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Tate Britain, London
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Tate Britain is the national gallery of British art and exhibits works dated from the 1500s to 2007. It's one of the four Tate galleries (besides Tate Modern in London, Tate Liverpool in Liverpool and Tate St Ives in Cornwall). The permanent collection covers the history of British art from the Tudor era in the XVI century to the present day. The gallery also hosts various exhibitions, including works of international contemporary art.
A special place in the collection is held by the works of William Hogarth who is sometimes called the father of British painting, the XVIII century portraitists Gainsborough and Reynolds, painter George Stubbs and the stars of XX century art Stanley Spencer, Henry Moore, Francis Bacon and members of the Young British Artists group who made the 1990s a true era of triumph for British contemporary art. Tate Britain makes a point of focusing on three great representatives of the Romantic movement: Blake's and Constable's paintings are displayed in separate rooms and Clore Gallery has been built specifically to house the unique collection of Turner's art.
Tate Britain is also the venue of the annual and mostly controversial Turner Prize exhibition considered a powerful career motivation in the artistic circles. The Gallery has also launched the Art Now programme, a series of exhibitions that could be called a mirror of the development of contemporary British art.
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www.tate.org.uk
Keywords: London, museum, art gallery, british art, gallery
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