Glossary
Action painters
Splashing, dripping and using gestural brushstrokes to apply paint onto canvas
Impressionism
Developed in France, based on painting outside and spontaneously ‘on the spot’
Performance art
The artist’s body is the medium, the action or actions become the artwork
Films
Work In Focus: Carnation Lily, Lily Rose
A closer look at one of the nation’s most popular artworks
Grayson Perry: Think Like An Artist
The Turner Prize winner has some no-nonsense advice
Make & Share
Play Street Art
Make your mark on Tate Modern with our new game
Tate Collectives: Showcase
Create a portfolio, share your work and be inspired
Albums
Group together art from our collection, your notes and share it
Tate Exchange
Get involved with art in new and unexpected ways in our open experiment
In Depth
Sitting for Hockney
Wayne Sleep and George Lawson recall the experience of sitting for David Hockney
Artists' Photographs
Glimpse artists’ lives and relationships, and what inspired them
In Focus: The Girl Chewing Gum 1976 by John Smith
Explore this film’s interrogation of the relationship between image and sound
Who is Bhupen Khakhar?
From chartered accountant to celebrated painter. Meet India’s first Pop artist
Artists
Art In The Collection
John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott
Marcel Duchamp Fountain
David Hockney My Parents