Discover art from the Tate collection and beyond
We hold the national collection of British art from 1500 to the present day and international modern and contemporary art. Our collection includes over 70,000 artworks by over 3,000 artists and grows every year.
You can also access nearly 2,500 artworks by Joseph Mallord William Turner from other collections. Together with Tate's own holdings, these form the most comprehensive online catalogue of Turner's work.
Explore art
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Context :
Highlights of the Tate collectionA selection assembled by Tate curators to give you a flavour of the collection
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Subject :
World War IMany artists across Europe experienced the First World War at close hand
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Archive collection :
Henri Gaudier-BrzeskaA century after his tragically premature death, Tate Archive digitised four remarkable sketchbooks by this pioneer modernist
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Artist :
Francis Towne2016 marks the bicentenary of this landscape artist, known for simplifying colour into almost abstract shapes
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Style or '-ism' :
SurrealismOne of the most influential of all twentieth-century art movements unleashed dreams, nightmares and fantasies in visual form
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GhostsSpectres and phantoms crept their way into the art of the romantic era and have continued to lurk in the shadows of modern art
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Style or '-ism' :
Abstract ExpressionismAmerican painters grabbed the world's attention after the Second World War with big, bold canvases, once seen as the culmination of the Western painting tradition
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TheatreArtists have always been fascinated by the world of the theatre, perhaps because the role of illusion and representation on the stage mirrors artistic practice
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BicyclesThe Tate collection contains bikes of all shapes and sizes
Art on display
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Tate BritainBrowse the current selection of British art from 1500 to the present day, on show at Tate Britain
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Tate ModernExplore the displays of international modern and contemporary art
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Tate LiverpoolDLA Piper Series: Constellations offers a fresh way of viewing and understanding artworks through correspondences rather than chronological narrative
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Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, St IvesBrowse the current selection of artworks on show
More on art and Tate's collection
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About the Tate collectionOur collection has grown enormously in size and scope since Henry Tate's founding gift to the nation in 1897
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Glossary of art termsTate’s online glossary is designed to explain and illuminate some of the art terminology you will find on our website, from abject art to zero
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Custom printsOrder prints of artworks from Tate's collection – sized, printed and framed to your specifications
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Art Maps: Mapping Tate's art collectionWhat do you get when you mix Tate’s art collection with Google Maps? Art Maps is here
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J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and WatercoloursRead about one of Britain’s great Romantic artists
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ARTIST ROOMSA collection of international contemporary, created through one of the most imaginative gifts ever made to museums in Britain
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The Camden Town Group in ContextExplore the world of the Camden Town Group of artists in Edwardian Britain
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ConservationHow we care for the works in our collection
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Plus TateA Tate-led initiative to support the development of the visual arts across the UK, by sharing our collection and expertise with partner galleries around the country
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Research projectsTate's expert staff pursue research into the art in our collection
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Prints and Drawings Rooms, Tate BritainAll visitors to Tate Britain are welcome to access prints, drawings and watercolours that are not on display elsewhere, at the Prints and Drawings Rooms