What’s on: Exhibitions
Tate Britain : Exhibition
Closing soon: Artist and Empire
25 November 2015 – 10 April 2016
Tate Britain presents a major exhibition of art associated with the British Empire from the 16th century to the present day. The show raises questions about ownership, authorship and how the value and meanings of these diverse objects have changed through history
Tate Modern : Exhibition
Performing for the Camera
18 February 2016 – 12 June 2016
Serious performance art, portraiture, or just simply posing for the camera? What does is it mean to perform for the camera?
Tate Modern : Exhibition
Coming soon: Mona Hatoum
4 May 2016 – 21 August 2016
This is the first major survey of Mona Hatoum’s work in the UK, covering 35 years from her early radical performances and video pieces, to sculptures and large-scale installations
Tate Britain : Exhibition
Coming soon: Conceptual Art in Britain 1964–1979
12 April – 29 August 2016
This fascinating exhibition explores this pivotal period in British history, which changed the way we think about art to this day. Conceptual artists decided to abandon traditional approaches and made ideas the essence of their work
Tate Liverpool : Exhibition
Coming soon: Francis Bacon: Invisible Rooms
18 May 2016 – 18 September 2016
Join us this summer to experience the largest Francis Bacon exhibition ever staged in the north of England. Displaying more than 30 paintings, alongside a group of rarely seen drawings and documents; learn more about one of Britain’s modern masters
Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden : Events
40th Anniversary of the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
10 January 2016 – 20 May 2016
We are celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden with a special series of events and activities, culminating on Saturday 9 April with Hepworth LIVE!
What's on: Events
Film
Rebecca Horn: Buster's Bedroom
8 May 2016, 19.00 – 21.30Intent on immersing herself in the life of Buster Keaton, Micha (Amanda Ooms) visits Nirvana House, the sanatorium where the actor was once a patient.
Film
Andrea Luka Zimmerman: Estate, a Reverie
13 April 2016, 18.30 – 21.00This film captures the utopian quality of the last few years of the existence of Samuel House, the final block in Hackney’s Haggerston estate.
Film
Akram Zaatari: Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem
11 May 2016, 18.30 – 21.00Akram Zaatari’s latest film Twenty-Eight Nights and a Poem explores the work of photographer Hashem el Madani.
Tate Britain : Talks and lectures
Curator’s Talk: Conceptual Art in Britain
13 May 2016, 18.30 – 20.30Andrew Wilson, curator of Conceptual Art in Britain: 1964–1979, will give an exclusive insight into the creation of this exhibition followed by a private view.
Talks and lectures
The Practicing Feminist
21 May 2016, 15.00–18.00By taking Harrison’s work as a starting point, we have invited a multi-generational group of artists, art historians and cultural workers to explore Conceptual arts’ concentration on feminist concerns
Film
Co-op Dialogues 1966-2016: Malcolm Le Grice and Matthew Noel-Tod
16 May 2016, 19.00 – 21.00A selection of works by Le Grice and Noel-Tod will be screened, followed by a conversation between the artists.
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Exhibitions and displays
ARTIST ROOMS
Find out more about ARTIST ROOMS, a touring collection of international contemporary art jointly owned by National Galleries of Scotland and Tate on behalf of the nation
- Listen to mixes inspired by Tate works
MixTate is a series of commissioned mixes inspired by works in Tate’s collection by up-and-coming musical figures
