Tate Modern is Britain’s new national museum of modern art. It is located on the south bank of the River Thames at Bankside, near Blackfriars Bridge, opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral and next to the Globe Theatre. Tate Modern today unveiled the largest slide in Britain which will fill the vast Turbine Hall. Inside, there are many innovative and attention-grabbing works, with a variety from 1900 to the present, from the most important artists of the century to today’s rising stars. Admission to the gallery is free, but donations from visitors are needed to support the gallery’s work. The Collection of the Tate Modern comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and of international modern art. The other three galleries are Tate Britain, also in London, Tate Liverpool, in the north-west, and Tate St Ives, in Cornwall, in the south-west. Tate Modern includes modern British art where it contributes to the story of modern art, so major modern British artists may be found at both Tate Modern and Tate Britain. Tate Modern celebrates its 5th birthday with a celebratory publication, including essays by the writers Martin Gayford, John Holden, Rowan Moore, Rt Hon Chris Smith, Jon Snow and Tony Travers and includes a reprint of a poem by James Fenton written on the occasion of the opening of Tate Modern. Tate Modern is an enormously user-friendly place, physically comfortable and hospitable, with inexpensive places to eat and frequent opportunities to sit. Snack bars, restrooms, elevators, escalators and stairways are all conveniently grouped together in the core of the building. Its extensive bookstore is mostly full of books. Tate Modern has significant collections of Pop art, including major works by Lichtenstein and Warhol, Minimal art and Conceptual art. Tate Modern also has particularly rich holdings of contemporary art since the 1980s.
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