Tate Modern

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‘Beyond excited’: Head of Norway’s National Museum named new Tate Modern director
Karin Hindsbo vows to ‘continue the magnificent work being done’ at the landmark London venue as she prepares to replace Frances Morris in September

Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

28, Apr, 2023 @12:04 PM

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Ouija board wonder: how Hilma af Klint’s occult dabblings made her an outcast
She was a Swedish mystic who believed angels guided her work. Why has this overlooked pioneer now been paired with Piet Mondrian, a jazz-mad Dutchman rebelling against his dad’s religion? The answer lies in the spirit world

Stuart Jeffries

17, Apr, 2023 @3:36 PM

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‘Nobody has ever been astonished by an apple’ – sorry Cézanne, but still lifes are dull as hell
A vase with some pears? A jug with some bananas? Cutlery? Are you kidding? Painters of still lifes have a lot to answer for – and today’s new breed would be better off tackling air fryers or discarded Deliveroo packaging

Hannah Jane Parkinson

16, Mar, 2023 @4:02 PM

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The Tate Modern privacy ruling could lead to a worrying future for cities | Oliver Wainwright
The landmark decision, that luxury glass-walled flats opposite the museum’s new viewing gallery are being disturbed, could lead to a shift in how public life in cities operates

Oliver Wainwright

01, Feb, 2023 @7:12 PM

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Tate Modern viewing platform invades privacy of flats, supreme court rules
Court finds owners of apartments opposite London gallery face unacceptable level of intrusion

Rachel Hall

01, Feb, 2023 @9:55 AM

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Artist asks British Museum to return Assyrian treasure to Iraq in swap
Sculptor Michael Rakowitz says he will give his fourth-plinth bull to Tate Modern if Iraq can share custody

Matthew Weaver

20, Jan, 2023 @6:00 AM

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The best art and design shows to visit in 2023
Queer Renaissance sculptor Donatello, Marina Abramović, David Hockney and a long-delayed mega-museum in Manchester – your art-design to-do list for the year ahead

Adrian Searle, Jonathan Jones and Oliver Wainwright

27, Dec, 2022 @6:00 AM

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Another amazing year for female artists. So why are they still stifled and impoverished?
From the Turner shortlist to the Venice Biennale and more, 2022 was another dazzling year for women. But, away from the headlines, a cold look at the data shows equality is generations away

Hettie Judah

14, Dec, 2022 @4:00 PM

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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Every Tangle of Thread and Rope review – a wonder weaver
The radical, grand-scale textile sculptures of the late Polish artist are a sensory delight in this sensitively curated show

Laura Cumming

20, Nov, 2022 @1:00 PM

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Magdalena Abakanowicz review – so is that a nose or a testicle?
Abakanowicz’s enormous textile works – in which giant creations evoke bodies, sex and domesticity – are undeniably powerful

Adrian Searle

15, Nov, 2022 @5:55 PM

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Cecilia Vicuña: Brain Forest Quipu; Richard Mosse: Broken Spectre review – the world worn down
The cavernous Turbine Hall has become a spectral memory forest as Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña mourns the destruction of the Amazon rainforest

Laura Cumming

16, Oct, 2022 @12:00 PM

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Hilma af Klint: Swedish mystic hailed as the true pioneer of abstract art
Almost 80 years after her death, a biography will be published this month, Tate Modern plans a 2023 exhibition, and she is the subject of a film, as she is finally recognised as a visionary artist

Dalya Alberge

16, Oct, 2022 @10:00 AM

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