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Light and Magic: Exhibition Tour

31 October 2026 at 10.30–11.30
21 November 2026 at 10.30–11.30
23 January 2027 at 10.30–11.30
20 February 2027 at 10.30–11.30

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Long Chin-San Riverside Spring 1942, The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund © Courtesy the Estate of the Artist

Join this tour to explore the Art and Magic exhibition, examining the birth of art photography

Led by a Tate expert guide, this one-hour tour will discover how pictorialism, the first international art photography movement, developed across the world from the 1880s to the 1960s

Featuring never-before seen works from around the world alongside pieces from Tate’s Collection, Light and Magic: The Birth of Art Photography highlights the vast and varied artistic possibilities of photography as a medium.

Light and Magic is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries.

All Tate Modern entrances are step-free. You can enter via the Turbine Hall and into the Natalie Bell Building on Holland Street, or into the Blavatnik Building on Sumner Street. There are lifts to every floor of the Blavatnik and Natalie Bell Buildings. Alternatively you can take the stairs.

Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses
A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4
Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks

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