-designed deckchairs featuring designs by Michael Craig Martin, Gary Hume, Catherine Yass, Sam Taylor-Wood and Keith Tyson.
- Picnics will be available from the Rex Whistler Restaurant and there will be an outdoor bar serving snacks, Pimms and much more. Families can also enjoy a special children’s pack lunch.
- A vintage ice-cream cart will serve homemade ice-lollies and on select days throughout the summer, Tate Britain will also have an outdoor BBQ.
- Every Saturday in July, the Rex Whistler Restaurant will be a hosting a Jazz brunch on the terrace lawn serving summer dishes and brunch classics accompanied by a three piece jazz trio. Menu highlights include freshly shucked oysters, eggs benedict and Bloody Mary cocktails alongside seasonal British seafood, hand cut steak tartare and fine British cheese.
Alex Farquharson, Director, Tate Britain said: ‘We are excited to be celebrating summer at Tate Britain, activating the wonderful public space we have at the gallery to invite families of all ages to have fun, relax and enjoy the nation’s collection of British art.’
For more information please visit: http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/special-event/summer-activities-tate-britain