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Tate Britain

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Open to the public

Museum or gallery in Westminster

447 artworks

Part of Tate

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Tate Britain is the world centre for the understanding and enjoyment of British art and promotes interest in British art internationally. Unrivalled displays show the development of art in Britain from Tudor times to the present day. The BP British Art Displays are presented in several ways. Large areas are devoted to the presentation of historic, twentieth-century and contemporary British art. Alongside these are special displays which look at individual artists or particular aspects of British art. In addition, the Clore Gallery displays the works of the Romantics featuring J. M. W. Turner, William Blake and John Constable. In the central gallery off the Octagon we have assembled a palatial collection of major paintings hung in period groupings, from Tudor portraits through eighteenth-century landscapes to paintings by the Pre-Raphaelites. Elsewhere are rooms exploring the development of British art in the twentieth century, showcasing artists including Whistler, Barbara Hepworth, Francis Bacon and David Hockney. The contemporary displays present some famous names of contemporary British art with works from Damien Hirst, Cerith Wyn Evans and Mike Nelson. Tate Britain is open to the public every day except 24, 25 and 26 December. Admission is free except for major exhibitions. If you wish to see a particular work of art, please check it is on display first.

Millbank, London, Greater London SW1P 4RG England

visiting.britain@tate.org.uk

020 7887 8888

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http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/

Artworks

  • Booking Hall, Kilburn Underground
    Booking Hall, Kilburn Underground Leon Kossoff (1926–2019)
    Tate Britain
  • Study for a Portrait
    Study for a Portrait Francis Bacon (1909–1992)
    Tate Britain
  • Green and White
    Green and White Sandra Blow (1925–2006)
    Tate Britain
  • The Pond
    The Pond Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887–1976)
    Tate Britain
  • Braque Curtain
    Braque Curtain Patrick Caulfield (1936–2005)
    Tate Britain
  • Workshop
    Workshop Wyndham Lewis (1882–1957)
    Tate Britain
  • Their Majesties' Return from Ascot
    Their Majesties' Return from Ascot Alfred James Munnings (1878–1959)
    Tate Britain
  • 440 more

Not every artwork is on display – if you would like to see a particular work, contact the venue before your visit

Tate has another 6,488 artworks

Artists

  • William Dobson
    William Dobson (1611–1646)
  • Hell Gate Canyon, Fraser River, Canada
    Norman Garstin (1847–1926)
  • A Girl with Clasped Hands
    Augustus Leopold Egg (1816–1863)
  • Trellis
    Jeremy Moon (1934–1973)
  • Lady Margaret Hungerford
    Cornelius Johnson (1593–1661)
  • Barden Moor, Yorkshire
    Cecil Gordon Lawson (1849–1882)
  • A White Monk
    Richard Wilson (1713/1714–1782)
  • Edward Burra (1905–1976)
  • The Exile: 'Heavy is the price I paid for love'
    Thomas Cooper Gotch (1854–1931)
  • My Wife, My Horse and Myself
    Alfred James Munnings (1878–1959)

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