Highlights
Seven Things to Know about Vincent van Gogh’s Time in Britain
Britain was instrumental in shaping the van Gogh we know today
Photojournalism Now
We talk to photojournalist, Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi, about the ethics of her work and the impact of technology on documenting ...
Yes, but why?: How Muholi is rediscovering beauty
Explore this visual-activist's practice through three photographic series
In Conversation with Joanna Piotrowska
The Art Now artist talks to us about her motivation, inspiration and how she makes art that is relevant to ...
Artists In the Collection
Yinka Shonibare CBE
Nan Goldin
Olafur Eliasson
Robert Mapplethorpe
Art Terms
Find definitions of over 400 terms, including art movements, styles and techniques
See more Art TermsSurrealism
Surrealism was a movement which began in the 1920s of writers and artists (including Salvador Dalí and René Magritte), who experimented with ways of unleashing the subconscious
Identity politics
Identity politics is the term used to describe an anti-authoritarian political and cultural movement that gained prominence in the USA and Europe in the mid-1980s, asking questions about identity, repression, inequality and injustice and often focusing on the experience of marginalised groups
Impressionism
Impressionism developed in France in the nineteenth century and is based on the practice of painting out of doors and spontaneously ‘on the spot’ rather than in a studio from sketches. Main impressionist subjects were landscapes and scenes of everyday life
Pre-Raphaelite
The Pre-Raphaelites were a secret society of young artists (and one writer), founded in London in 1848. They were opposed to the Royal Academy’s promotion of the ideal as exemplified in the work of Raphael
Allegory
Allegory in art is when the subject of the artwork, or the various elements that form the composition, is used to symbolize a deeper moral or spiritual meaning such as life, death, love, virtue, justice etc.
Sculpture
Three-dimensional art made by one of four basic processes: carving, modelling, casting, constructing
Memento mori
A memento mori is an artwork designed to remind the viewer of their mortality and of the shortness and fragility of human life
Pop art
Pop art is an art movement that emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 1960s in America and Britain, drawing inspiration from sources in popular and commercial culture such as advertising, Hollywood movies and pop music. Key pop artists include Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Hamilton, Peter Blake and David Hockney
Afrofuturism
Afrofuturism is a cultural aesthetic that combines science-fiction, history and fantasy to explore the African-American experience and aims to connect those from the black diaspora with their forgotten African ancestry
Collage
Collage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other ephemera are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface
Art In The Collection
Cornelia Parker Cold Dark Matter: An Exploded View
Dante Gabriel Rossetti Ecce Ancilla Domini! (The Annunciation)
Michelangelo Pistoletto Venus of the Rags
Zanele Muholi ID Crisis
Videos
Introducing Kiluanji Kia Henda
Meet the Angolan artist working with photography, video and performance
Goshka Macuga: 'The magic is the unknown'
The Polish artist is known for taking on the role of curator and archivist
Why I Love: Richard Dadd's The Flight out of Egypt
Hear our staff talk about their favourite artworks
Dayanita Singh: 'I use photography to transform space’
The photographer explains how her photography books are like sculptures
Be Inspired
Where do art and migration meet?
What does art have to say about migration and belonging? Step into the shoes of artists, migrants, and makers as ...
Getting to know Lubaina Himid
Discover more about the artist's work, inspirations and advice for younger artists
Artist Meets: Loyle Carner x Barney Artist
We asked four Tate Collective collaborators to introduce us to an emerging artist they admire
Artist stories
Yes, but why?: How Kusama paved the way for art today
Discover three ways in which she revolutionised the art world
Yes, but why?: How Eliasson is changing our perceptions
Discover three ways in which he used art to create a new world view
Yes, but why?: How Haring used art for good
Discover three ways in which his art changed the world
Yes, but why?: How Himid is rewriting history
Find out about this Turner Prize winning artist through three of her artworks
Dig Deeper
Decolonising Nigerian Modernism: Ben Enwonwu’s ‘Identity in Politics’
The personal archive of the celebrated Nigerian modernist painter Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994) reveals his understanding of the effects of colonialism ...
What Would Tutuola Do?
Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was a self-taught writer who began his career by recording Yoruba folktales and rewriting them in Nigerian ...
A Short Film on the Cleaning Modern Oil Paints Project
The Value of Values: Reflections on Tate Exchange
This paper aims to explore the frames of practice that were constructed or improvised in Tate Exchange over its first ...