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Tate Modern Turbine Hall

Visit this vast, iconic space for large-scale sculpture and site-specific installation art

Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
An overview of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

© Rikard Osterlund

The Turbine Hall has hosted some of the world’s most memorable and acclaimed works of contemporary art. And the way artists have interpreted this vast industrial space has revolutionised public perceptions of contemporary art in the twenty-first century.

The Turbine Hall has a vast and dramatic entrance area with ramped access, as well as display space for large-scale sculptural projects and site-specific installation art. Running parallel to the Turbine Hall is the Natalie Bell Building, home to the galleries and various viewing pointings looking into the hall. On the opposite side of the building, the newly developed Blavatnik Building also houses galleries and dramatic architectural features.

Photograph of children in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern

© Rikard Österlund

A space for artist commissions

Louise Bourgeois created the first Turbine Hall commission, I Do, I Undo, I Redo, which was exhibited from 12 May – 26 November 2000. Consisting of three steel towers – each some 9 metres (30 ft) high –visitors could climb the staircases to the platforms, which Bourgeois envisaged would become stages for intimate and revelatory encounters between strangers and friends alike. Maman – a monumental steel spider – was made for the opening of Tate Modern as part of this commission. The sculpture was installed on the bridge, overlooking the three tall steel towers.

Tower-like metal sculpture in turbine hall

Louise BourgeoisI Do, I Undo, I Redo 2000

Anish Kapoor Marsyas 2002 07

Anish KapoorMarsyas 2002

Olafur Eliasson The Weather Project in the Turbien Hall, Tate Modern 16 October 2003 - 21 March 2004

Olafur EliassonThe Weather Project 2003

Rachel Whiteread Embankment

Rachel WhitereadEMBANKMENT  2005

Carsten Höller Test Site installation US07

Carsten HöllerTest Site 2006

Millions of sunflower seeds on the floor of the turbine hall

Ai Wei WeiSunflower Seeds 2010

Tacita Dean Film 2011 Unilever Series Installation view, Tate Modern

Tacita Dean Film 2011

Richard Tuttle I Don’t Know . The Weave of Textile Language

Richard TuttleI Don’t Know. The Weave of Textile Language 2014

The Turbine Hall in numbers

Height from ground level: 26m (85ft).

Size of area where works of art can be shown: 3,300 m2 (35,520 sq ft).

Length: 155m (500 ft), width: 23 m (75 ft), height: 35 m (115 ft).

Roof light consists of 524 glass panes.

Total area of basements under Turbine Hall, boiler house and sub-station: approx 1.1 hectares (2.75 acres), with an average depth: 8.5 m (28 ft).

Since opening in 2000 over 60 million visitors have experienced the Turbine Hall.

Turbine Hall Commissions

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Central space at Tate Modern, Bankside

Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
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  • Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon

    Until 14 Apr 2024

    El Anatsui has created a monumental new artwork for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

    Free
  • Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission: Cecilia Vicuña: Brain Forest Quipu

    11 Oct 2022 – 16 Apr 2023

    Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña has created a poignant new artwork for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

  • Installation view of Hyundai Commission Anicka Yi at Tate Modern

    Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission: Anicka Yi: In Love With The World

    12 Oct 2021 – 6 Feb 2022

    What would it feel like to share the world with machines that could live in the wild and evolve on their own?

  • Kara Walker Fons Americanus Tate Modern 2019. Photo: © Tate (Matt Greenwood)

    Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission: Kara Walker

    2 Oct 2019 – 7 Feb 2021

    Acclaimed artist Kara Walker presents one of the most ambitious Hyundai Commissions to date

  • a group of people lying down on Turbine Hall's floor

    Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission: Tania Bruguera: 10,148,451

    2 Oct 2018 – 24 Feb 2019

    Experience a community-driven response to the global migration crisis

  • SUPERFLEX one two threee swing

    Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission: Superflex: One Two Three Swing!

    3 Oct 2017 – 2 Apr 2018

    Playfully subversive artists SUPERFLEX have filled Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall with swings 

  • Abraham Cruzvillegas is the first Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, 13 October 2015 – 20 March 2016

    Exhibition

    Hyundai Commission 2015: Abraham Cruzvillegas: Empty Lot

    13 Oct 2015 – 3 Apr 2016

    Abraham Cruzvillegas best known for creating sculptural works from local found objects and materials, takes on the first Hyundai Commission at Tate Modern 13 October 2015 – 20 March 2016

  • Richard Tuttle web banner

    Exhibition

    Richard Tuttle: I Don’t Know . The Weave of Textile Language

    14 Oct 2014 – 6 Apr 2015

    Tate Modern's Turbine Hall hosts Richard Tuttle's largest art work I Don’t Know . The Weave of Textile Language at Tate Modern 14 October to 6 April 2015

  • Exhibition banner for Tino Sehgal

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Tino Sehgal 2012

    24 Jul – 28 Oct 2012

    Tino Sehgal will undertake the annual commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2012.

  • Tacita Dean Unilever series banner

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Tacita Dean: FILM

    11 Oct 2011 – 11 Mar 2012

    British filmmaker Tacita Dean is the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern with her film projection.

  • Ai Weiwei Uniliver Series 2010

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

    12 Oct 2010 – 2 May 2011

    Ai Weiwei's Unilever Series commission at Tate Modern, Sunflower Seeds, is made up of millions of hand-crafted porcelain seeds.

  • Unilver Series: Miroslaw Balka exhibition banner

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Miroslaw Balka: How It Is

    13 Oct 2009 – 5 Apr 2010

    The Unilever Series: Miroslaw Balka; Tate Modern 13 October 2009 – 5 April 2010

  • Exhibition banner for Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's Unilver Series

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster: TH.2058

    14 Oct 2008 – 13 Apr 2009

    Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster ; Tate Modern Unilver Series Commission 2008-9

  • Exhibition banner for Doris Salcedo Shibboleth for the Unilever Series at Tate Modern

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo: Shibboleth

    9 Oct 2007 – 6 Apr 2008

    The Unilever Series: Doris Salcedo: Shibboleth: Turbine Hall annual commission at Tate Modern

  • Carsten Höller Test Site 2006

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site

    10 Oct 2006 – 15 Apr 2007

    The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller: Test site, Turbine Hall installation

  • Rachel Whiteread EMBANKMENT 2

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Rachel Whiteread: EMBANKMENT

    11 Oct 2005 – 1 May 2006

    The Unilever Series: Rachel Whiteread: Embankment, Tate Modern

  • Bruce Nauman's plans for the layout of the Turbine Hall for his exhibition: Raw Materials at Tate Modern

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials

    12 Oct 2004 – 2 May 2005

    The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials past exhibition at Tate Modern 2004

  • Olafur Eliasson The Weather Project 2003

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project

    16 Oct 2003 – 21 Mar 2004

    The Unilever Series: Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project

  • Anish Kapoor Marsyas 2002

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor: Marsyas

    9 Oct 2002 – 6 Apr 2003

    The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor, Marsyas - past exhibition at Tate Modern

  • Juan Munoz Double Bind

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Juan Muñoz: Double Bind

    12 Jun 2001 – 10 Mar 2002

    Juan Munoz Double Bind at Tate Modern

  • Louise Bourgeois: Unilever series image 08

    Exhibition

    The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois: I Do, I Undo, I Redo

    12 May – 26 Nov 2000

    The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois: I Do, I Undo, I Redo; 2002 exhibition at Tate Modern

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