This is your year ahead as a Member – unlimited free entry to a spectacular line-up of world-class exhibitions.
Drop in whenever the need for a cultural fix strikes and side-step the queues by presenting your membership card at the exhibition entrance.
19 Jun – 14 Sep 2008
Tate Modern
At once epic and intimate, Twombly's work is characterised by both expressive force and sensual delicacy, reflecting the twin influences of Abstract Expressionism and of Paul Klee.
11 Sep 2008 – 4 Jan 2009
Tate Britain
One of the great artists of the 20th century, this survey presents Francis Bacon's best and most important works from throughout his career. Masterpieces from around the world will be brought together, offering a picture of the "essential Bacon".
Rothko
26 Sep 2008 – 1 Feb 2009
Tate Modern
Reuniting Tate's spectacular Seagram Murals with their rarely lent counterparts from around the world, this major exhibition focuses on the final decade of Rothko's career and will surprise even those familiar with his oeuvre.
12 Feb – 17 May 2009
Tate Modern
The social upheavals of revolutionary Russia form the backdrop to Constructivism. Paintings, posters, dress designs and more, by Russian avant-garde’s two most influential painters, chart the shift from geometric abstraction to an art of everyday life.
1. Cy Twombly, Empire of Flora, 1961, © Cy Twombly, Courtesy Gagosain Gallery, New York.
2. Francis Bacon, Crucifixion, 1965. Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Pinakothek der Moderne Munich. © Estate of Francis Bacon / DACS 2008
3. Mark Rothko, Sketch for Mural No. 4 (Orange on Maroon) 1958, © 2000 Kate Rothko Prizel & Christopher Rothko ARS, NY and DACS, London 2008. Courtesy Kawamura Memorial Museum of Modern Art, Sakura, Japan.
4. Liubov' Popova
PAINTERLY ARCHITECTONICS, 1918-1919 © State Museum of Contemporary Art-Costakis Collection, Thessaloniki
