Tate Modern celebrates its 25th anniversary: how it reinvented the rules of art
London's contemporary art institution celebrates its 25th anniversary over the weekend of May 9-12. The British press pays tribute to the Tate Modern, which has taken risks to become an essential symbol of the capital.
“Instead of imitating the competition, like the Museum of Modern Art (Moma) in New York, the Tate Modern has reinvented the rules and set the tone for 21st-century museums.” The Guardian is full of praise for the London institution, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Since its opening on May 11, 2000, the Tate Modern has shaken up the rules of the museum world. “In the wake of the Cool Britannia movement and the Young British Artists launched in the 1990s, it has taken on the task of removing the last vestiges of reluctance that the British might have had towards contemporary art.”
Many British press headlines trace the trajectory of what is now an icon of the capital, bringing together a national collection of contemporary art dating back to the early 20th century. And which, from the very beginning, “has had the credo of making art accessible to all.”
Starting with the very architecture of the vast spaces of the building, which was once the Bankside Power Station, a disused power station located on the south bank of the Thames.
Its famous Turbine Hall, a vast entrance, has hosted some of the most spectacular and immersive art installations in the world.
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