Tate Britain
Millbank, SW1
Telephone: 020 7887 8000
Tate Britain is housed in the Tate's original premises on Millbank, and was renamed "Tate Britain", when "Tate Modern" opened in 2000.
It is now dedicated to the display of historical and contemporary British art from 1500 to the present day. The displays are changed regularly so the visitor will always have something new to see.
Tate Britain hosts the controversial, Turner Prize exhibition, featuring four artists under the age of fifty, selected by a jury chaired by the Tate Director, Sir Nicholas Serota. This is spread out over the year with the four nominees announced in May, the show of their work opened in October and the prize itself given in December.
Tate Britain is attempting to reach out to a different and younger audience with Late at Tate Britain on the first Friday of every month, with half-price admission to special exhibitions, live music and performance art. There is also a programme of daily drop-in events and free lunchtime lectures are held on Fridays.
popular works usually on display at Tate Britain include:
The Painter and his Pug by William Hogarth
Giovanna Baccelli by Thomas Gainsborough
Sketch for Hadleigh Castle by John Constable
The Golden Bough by J.M.W. Turner
Recumbent Figure by Henry Moore
Admission free.
Open: Daily 10.00-1750
Nearest tube: Pimlico
Tate Britain and Tate Modern are now connected by a high speed boat along the River Thames.
Website: www.tate.org.uk
