Tate Gallery

The world famous Tate Gallery was established in 1897 and opened on the site of what was Millbank Prison on the side of the river Thames in west London. Originally called the National Gallery of British Art, it soon became known as the Tate Gallery after its founder Sir Henry Tate the sugar magnate. It has over the years had much alteration as a result of damage in World War II and due to the need to expand its growing collections. In 2000 it was renamed Tate Britain shortly before the opening of Tate Modern located on the opposite side of the river at Battersea. The network of the Tate Gallery also includes Tate Liverpool and Tate St. Ives in Cornwall. Tate Britain now houses historical and some contemporary British and Continental Art, while Tate Modern houses and shows more cutting edge and avant garde art in all media. Tate Liverpool shows international, modern and contemporary art. The Tate "arm" located at Porthmeor Beach, St. Ives was opened in 1993. Tate St. Ives houses and displays modern and contemporary art, largely created in or associated with Cornwall from the two main schools of Newlyn and St. Ives. The nearby Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden opened in 1976 is also an annexe of Tate St. Ives.

Number of Artists referenced: 1,312