May 14, 2010
A DECADE OF TATE MODERN.
The iconic, forward-thinking Tate Modern has, without doubt, helped made London the cultural powerhouse that it is. This year, Tate Modern is ten years old. To celebrate, the modern art museum housed in the old Bankside Power Station (designed by the architect that brought us another iconic building in Battersea Power Station) is putting on a free art festival over the weekend.
From 14 - 16 May, all manner of arts shenanigans are taking place at the museum. From the Tate Modern site:
Explore No Soul For Sale – A Festival of Independents, with cutting-edge art events, performances, music, and film. See over 70 international artist collectives, from Shanghai to Rio, come together in Tate Modern's epic Turbine Hall.
Enjoy Quicksilver, a performance piece involving a group of 30 performers in and around the spaces of Tate Modern.
What's more the gallery will stay open until midnight on Friday 14 and Saturday 15 May (If you have a ticket, live events will be running at this time as well, which are now fully booked).
Most definitely something to check out if you have time this weekend. Still gutted I missed Olafur Eliasson's The Weather Project in the museum's Turbine Hall. It looked incredible.
Photo by Yuki*
