These rooms offer a chronological display of Britain’s greatest artists, taken from the collection. Instead of designated themes or movements, the display is is arranged by decade, so you can see an array of art made at any one moment.
Tate Britain
Walk Through British Art
Main Floor
Chris Ofili,
No Woman, No Cry 1998. Tate. © Chris Ofili, courtesy Victoria Miro, London
Walk through time and explore artworks from 1545 to the present day
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1760
Discover artworks from 1760–1780, a period dominated by the work of Sir Joshua Reynolds
A roaring success
If you thought you knew British art, visit and think again … there is no better place to go
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A queer walk through British art
Explore some of the ways sexualities and gender identities have been thought about and depicted in British art
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Five hundred years of British art: Tate Britain rehang I
Curator, Chris Stephens discusses Tate Britain’s rehang