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Somewhere you should go… Warp x Tate at Tate Britain

The Cultural Exposé — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:00:20 +0000

It’s not for some weeks, but get this in your diary now: Warp Records will be hosting next month’s Late at Tate Britain with a night of music and art installations inspired by Jeremy Deller‘s 1998 work The History of The World. Contributions come from Warp’s roster of talent including Oneohtrix Point, Hudson Mohawke and Rustie, while there will be a tribute to 808 and 303 among the exciting highlights.

Late at Tate Britain takes place on selected Friday every two months and features a range of events including music and performances, exhibitions and art talks. Warp x Tate will be held on December 6th from 6pm -10pm (final admission 9pm). Oh, and there isn’t a need for tickets as entry is completely free! (Words: Nadeena Kaur)

For more info, visit: www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/performance-and-music/late-tate-britain-december-2013

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Somewhere You Should Go… Tate Britain

Florence Ritter — Tue, 21 May 2013 10:00:56 +0000

If you’ve been to Tate Britain over the past year, you may have noticed the gallery’s efforts to shield its restoration project from view. Until early this week, its corridors have been filled with oversized information signs pointedly guiding around us around peculiar routes through the spaces and – always hilarious – tarpaulins printed with impressions of the room- or building-to-come, weirdly distorted as they strain uncomfortably over awkward scaffolding.

Tate Britain has now revealed the products of its labours, and to a resoundingly positive critical reception. The walls of the beautiful, top-lit galleries have been repainted a paradisiacal egg-shell blue, the floors waxed and the dark marble detailing polished to a high shine. It’s a brilliant setting for the history of British art, which is represented by display which have been re-organised to hang chronologically, according to the year the works were made.

This re-hang moves away from the application of ‘movements’ or broad cultural terms which, when retrospectively applied, can be misleading or restrictive of individual interpretation. There are no information panels, only a single date heading up each room. Instead of spending most of the visit peering at the writing on the wall, we are encouraged to look at the objects of art themselves, consider their means of production and kind of the British society for which they were made.

One of the greatest things about Tate’s big re-vamped re-hang is that there is no rush to take it all in at once. There isn’t any pending last weekend or last-chance-to-see, no waiting for that long bank holiday to come around. Take an old school British picnic down to the river before a wander around the collection, pop in on your lunch break, or complete the British experience with an early evening pint of locally brewed ale at a nearby pub. The collection is open all day and every day and, as always, admission is free. (Words: Florence Ritter)

For more info, visit: www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-britain

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Somewhere you should go….Late at Tate: Borders and Territories

Laura Thornley — Thu, 02 Jun 2011 09:00:05 +0000

The Late at the Tate programme has always been a winner, taking place the first Friday of each month and curated to a different theme each time – past examples include ‘The Radio’ – which featured pieces by John Cage, orchestral radio sound work (as bizarre as it the title suggests) and cocktails to wash it all down! This time the Tate allows the youth of today a free reign to explore the chosen theme – Borders and Territories. In collaboration with the University of Arts, the evening will explore the boundaries of art, music, fashion and design and how future generations take inspiration and move forward. Featured highlights include performances from singer-songwriter Tanya Auclair and grimcee P Money, plus a talk from include a talk from Red or Dead founder Wayne Hemingway.

It will be interesting to see what the pubescent tykes find at the borders, particularly considering the aspersions society places on the climate they now grow up in. The limits of youth may be crumbling as the freedom of information grows – I’m thinking access to adult themes through computer games and the Internet – but since the whole of the arts buzzes off boundary-breaking they might be hard pushed to beat them at their own game (Tracey Emin being a good example of this). Either way, it’s definitely a battle I will be getting a ringside seat for. (Words: Laura Thornley)

Late at Tate takes places on June 3rd, 6-10pm. For more info, visit the Tate Britain website.

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