- Wikidata identifier:
- Q193375
- Part of:
- Tate
- Instance of:
- art museum; non-departmental public body; national museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 2091
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q193375/
Collection-level records:
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Collection history (Wikipedia)
Since the Tate Modern first opened in 2000, the collections have not been displayed in chronological order but have been arranged thematically into broad groups. Prior to the opening of the Switch House there were four of these groupings at a time, each allocated a wing on levels 3 and 5 (now levels 2 and 4).
The initial hanging from 2000 to 2006:
- History/Memory/Society
- Nude/Action/Body
- Landscape/Matter/Environment
- Still Life/Object/Real Life
The first rehang at Tate Modern opened in May 2006. It eschewed the thematic groupings in favour of focusing on pivotal moments of twentieth-century art. It also introduced spaces for shorter exhibitions in between the wings. The layout was:
- Material Gestures
- Poetry and Dream
- Energy and Process
- States of Flux
In 2012, there was a partial third rehang. The arrangement was:
- Poetry and Dream
- Structure and Clarity
- Transformed Visions
- Energy and Process
- Setting the Scene – A smaller section, located between wings, covering installations with theatrical or fictional themes.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article “Tate Modern”, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source: Wikipedia
Date: 2025
Licence: CC-BY-SA
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Collection overview (Wikipedia)
The main collection displays consist of 8 areas with a named theme or subject. As of June 2016 the themed areas were:
- Start Display: A three-room display of works by major artists to introduce the basic ideas of modern art.
- Artist and Society
- In The Studio
- Materials and Objects
- Media Networks
- Between Object and Architecture
- Performer and Participant
- Living Cities
There is also an area dedicated to displaying works from the Artist Rooms collection.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article “Tate Modern”, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Source: Wikipedia
Date: 2025
Licence: CC-BY-SA