Tate Liverpool
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Lancashire | |
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 Tate Liverpool | |
| Type: | Art gallery |
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| Grid reference: | SJ33988979 |
| Location: | 53°24’3"N, 2°59’40"W |
| Town: | Liverpool |
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| Address: | Albert Dock |
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| Owned by: | Tate |
| Website: | www.tate.org.uk/liverpool |
Tate Liverpool is an art gallery and museum in Liverpool in Lancashire, which is part of the network of galleries known as 'Tate', along with Tate St Ives in Cornwall; Tate Britain in Westminster, Middlesex; and Tate Modern in Southwark, Surrey.
Tate Liverpool was created, in an initiative of the local development corporation, to display work from the Tate Collection which comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and international modern art. The gallery also has a programme of temporary exhibitions. Until 2003, Tate Liverpool was the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in the United Kingdom outside London.
History
The gallery is housed in a converted warehouse within the Albert Dock on Liverpool's waterfront and was opened on 24 May 1988 by HRH Prince Charles, an event covered by BBC Two television. [1][2] It is The original conversion was done by James Stirling but the building was given a major refurbishment in 1998 to create additional gallery space.
In 2007, the foyer area was redesigned to create an updated appearance and better proportions, as well as to improve visitor handling. The gallery café was also redesigned. The centrepiece of the space is a new timber desk with an undulating orange fascia, which links to the retained colour scheme of the original conversion work by Stirling. A colour-changing wall acts as a backdrop to the simplified brick volume, visible from across Albert Dock.
Live Events
The gallery has hosted numerous live events in the foyer, including Made Up Mix as part of Liverpool's Biennial of Contemporary Art.[3][4] This event featured Die Plankton[5] performing a show that was recorded for their "Yorkshire's Answers To The Beatles" live album.
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Tate Liverpool) |
References
- ↑ "Tate Gallery Liverpool". https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/38410f11fa6946cab62fcc8be03b61aa. Retrieved 25 May 2017.
- ↑ Youngs, Ian (29 March 2018). "The man who's been hands-on with priceless art for 40 years". https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-43540079. Retrieved 29 March 2018.
- ↑ "Late at Tate – 25 Sept – MADE UP Mix". Art in Liverpool. 24 September 2008. http://www.artinliverpool.com/late-at-tate-25-sept-made-up-mix/. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
- ↑ "Venues". Liverpool Biennial. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080912022551/http://www.biennial.com/content/LiverpoolBiennial2008MADEUP/Venues.aspx.
- ↑ "Made Up Mix". Tate Liverpool. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080916072928/http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/late/16339.htm.
- 'Smoke and mirrors: The surreal life and work of René Magritte', The Independent, 10 June 2011
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