Tate Modern

Superb Gallery

I love this place. Stacks of great art and sculptures to see. The current street art show is really good and work seeing. Best of all everything is free to see.

It's a must do!

Bit of culture, see something truly spectacular and weird things? the Tate Modern has to be on your list. It's had tons of press and it's no wonder why. It's an impressive eclectic mix of modern artists and sculptors in a truly stunning building. Ever in London - you gotta visit it!

A great day out

If you fancy doing something fun over the bank holiday weekend why not head over to the tate modern? I really enjoyed it when i went and at the risk of sounding like a culture vulture - art is ssoo interesting and they have lots of amazing pieces too see here. I'd def visit again!

Another Tate, another amazing building

This place used to be a power station and you are made to feel very small when your in here. Londoners generally ignore it as we know it is always there, and not going anywhere so i'd urge anyone who regularly walks past it to pop in, even just for 5 minutes and absorb a bit of art. And it's free, don't you know!

Modern Art

WOW! The Tate Modern is our country's national museum of modern art. It used to be a power station, and the building is amazing. The gallery houses all things modern art from Matisse and Picasso to contemporary work. I particularly like the Unilever sponsored mega installation in the turbine hall as you walk in, changes regularly and never disapoints.

Restaurant

In high season it's dificult to get a place if you don't have a reservation. I strongly recommend to make a reservation, because they have some dishes really good.

Confused...

That's how I felt after a trip to the Tate modern.

Was what I'd just spent the last few hours looking at really art?! I'm sure I could have done better than some of the artists!

But maybe that makes this a really good day out... It's thought provoking, and gets people talking about it, whether they loved it or hated it.

Definately lots to see though and it's FREE.

Culture vultures

This is a great place to go for all you culture vultures! The art work is very inspiring and interesting. They have some very crazy and random sculptures to keep you entertained for hours. And best of all its free, what more could you want from a day out.

Not my cup of tea

you have to really be able to appreciate modern art to come here - when i went they had a slide that looked fun, just the queue was huge! if that to you is art then you will enjoy it, otherwise i would go somewhere a little more interesting!

art

art is art ... most of the exhibits in here are just plain wierd. Some would say crap, I'll be polite and say wierd. I guess people have some revelation about blocks of wood, but to, they are blocks of wood .. not lifes representation of forest life ... ITS BLOCKS OF WOOD!

WOW

Great place and its free ! really good for the kids and hands on art as it should be . London is V lucky.The views of this old powerhouse are superb

fabulous and free

you should probably leave a donation but if not then it really is value for money - I love this and with the changing artwork is always worth a visit.

Very Arty

This is a great place to go if you fancy doing something different. It is set in a fantastic location overlooking the River Thames. It is quite pricey to gain access into Tate Modern but the experience you will get will make it worth it. There is always people on hand to give you a tour and to answer any of your questions.

Art. Or is it?

This is an art gallery. Or on the other hand, it's just a load of pretentious twaddle. Depends on your perspective. But the debate's fun. Seriously, works of art here include:

- A urinal - A glass of water - A map of the london underground with all the station names wrong - Several screenprinted rectangles in different colours - An unmade bed - Half a cow (dead)

Oh and they also have these cool slides that you can go on if you buy your ticket a few days before - er, as if that's going to happen.

So if you dont get to have a go on the slides, you may be less receptive to the glass of water and the urinal. Fortunately they are in different parts of the gallery otheriwise I can foresee how accidents could happen.

The gallery shop's excellent btw - some really good prints and I bought a glass which tells you how many gulps, sips or swallows you have left - it's art, darling.

Oh and the best thing? It's free to get in.

Totally.

Brilliant

You really can lose hours in this place, not just because the space is so large, but the art is always thoughtfully selected and exhibited.

Modern and contemporary art fused with thoughtful installations just a short walk over the river (yes it's south of the river, but there's a bridge so you won't need to try and convince a cab driver to take you)

Wicked experience

The Tate is full of new age art, its a contemporary building, with many contemporary art pieces, but also performances, ranging from live to video and photography work. It a very inspiring place to visit, I personally think you need a whole day there to take in the fabulous art works, it is a splendid sensational day!

Tate Modern

This place join culture and pleasure. I spent 4 hours in this musem, even if I couldn't see all the galleries. I love modern arts because they represent the world we live in by different and imaginative ways. I saw the gallery of Duchamp, Manray and Picabia too. It was amazing becuase I studied these artists at the University so I knew what I was watching and this made this experience more interesting. So strange to see the Duchamp's "readymade", every object could be art for him! As you can read in the Tate's guide, these artists showed life "with a taste for jokes, irony and erotic ways", so smart!

An impressive structure

I have been to the Tate Modern about ten times and still have not seen it in its entirety. It is incredibly vast, well laid out and home to the best of modern works. The installations in the Turbine Hall on the ground floor are my favourite - they get more and more adventurous, I particularly enjoyed the re-creation of the Sun and the atmosphere it projected (everyone lying down in quiet appreciation as if it were the real thing come down to visit us). The earthquake crack was very well done too, I thought it was funny that people were falling down it and getting upset - it is indicative of people's lack of common sense. I hope it doesn't prevent them from further building of installations you can get close to. The stylish chutes, too, were visually interesting interactive artworks. More of those, please. Although there is so much more to sample, video, audio and digital pieces, if you only see the Turbine Hall and whatever current delight resides, you've won. (It is free entry after all.)

Tate is Great

I haven't been to London for a long, long time. The idea of 'that' amount of people being in one city scares me a little. However, the Tate Modern is wonderful space. The large old factory buildings renovation is beautiful. The staff were helpful and polite and the shop was resonably priced. I really discovering new works of art and found it easy to get around.

Members bar

Yeah, the art's pretty good and it's on the South Bank, near the Globe and Oxo Tower, but the best bit is the cool views from the Members Bar on the 6th floor.

You can get a beer or wine and a neat little lunch and chill on the outdoor balcony with a peerless view over the Thames and much of London.

Admittedly, the rest of the place is pretty great as well. Let's just hope they do something with the 'sister' building of Battersea Power Station

Tate Modern Restaurant

Located on Level 7 with one of the best views in London, the Tate Modern Restaurant offers a menu based on fresh, seasonal produce together with an exciting wine list focusing on innovative producers. Relax with friends over a glass of wine in the bar, or plan a special occasion lunch or dinner.

By developing relationships with high quality, specialist suppliers who are able to source the finest seasonal produce, Head Chef Justin West has created a menu which showcases quality ingredients, often sourced locally, but also taking the best from other countries, particularly Spain and Italy. For the winter menu, choose from venison carpaccio with celeriac remoulade; Duck leg confit with polenta and cipollini onions; toasted ciabatta with seasonal mushrooms and poached duck egg. For traditionalists, the finest Cornish haddock & chips is a favourite.

An acquired taste.

I have been to this art gallery on many occasions. It is opposite St Paul's Cathedral over the Millennium Bridge there are attraction near by. Shakespeare's Globe is around the corner. The gallery is inside what used to be Bankside Power Station. Parking near by will be very difficult.

You enter from the side into the Turbine Hall, a huge room running the length and height of the building. On the left is a book shop and then it's to the escalator to go up to the first floor. There may be an exhibition in the Turbine Hall, it is half the size of the gallery.

There are three floors of exhibitions everything from Andy Warhol through Gilbert and George to Van Gogh and probably W, X, Y, Z catered for in the surname stakes. There is also a separate exhibition at all times, which you pay to get into, for the cost of less than £10. Each floor is packed with free exhibits.

Art for art sake and money for my sake, as the song goes. Every exhibit is very expensive but security is not heavy, it seems to be mainly by students in T-shirts rather than by security guards like they have in the National Gallery. I have never been to this gallery when it was not been packed with people.

It appeals to students and Sunday Times and Guardian reading art types. They are the arty so they will give nothing a value, unless it knows how to be a form? It is all form over function, the more useless an object seems to be the more artistic it will be thought. The visitors know all the theory but care little about the content, it is like a social club for postmodern people. Stuck up? They are and will wind you up if you do not know what you are taking about. They are experts on the wind up.

When I was there they were showing a film with very loud music as if some thing was happening in the film but it was a film of the Thames outside the gallery in 1970, which was unused was it ironic? The film showed how the area has been regenerated, as it was a bomb site at that time.

Recommended, by me as it is free after all but it is not much of an aesthetic experience like a trip to the National Gallery would be full of tourists. It is more a postmodern theoretical experience filled as it is with arty and student types, so is an acquired taste.

open space

I love the open sapce building with amazing objects and picture scattered around the open plan. i go there to relax and look at peoples creativity . true reflection of culture and aspirations.. amazing..

tate

this is my first review, went their looks great will not go again

Art. Meh

I'm not really "into" art. I can appreciate it if I see if but have no interest in specifically going to a gallery to look at various artistic works. I much prefer "real life" photos or drawings than abstract or minimalist styles.

I have long heard the opinion about modern art being crazy and not "real" art at all but never having seen any, I had nothing to back up that view.

Yesterday, I decided that I would finally go to the Tate Modern and see for myself, and it was just as I had expected really.

I always try and go with an open mind about these things but I wasn't impressed by most of the art on show. There were a few good pieces that provided brief amusement, such as the optical illusion paintings, and some actual decent paintings of things, but I don't really know how to appreciate the majority of the work there - canvases with a single colour, or what seem like random lines everywhere.

The actual museum itself is a bit weird with the entrance taking you in on level 1, then you have to go through corridors, outside, down a ramp, then into a massive room and up some escalators bypassing level 1 directly to level 2. It's very strange, and very unnecessary.

Was it worth it? Yes, but only so I can continue my cynicism about the whole "modern art" thing.

Modern art makes me want to rock out

I am a modern art fan, I thought I'd get that out of the way before I started. Yes, this does mean I like weird paintings of two block colours and abstract dribble paintings that don't look like anything.

You do get your fair share of people that visit the Tate who will not get modern art. "Why can't they just paint a normal picture?", "I don't get what it means", "I could do better in my shed", etc. You can usually tell who they are, walking around, usually tagging along with a partner, looking bored and slightly confused. You either get modern art or you don't.

Even if you don't get modern art, the Tate is still a good day out. It's always interesting to find out the artists behind the work - how they grew up, their inspirations and what makes them tick. Even the most ardent anti-modern fan would be interested in why a particular painting is like it is, which is what the Tate does very well. It gives a great background by providing detailed analysis in every room and by each image, and it's set out in such a logical, well-organized way that it's difficult to get disorientated.

Another great thing is that it's free (barring a donation, which I suggest visitors give to help the gallery). Considering the amount of famous artwork that they have here, you'd be expecting to pay a considerable amount to enter if this was in any other country.

On the down side, the gallery does get particularly busy at the weekends and it can be hard to appreciate art when a tourist is backing into you with a large rucksack, or when someone decides to answer their phone in the middle of a packed, but silent, room.

If you don't think you don't really like modern art, please go. You might be surprised, you may even gain some culture and come away with a new appreciation for modern art. And if you come away not liking modern art, then at least you've had a nice day out at one of the worlds largest galleries.

The Art World

I went to Tate Modern because I needed to write a review of 'State Britain' as a part of my uni course.

I had a lovely afternoon and the hours past by in a second, i wondered around in a world of my own and was not at all intimidated by my surroundings. The staff were all very helpful in directing me and it was clear that they knew about the installation i was writing about.

It’s completely free to everyone and anyone and very easy to get to by tube- Pimlico (Victoria Line - 600 metres approx.), Vauxhall (Victoria lines - 850 metres approx.), Westminster (Jubilee and District and Circle Lines).

I have to say i would not have been there if i didn’t have to be, but i had a wonderful time and i will defiantly venture back...and go to Tate Modern very soon!

The place to go for modern art

Tate Modern is just one of those places that you have to visit when you travel to London. Beautiful from the outside and containing some of the finest modern art anywhere in the world (the Mark Rothko room being a personal favourite), the Tate is one of the most important tourist attractions in London. Free at the point of entry, but with a donation box at the door, Tate Modern provides you with the perfect place to visit when the typical London clouds begin to circle over head. At the same time however, for those with a desire to spend their funds, there are parts of the Tate where all cash is greatly received. Short term exhibitions are always popular, however cost an entrance fee. The shops on the lower levels are also worthy of merit. Cafes, and an exquisite members lounge add to the experience, however, these are not for those with a limited budget. A tribute to the combination of art and business, Modern is worth a viewing to any tourist.

Members what lunch...

The Members Bar @ Tate Modern is one of the best things about the gallery in my opinion. Set high above London it has an extraordinary view which is particularly amazing at the moment with all the cranes lining the river bank. Get a seat by the window and while away an hour over a glass of wine (and in the winter they serve muld wine!) or have lunch before trekking round the gallery some more. In comparison to the noisy energy of the turbine hall, the bar has a relaxed, quiet feel. Subdued and relaxing. It's worth becoming a friend of the Tate just for access to this. Particularly as this area has a bit of a shortage of places to eat in pleasant surroundings (i think).

Famous modern art gallery

The Tate Modern is a very famous art gallery on London's South Bank. The exhibitions vary greatly, but are always original and interesting. A recent exhibition involved a huge slide in the impressive hall. The shop is an art lover's paradise; perfect for present buying.