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Do you remember the first time you came to #TateModern? We want to hear your #MuseumMemories!
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In memory of Khadija Saye and all who lost their lives at Grenfell Tower on 14 June. Khadija Saye, Sothiou 2017, on view at Tate Britain
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Global warming means more icebergs are being produced & sea levels are rising. Olafur Eliasson & Minik Rosing have installed #IceWatchLondon — 24 blocks of ice, melting outside Tate Modern. The duo hope more people will face the reality of climate change: bit.ly/2LbImX8
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'Believe there is a great power silently working for all things good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.' - #BeatrixPotter, born #OnThisDay in 1866. bit.ly/38wEcVY This watercolour is from #TheTailorOfGloucester 🐭 Do you have a favourite story by Beatrix Potter?
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We are deeply saddened to hear of the loss of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Our thoughts are with the Royal Family at this time.
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On 14 June 2017, artist Khadija Saye was killed in the fire at Grenfell Tower, aged 24. Saye's work in Tate's collection calls into question the rituals or objects that we turn to for solace in life’s most challenging moments. 🖤 She is greatly missed. bit.ly/3gmtyX9
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A luminous start for August 🌙 ✨ In #JamesWhistler's moonlit scenes, known as 'Nocturnes', the artist aimed to capture the beauty and tranquillity of the Thames by night. You can enjoy both artworks on free display at Tate Britain. 🏛️
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We love French painter and illustrator Norbert Goeneutte’s (1854-1894) snowy scene of the boulevard de Clichy in Paris. Painted at just 22, this was one of many paintings and etchings he made of the buildings and people on its busy streets. 🌨️ bit.ly/3Wg3sHQ
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And the winner is…Lubaina Himid!Congratulations to this year’s #TurnerPrize winner! Lubaina Himid, A Fashionable Marriage 1987
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J.M.W. Turner painted the sea and the sky more than anything else in his lifetime. He was always looking up, so much so that in his paintings it sometimes seems that our planet is but a platform from which to see the sky. 💙 J.M.W. Turner, Sea and Sky, English Coast 1832 ☁️
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We're immensely saddened to hear that Dame #PaulaRego has died. Her magical, powerful, visceral paintings told stories that changed the way we see the world. This painting, featuring her son & husband, she proposed as 'a dance of life'⁠—of which Rego's was extraordinary. 💙
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'Colour is a power which directly influences the soul' - Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky, born #onthisday in 1866: bit.ly/3lDCvgH 🟠🔺🟦
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Chila Kumari Singh Burman's wintry work has transformed Tate Britain with neon light & swirling colour, in time for #Diwali2020! ✨🦚👁️🍦🎉 A celebration of new beginnings, 'remembering a brave new world' offers us hope for a brighter future. bit.ly/32H2z0W 💜
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#YayoiKusama's arrived at Tate Modern. 💫✨💜 All timeslots are currently booked up—look out for more in September. 👀 Meanwhile, here's a glimpse inside... Yayoi Kusama, Infinity Mirrored Room - Filled with the Brilliance of Life 2011/2017 © YAYOI KUSAMA
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New #TateModern is NOW OPEN! Join us for three days of celebration starting today: ow.ly/ENAW301lYPJ
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"Men put me down as the best woman painter. I think I'm one of the best painters" (O'Keeffe) #InternationalWomensDay
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📢 JUST ANNOUNCED 📢 To celebrate Tate Modern’s 20th birthday in May, we're opening a year-long exhibition dedicated to Japanese artist #YayoiKusama! Find out more about what we’ve got in store — we’ll give you a clue: 🕷️ bit.ly/2HhtXaU #TateModernTurns20 🎈
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We love your painting Edie! ❤️☁️🌳
My 6 year old daughter painted this amazing scene at an after school art club. Her art teacher told her she had done it wrong?! You can't do art wrong! She was so upset as art is her favourite thing to do. Can you please show Edie some support and like her painting?
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What does your Sunday sound like? 🎵 🎹 William Chase, The Keynote, 1915 bit.ly/3WKQ126
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Almost ready for our close-up... #SargentAndFashion opens this Thursday at Tate Britain. 🎀 🖼️ See almost 60 paintings alongside #LadyAgnew, as we celebrate John Singer Sargent’s striking portraits of stylish sitters. 🎟️ Book your tickets today ➡️ bit.ly/3RTc3iA
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It’s Tate Modern’s 20th birthday today! 🎈🎁🎂 The gallery was opened #onthisday in 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen, on the site of Bankside’s converted power station. bit.ly/2xWKosg
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#DidYouKnow that the British painter Keith Vaughan considered this artwork his best painting? He felt it achieved a balance between the purely abstract and the figurative elements which had always pushed his work into one or other of these categories. 🎨 bit.ly/3DVfrjP
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What artwork reminds you of a loved one? (John Singer Sargent, 'Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose') ow.ly/PVSzY
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'A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.' - #PaulCezanne 🍃 🏡 🍎 ​ ​This is one of six portraits of Cezanne's gardener and friend Vallier. The portrait is one of Cezanne's final paintings, completed in the autumn of 1906. ​ 🖼️ On free display at Tate Modern.
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Introducing… 🥁 Mildred the Gallery Cat 🎨 😺 Inspired by a real-life cat who lived in Tate Modern, Mildred the Gallery Cat was created by author and illustrator, Jono Ganz. Discover Mildred’s after-hours adventures in her book ➡️ bit.ly/3P4L2pd #InternationalCatDay
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What do you like to draw? ✏️ #NationalDrawingDay bit.ly/2RZVF4M
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'I paint for people who have an unspoken voice deep inside them' - Félix Vallotton, born #onthisday in 1865. 🌳 bit.ly/38KOLVN
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#WilliamBlake was born #onthisday in 1757! To celebrate the artist's 262nd birthday, we worked with St Paul's Cathedral to project Blake's final work 'Ancient of Days' on to its dome — recreating Blake's vision to show his work at monumental scale. bit.ly/34tbWQZ
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Our thoughts are with those who have been affected by the terrible events in Manchester.
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It’s #TateBritain’s 127th birthday! 🎉 In the 1890s, Sidney Smith was chosen as the architect to build a new gallery for British art. His striking design, with its grand stairway entrance, first opened to the public in 1897. What's been your most memorable visit? 🎈
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Has an artwork ever helped you through heartbreak? ow.ly/P5kA1
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Happy birthday David Hockney! 💙 Summer wouldn't be the same without 'A Bigger Splash' at Tate Britain. Hockney's painting is on free display inside 'In Full Colour: 1960-70'. Dive in this summer. ☀️ bit.ly/3pu0lRs 💦 #DavidHockney A Bigger Splash 1967 © David Hockney
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On a scale of James Boswell sketches, which cat are you? 🐈 #InternationalCatDay 📝 James Boswell, Sketchbook, with Boswell’s name and address and ‘1953’ inside front cover, 1953 © The Estate of James Boswell / Tate bit.ly/3WIW89c
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Happy Christmas everyone! ❄️ L.S. Lowry, The Old House, Grove Street, Salford 1948. bit.ly/3GaUFRU
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After 33 years of helping visitors, today is Gary Miles’s last day at Tate 💔 His tally: 46 fire alarms at Tate Britain 🚨 41 talks for visitors 🎤 15 flood warnings before the Thames Barrier 🌊 2 rings recovered from vent grills 🎣 1 visitor marriage proposal—she said yes! 💍
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“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” Van Gogh #MondayMotivation
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Happy 80th Birthday David Hockney! goo.gl/uEA6x6
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We have a platform, a voice, and a duty to our Black members, employees, artists, visitors and followers to speak up and stand for human rights and anti-racism. Nobody should have to live in fear because of the colour of their skin. #BlackLivesMatter 1/3
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Happy #Easter! Have a sunny, chocolate-filled weekend. 🥚💐 Sir Cedric Morris, Iris Seedlings 1943. bit.ly/3EzU6Qc
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Happy #LunarNewYear! 2022 represents the #YearOfTheTiger, an animal that symbolises strength, power & prosperity. 🐯 ​ ​Here's #ChilaBurman's incredible neon tiger, who prowled down Tate Britain's steps during Burman's 2020 Winter Commission. 🐅 bit.ly/33OcjKZ
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Step into a new ecosystem in this year's Hyundai Commission: #AnickaYi's In Love With The World! 💓🐙 Bobbing through the air, Yi's floating beings ask us to think about ways machines might one day inhabit the world. bit.ly/3v2sRbd In partnership with Hyundai Motor.
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Excited to welcome their Royal Highnesses The Prince of Wales and The Duchess of Cornwall to Tate Britain today, to celebrate 125 years since the gallery opened. 🎉 They enjoyed a tour of the galleries, including #LifeBetweenIslands, and meeting artists and staff along the way.
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Our thoughts are with those in Paris today and everyone who has been affected by the attacks.
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Happy Diwali! 🌟 The festival of lights celebrates good over evil and light over darkness. Bringing together love, light and art, Pyar hi Pyar is a kaleidoscopic iPad painting made in 2021 by Chila Burman. The title can be translated as ‘love, only love’. 💕 #Diwali2023 🪔🕯️🎆
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'If a thing loves, it is infinite.' - William Blake ​#HappyNewYear everyone. Wishing you a love-filled 2024. ❤️ ​ ✨ William Blake, Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing c.1786
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Who was the first abstract artist? 🌸🟠 We'll give you a clue, it's not Kandinsky... bit.ly/37ybNi8
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📚 6,328 books covered in colourful fabric make up Yinka Shonibare's 'The British Library', their spines proudly showing names of first or second generation immigrants who have contributed to British culture. 📚 Find the library on level 2 at Tate Modern: bit.ly/357yKYe
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Visionary sculptor and painter #NaumGabo was born #OnThisDay 1890. Gabo believed in the power of art to communicate across social and cultural boundaries, he created work responding to the ideas, materials and technologies of the 20th century. 🔗 bit.ly/3J9JpoK
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Happy 125th birthday Tate! 🎉 The original Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain) opened its doors in 1897, displaying a small collection of British artists. Join us today as we dive in to Tate’s history and archive! #Tate125
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3, 2, 1... Happy New Year one and all! 💋 ✨ We hope you can hold your loved ones close in 2022. 💙 bit.ly/3F2kQat
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'Believe there is a great power silently working for all things good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.' - Beatrix Potter Happy New Year everyone. 🐭 bit.ly/38wEcVY
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It’s Tate Modern’s 18th birthday today! 🎈 The new gallery, situated in the converted Bankside power station, was opened on 11 May 2000 by Her Majesty The Queen. goo.gl/r5sftU Happy Birthday Tate Modern! 🎂🎂🎂
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Police are investigating an incident at Tate Modern this afternoon. The gallery will remain closed for the rest of the day.
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Happy birthday #TateModern! 🎈🎁🎂 Since first opening in 2000, Tate Modern has become quite the London landmark, not just for the art, but also for the architecture of the building itself. Let’s take a look behind the art to see the fabric of Tate Modern, old and new. 👀 🧵
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With much sadness we report the death of Howard Hodgkin, who passed peacefully today. One of the greatest artists of his generation.
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Drag queen & visual artist @sasha_velour on why the life & work of Marlow Moss speaks to her 🟨 #LGBTHistoryMonth Watch the full film for more responses to Tate artworks through a queer lens 🌈 bit.ly/31M4dNu
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Has an artwork ever stopped you in your tracks? Philip Sutton, The Tree 1958
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Happy birthday David #Hockney, 79 years old today! See his incredible retrospective in 2017: ow.ly/3B9z3023zMf
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All this rain has us thinking about Gerhard Richter's Abstract Painting from 1990. 🌧️ Its thick streaks of white, red & rusty orange start to resemble blurred forms in a puddle or reflections seen through a rain-soaked window. bit.ly/3fNuu5Z
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After many hours and two failed attempts, Hockney completed this double portrait of his parents, Laura & Kenneth Hockney. 💐 His sister Margaret said ‘Mum and Dad were very proud, and felt all the sittings had been worthwhile'. ❤️ ​ ​David Hockney, My Parents 1977 © #DavidHockney
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'Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they decide, make even more art.' - #AndyWarhol Warhol died #onthisday in 1987, age 58. This portrait was taken in 1983 by Robert Mapplethorpe.
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David #Hockney will return to Tate Britain for a major retrospective February 2017 goo.gl/tBVGfA
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We are thrilled to confirm that Maria Balshaw will be the new director of Tate! ow.ly/FUq83084GgF
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Dive into the joy of painting this summer with UNIQLO #TatePlay: Oscar Murillo, The Flooded Garden, open now at Tate Modern. 💙 🩵 💚 🌿 Join us in creating a vibrant artwork of epic proportions. On until 26 August 2024 ➡️ bit.ly/3LhKc95 In partnership with @UNIQLO_UK
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'When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it's your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else.' - Georgia O'Keeffe, born #onthisday in 1887. ​ ​Georgia O’Keeffe 1887-1986, Jimson Weed/White Flower No. 1 1932. 🌼
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'I was Robert Mapplethorpe's first model, which fills me with pride. The images contain a depth of mutual love and trust... His work magnifies his love for his subject and his obsession with light.' - Patti Smith, born #OnThisDay in 1946. ❤️ #RobertMapplethorpe, Patti Smith 1975
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#PietMondrian is best known for his iconic grids, but he first started his career as a landscape painter. Our upcoming #AfKlintAndMondrian exhibition reveals the rarely shown paintings of flowers he made throughout his life. bit.ly/3K0L55Z 🌼 Mondrian, Lily 1909–1910 🌼
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☀️ Putting the sun in Sunday. In 2003, Olafur Eliasson’s #TheWeatherProject transformed Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall into a radiating mass of hazy orange light. The symbol of our sun was made up of hundreds of monochromatic lamps. Did you see Eliasson's The Weather Project?
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📢 Today Tate's calling on the new Government to ensure that all children, not just the privately educated, have access to visual art through an arts-rich curriculum. Who's with us? bit.ly/2YUtpQp #ArtforAll
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✨ Fashion, identity, painting... tickets are on sale today for #SargentAndFashion, a show that celebrates #JohnSingerSargent’s striking portraits of stylish sitters. 🎀 See almost 60 paintings alongside period garments from the portraits themselves. 🎟️ bit.ly/3EuZFPs
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Tacita Dean's photograph of Majesty, one of the largest & oldest oak trees in England, is truly majestic. Dean has accentuated the portrait with white gouache, highlighting the tree's power & beauty. Find Majesty inside #RadicalLandscapes @TateLiverpool 🌳 bit.ly/3cg4phm
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'If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.' - Vincent van Gogh ​ ​Will you be painting in 2022? 🎨 🌳 #VincentVanGogh, The Oise at Auvers 1890. bit.ly/3qwi4US
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🔴 'Every day I create new works with all my might. The older I become, the brighter my life gets.' - #YayoiKusama, born #onthisday in 1929. 🔴 Wishing Kusama a beautiful birthday! ❤️ bit.ly/31aCJBj
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'The spider is a repairer. If you bash into the web of a spider, she doesn’t get mad. She weaves and repairs it.' - #LouiseBourgeois, born on #ChristmasDay in 1911. We hope your day is filled with joy and love. ❤️💚 And you find resilience, beauty and strength in 2022.​ 🕷️
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A throwback to Shirazeh Houshiary's topsy-turvy tree at Tate Britain, exhibited in 1993 & 2016! 🎄 Houshiary described her tree as 'taking earth back to heaven'. bit.ly/3dyBaU8
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Happy 85th birthday David Hockney! 🎈 Summer wouldn't be the same without 'A Bigger Splash' at Tate Britain. 💦 This iconic painting brings joy and optimism to our staff and visitors every day. Find it on free display in a Walk Through British Art. 💙 bit.ly/2UwXsPS
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Gerhard Richter (born 1932) is one of the most important German artists in history. Enjoy the rich surfaces of the artist's abstract works, painted to the music of avant-garde composer John Cage, on free display at Tate Modern. bit.ly/3QH3o1W
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Spring is just around the corner! 🌷 Artist Cedric Morris was a passionate gardener. He loved the 'elegance, pride and delicacy' of irises. He would often have more than one painting of irises on the go, and grew 1,000 new iris seedlings every year. 🌱 bit.ly/3EzU6Qc
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The way John Singer Sargent painted was so physical, people often said that he looked like a fencer. His sweeping brushstrokes add movement to his paintings—here capturing the changing light on the stream & the fabric of his niece's floaty dress. bit.ly/3f9o3bs
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'The spider is a repairer. If you bash into a spider's web, she doesn’t get mad. She weaves and repairs it.' #LouiseBourgeois, born on #ChristmasDay 1911. Looking out across the Thames in 2008, Bourgeois's 'Maman' is a reminder of strength, beauty and restorative power. 🖤🕷️
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The Rothko room is returning to Tate Britain! 🏛️ This week we're installing Mark Rothko’s Seagram murals, which the artist donated to Tate due to his love for British art. Book your free visit from 1 September: bit.ly/3gt55Mk
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✨ You’re not dreaming... ✨ #YayoiKusama’s year-long exhibition lands at Tate Modern in March 2021! bit.ly/3llb08M 🟠 Tickets will be released soon. ⚪ Keep an eye on our feeds... 🟠 In partnership with @BofA_Business
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We're saddened to hear that Christo Javacheff has died aged 84. Known for creating spectacular environmental installations, Christo, together with his wife Jeanne-Claude, dreamed up what seemed impossible, and changed the way we look at the world. 🍃 bit.ly/3dmBF1H
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Our thoughts are with the family and friends of Khadija Saye, a hugely talented young artist who will be greatly missed.
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Before he died aged 83, J.D. Okhai Ojeikere spent three decades travelling across Nigeria and creating a visual time capsule of 1000 portraits of hair. 'Hairstyles' became an internationally acclaimed series that provides a beautiful and powerful insight into Nigerian culture. 📷
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Happy Birthday #DavidHockney! A Bigger Splash 1967, on display at Tate Britain 💦 goo.gl/QS8Urz
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What's your favourite artwork on display at Tate Britain? Sir John Everett Millais, Ophelia 1851–2
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Merry Christmas from Tate! 🎄 #WorkOfTheWeek Norbert Goeneutte, 'The Boulevard de Clichy under Snow' 1876, Tate collection
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Where will 2022 take you? 🏔️ James Dickson Innes, Arenig, North Wales 1913. bit.ly/3IvGTsi
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Goodbye 2021! Here's to a happy, healthy and art-filled new year. Felix H. Man, The lights go up in London 1945. ❤️
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Tate is open as usual. Our galleries are open to everyone and we welcome visitors from everywhere. ow.ly/yHP530aceJp
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Which artwork have you spent the longest time standing in front of? John Singer Sargent, Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose 1885–6
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Happy birthday David Hockney! 🎈 Full interview: bit.ly/2LbFXyQ
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Hundreds of World War One soldiers appear across the UK #wearehere nitter.app/i/moments/748803572091…
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'Colour is a power which directly influences the soul' - Wassily Kandinsky Happy birthday to Kandinsky, born #onthisday in 1866: goo.gl/RKTh36
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'Art is nothing if you don’t reach every segment of the people. Art is for everybody.' - #KeithHaring, born #OnThisDay in 1958. 🌙 #KeithHaring wanted to reach as many people as possible through his art. Learn more about his short but spectacular career: bit.ly/3VxQ16p
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Sunshine to start the week. ☀️ Edouard Vuillard's Sunlit Interior c.1920, showing the artist's mother in her sunny bedroom. bit.ly/3L9qw63
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The way John Singer Sargent painted was so physical, people often commented that he looked like a fencer. His sweeping brushstrokes add movement to his paintings. He was also a fantastic pianist. bit.ly/2wuZIYX
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