Tate Modern

Text by Camille and Athénaïs


Tate Modern

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

The Tate Modern is the first British gallery for modern art, and one of the most famous and touristic one of London. Located in an old power station, the gallery contains international modern art from 1900 to date, including writings of some famous artists of the 20th century like Picasso, Warhol or Dali. The ancient engine rooms have been redeployed into a huge hall that can receive amazing expositions!

The collection is organised around a series of themes rather than chronologically. The different topics are : History/Memory/Society/Nude/Action/BodyLandscape/Matter/Environment/Life/Object/Real Life.

Thanks to the success of the Tate Modern, the town hall of London has decided to create an extension which will be like a cubist "Babel tower" ( a sort of glass Pyramid ) and will be dedicated for photography and video. It should open in 2012.