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![It’s been a while since I’d been along to the Tate Modern, and a lot has changed since my last visit, with the new Switch House extension being built and […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/tate-modern-tanks-05-115x115.jpg "Tate Modern Tanks and Switch Room – and a wonderful audio installation")
Tate Modern Tanks and Switch Room – and a wonderful audio installation
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 7, 2017 | No CommentsIt’s been a while since I’d been along to the Tate Modern, and a lot has changed since my last visit, with the new Switch House extension being built and […] -
Neon galore at the Tate Britain’s new light display by Cerith Wyn Evans, ‘Forms In Space’
Posted on Wednesday, Apr 26, 2017 | No CommentsI love a bit of neon art, and there’s a splendid display on at the Tate Britain in London right now, created by Welsh artist, Cerith Wyn Evans. -
In photos: people looking at art, doors, films and workmen, Tate Modern, London
Posted on Thursday, May 12, 2016 | No CommentsI visited the Tate Modern recently. Here’s what I saw. -
![I loved this installation at the Tate Modern by Brazilian conceptual artist, Cildo Meireles. The work takes the form of a tower constructed from 800 radios, each one tuned to a different […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/tate-modern-cildo-meireles-babel-01-1-115x115.jpg "A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles’ Babel at the Tate Modern, London")
A tower of 800 whispering radios: Cildo Meireles’ Babel at the Tate Modern, London
Posted on Tuesday, May 10, 2016 | 3 CommentsI loved this installation at the Tate Modern by Brazilian conceptual artist, Cildo Meireles. The work takes the form of a tower constructed from 800 radios, each one tuned to a different […] -
Phyllida Barlow’s mad furniture factory explosion and British Folk Art at the Tate Britain, Millbank, London
Posted on Wednesday, Jul 16, 2014 | No CommentsThis year’s Tate Britain Commission is a real feast for the eyes, with Phyllida Barlow’s massive ramshackle wooden constructions almost filling every inch of the gallery’s voluminous Duveen Sculpture Court. -
![Over the years, I’ve enjoyed many of the exhibitions in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern – particularly the fantastic Weather Project in 2003 – but Ai Weiwei’s work, called […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/ai-weiwei-tate-modern-unilever-1-115x115.jpg "Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern. Meh")
Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds at the Tate Modern. Meh
Posted on Monday, Nov 15, 2010 | 3 CommentsOver the years, I’ve enjoyed many of the exhibitions in the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern – particularly the fantastic Weather Project in 2003 – but Ai Weiwei’s work, called […] -
![I’ve had some parsimonious pastries, stingy sticky buns, frugal fruitcakes and economical Eccles cakes, but I don’t think anything has ever come close to this miserly, paltry slither of carrot cake […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/londons-meanest-slice-of-cake-115x115.jpg "London’s meanest slice of cake? (Tate Modern)")
London’s meanest slice of cake? (Tate Modern)
Posted on Friday, Nov 5, 2010 | No CommentsI’ve had some parsimonious pastries, stingy sticky buns, frugal fruitcakes and economical Eccles cakes, but I don’t think anything has ever come close to this miserly, paltry slither of carrot cake […] -
![Polish artist Miroslaw Balka’s sculpture – entitled ‘How It Is’ – dominates the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, standing 13 metres high by 30 metres long, and balanced on […]](http://www.urban75.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/tate-modern-miroslaw-balka-01-115x115.jpg "Tate Modern: Miroslaw Balka’s ‘How It Is’ sculpture")
Tate Modern: Miroslaw Balka’s ‘How It Is’ sculpture
Posted on Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010 | No CommentsPolish artist Miroslaw Balka’s sculpture – entitled ‘How It Is’ – dominates the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, standing 13 metres high by 30 metres long, and balanced on […]