Enjoy artist-led workshops, talks, music, film and more to celebrate Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and The Blue Rider. Expressionists explores how a groundbreaking circle of friends and collaborators transformed modern art.
Drop-in
Music: DJ Sets Programmed by Global Roots
Location: Turbine Hall, Level 0
Time: 18.00–21.30
Enjoy DJ sets programmed by Global Roots. Full line-up coming soon.
Social Space: Swatch Social
Location: Tanks Studio, Blavatnik Building, Level 0
Time: 18.00–21.30
Meet your next creative collaborator, exchange ideas and find new connections with fellow visitors at Swatch Social. This month artist Celyn Bricker joins us for art-making workshops to inspire creative exchange.
Workshop: UNIQLO Tate Play – Oscar Murillo, The Flooded Garden
Location: Turbine Hall, Level 0
Time: 18.00–21.30
Be part of an ever-growing artwork by adding words and drawings to our collective canvases. These will form part of Oscar Murillo’s The Flooded Garden, a huge collaborative artwork launching this summer.
Workshop: UNIQLO Tate Play Make Studio – Kinetic
Location: South Tank, Blavatnik Building, Level 0
Time: 18.00–21.30
Work together to create and play with balance and movement, inspired by kinetic art in the collection. Contribute to an ever-growing collaborative mobile, play balance games or relax in our soft spaces.
Music and Drinks: DJ Sets Programmed by Global Roots
Location: Corner Cafe, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
Time: 18.00–21.30
Head to Corner Café for sets programmed by Global Roots. Plus enjoy a menu that supports local growers and produce.
Music and Drinks: DJ Sets Programmed by Global Roots
Location: Terrace Bar, Blavatnik Building, Level 1
Catch DJ sets alongside Tate’s own brews, cocktails, and craft beers on tap. Full line-up coming soon.
Workshop: Wish Tree
Location: Blavatnik Building, Level 2
Time: 18.00–21.30
Write a personal wish for peace and add it to Ono’s installation Wish Trees for London. For Ono’s ongoing series, your wishes will be collected and preserved in connection with the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER in Iceland.
Workshop: Tate Draw
Location: Starr Foyer, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1 and Blavatnik Building, Level 3
Time: 18.00–21.30
Bring your work to life using digital sketch pads. Tate Draw is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Workshop: Manifesto Making
Location: Natalie Bell Building, Level 4
Time: 18.00–21.30
Share a message for change by creating your own manifesto and discover the important role manifestos hold for artists.
Talks: 10 Minute Talks
Various times, throughout the building
Staff and volunteers from across Tate share their personal insights into works from the collection.
Free tickets - book online
Live: Girls in Film present Blue Rider Revisited
Location: Starr Cinema, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
Time: 19.00–20.00 and 20.30–21.30
Immerse yourself in blue light with films and words inspired by Kandinsky’s spiritual connection to the colour blue. Curated and presented by Girls in Film, this programme responds to Kandinsky’s iconic painting Der Blaue Reiter which represents a journey beyond the real world into the depths of one’s soul and imagination. Featuring readings from Nina Mingya Powles and Raheela Suleman and films from Mona Namér and Sanna Holm, Ella Ezeike, Cecilia Reeve, Kate Cox and Anne-Sofie Lindgaard.
*Each screening requires a free ticket, bookable online here on 31 May from 14.00
Free tickets - collect on the night
Talks: Art Chats
Location: Blavatnik Building, Level 5 or stream online
19.00–19.30 Living with Colour Author and journalist Charlotte Jansen explores how artists shape our understanding of colour with Kassia St Clair, author of The Secret Lives of Colour, and Laxmi Hussain whose work holds a special connection to the colour blue.
20.00–20.30 Why Artists Grow Alice Vincent, author of Why Women Grow, and arts writer Hettie Judah discuss the importance of plant culture in women’s creative lives and the many layers of growing and gardening that strengthen our connection to the earth.
21.00–21.30 Synesthesia and Creativity Creative scientist Katherine Templar-Lewis explores the multi-sensory experiences of artists with synesthesia with Kinda Studios founder Robyn Landau and artist Ramona Armitage.
All Art Chats will be BSL interpreted
*Requires a free ticket, available to collect on the night, outside the Tanks Studio Blavatnik Building Level 0 from 17.30
Movement Workshop: Express Yourself
Location: Blavatnik Building, Level 6
Time: 19.00–20.00 and 20.30–21.30
Expressionists felt movement could be a metaphysical experience. Join Gerrard Martin for a unique workshop to discover Expressionist dance and translate your feelings through movement.
*Requires a free ticket, available to collect on the night, outside the Tanks Studio Blavatnik Building Level 0 from 17.30