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Late at Tate November: Behind the scenes. Money: Louisa Buck
After record-breaking sales of Damien Hirst and Francis Bacon hear a timely discussion on the credit crunch and the art …
Late at Tate November: Behind the scenes. Outsider: Leon Wainwright
Art Historian Leon Wainwright is talking around the idea of the 'authentic outsider' and how Kitaj and Hockney - in …
Late at Tate November: Behind the scenes. Sight: Gillian Cutbill
Gillian Cutbill, a Tate guide who presents audio descriptions for blind and partially sighted visitors, is describing Freud's Standing by …
An Arabesque for Marie Menken: Geographies
Along with her husband the poet Willard Maas, Menken was a founding member of the Gryphon Film Group. A selection …
An Arabesque for Marie Menken: Glimpses
Marie Menken's films are fragmentary encounters with friends, landscapes and her urban surroundings. This screening is introduced by Melissa Ragona, …
Francis Bacon: Invisible Histories – Part 4
Since Francis Bacon died in 1992 his reputation increases in stature and his paintings continue to break auction house records. …
Francis Bacon: Invisible Histories – Part 3
Since Francis Bacon died in 1992 his reputation increases in stature and his paintings continue to break auction house records. …
Francis Bacon: Invisible Histories – Part 2
Since Francis Bacon died in 1992 his reputation increases in stature and his paintings continue to break auction house records. …
Francis Bacon: Invisible Histories – Part 1
Since Francis Bacon died in 1992 his reputation increases in stature and his paintings continue to break auction house records. …
Turner Prize Exhibition Talk: Dan Fox
The Turner Prize has played a huge part in raising the profile of contemporary British art around the world. Dan …
BP British Art Lecture: Andrew Marr
Coinciding with the publication of the Tate Britain/Yale Center for British Art three volume History of British Art, leading political …
Tate Triennial 2009 Prologue 3: Carsten Höller - Kinshasa Rumba Brazzaville
Stemming from his recent travels in the Congo Belgian artist Carsten Höller presents a slide lecture in conversation with Gulbenkian …
Dead Sexy: Maggi Hambling on Francis Bacon
Distinguished artist Maggi Hambling talks on the life and times of Francis Bacon and his importance to contemporary art. Henrietta …
The Curwen Studio: Paula Rego, Stanley Jones and Alan Powers in Conversation
Since 1958 the Curwen Studio has enabled artists to explore the medium of lithography. To coincide with the display in …
Architecture and Design in the Bacon Era: Back to the City
The panel, featuring eminent architectural historian Joseph Rykwert, experimental architect Nigel Coates and former London Mayor Ken Livingstone, will look …
Tate Triennial 2009 Prologue 3: John Smith - Hotel Diaries
Hotel Diaries is a series of video recordings made in hotel rooms around the world between 2001 and 2007, all …
Hugh Davies on Francis Bacon
Following the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971, Francis Bacon embarked on a series of paintings known as …
What is British Art?: A Third Text Project
Tate Britain symposia bring together experts and scholars to present new research or to discuss aspects of a particular exhibition …
Architecture and Design in the Bacon Era: Texture
New Brutalism championed materiality and a fascination with the harsh, the substantial and the rough. The discovery of ‘beauty’ in …
Andres Serrano
Celebrated artist Andres Serrano became the centre of controversy in 1989 for Piss Christ, a graphic image that combined Catholic …