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How is recent British Art represented at Tate Modern?
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Aimée Mason BA Art History, Single Honours. Autumn Semester 2002/2003 ( How is recent British Art represented at Tate Modern? ( The Tate Modern opened on the 11th of May 2000, in what was once Bankside Power Station and is now a masterpiece of architectural conversion with almost iconic status in the world of art galleries. The new space was designed by the German Architects Herzog and De Meuron, who were chosen for their plan which proposed the least drastic changes to Sir Giles Gilbert Scott's building, and was concerned more with highlighting the original design. Brought into being by Sir Nicholas Serota, the museum has been a key part in the revival of London as a world class centre of modern art, in answer to Paris's Pompidou centre, Bilbao's Guggenheim, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. From the Thames side galleries, viewed through glass walls, Wren's undeniably iconic dome...
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