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Expand and refresh the artwork references you use in the classroom
  • Artwork
  • Key Stage 3
  • Key Stage 4
  • Key Stage 5
  • The Tate collection is full of artworks by historical, modern and contemporary artists from all over the world. Use this resource to introduce an exciting range of ideas, perspectives and approaches to your students.

    • Angel of Anarchy

      Eileen Agar
      1936–40
    • In Grey and Pink

      Olga de Amaral
      1966
    • Tapestry

      Sir Eduardo Paolozzi
      1966
    • [no title]

      Unknown woman artist, Chile
      1970s
    • Nue couchée

      Dorothea Tanning
      1969–70
    • Face to Face

      Huguette Caland
      1971
    • Homeworkers

      Margaret Harrison
      1977
    • Embryology

      Magdalena Abakanowicz
      1978–80
    • Untitled (Cravings White)

      Lee Bul
      1988, reconstructed 2011
    • Femalia

      Patricia Belli
      1996
    • Jauba

      Mrinalini Mukherjee
      2000
    • Weapon

      Yin Xiuzhen
      2003–7
    • Civil Tapestry 4

      Theaster Gates
      2011
    • Ink Splash II

      El Anatsui
      2012
    • The British Library

      Yinka Shonibare CBE
      2014
    • Vita, Veritas, Victoria

      Hew Locke
      2007
    • Ikhonkco

      Nicholas Hlobo
      2010
    • bystander #14

      Mari Katayama
      2016, printed 2021
    • Quipu Womb (The Story of the Red Thread, Athens)

      Cecilia Vicuña
      2017
    • Kukulkan

      Antonio Pichillá Quiacaín
      2017
    • Queens and Kings

      Zohra Opoku
      2017
    • Do you realise there is a rainbow even if it’s night!? (grey and warm yellow)

      Petrit Halilaj
      2017
    • I Want to Be an Insect Protein Entrepreneur

      Monster Chetwynd
      2018
    • Reveries of an Underground Forest

      Hera Büyüktaşcıyan
      2019
    • Icon for summoning memory

      Alberta Whittle
      2022

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