Category: Tate Britain

  • Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page loans tapestries to Tate Britain

    Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page loans tapestries to Tate Britain

    The founder of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page, says he was “influenced” by the work of influential 19th Century artist, Edward Burne-Jones. The legendary guitarist has loaned huge tapestries of the Holy Grail to Tate Britain for a new exhibition focusing on Burne-Jones’ work. The exhibition features more than 150 works by the Pre-Raphaelite artist.  …

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  • David Hockney retrospective at the Centre Pompidou

    David Hockney retrospective at the Centre Pompidou

    In collaboration with London’s Tate Britain and the Metropolitan Museum of New York, the Centre Pompidou is to present the most comprehensive retrospective ever devoted to the work of David Hockney. The exhibition celebrates the artist’s 80th birthday, retracing his entire career through more than 160 works (paintings, photographs, engravings, video installations, drawings and printed…

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  • Martin Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation

    Martin Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation

    Experience the union of architecture and nature in Boyce’s Turner-prize winning installation on show at Tate Britain. Glasgow-based artist Martin Boyce is interested in the physical and psychological experience of the built environment. His installations explore the modern urban landscape, particularly with reference to twentieth century modernist design, and its connections to utopian notions of living.…

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  • Paul Nash’s surreal and mystical English landscapes

    Paul Nash’s surreal and mystical English landscapes

    Paul Nash was fascinated with Britain’s ancient past and spent time in southern England exploring the Downs and coastal areas. Equally inspired by the equinox and the phases of the moon, he used all these influences in his work, interpreting his environment according to a unique, personal mythology, evolving throughout his career. Featuring a lifetime’s…

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