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Join Tate Modern's 25th birthday celebrations this weekend |
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Edgar Calel, Ru kox kobel jun ojer etemabel (The Echo of an Ancient Form of Knowledge), 2021. Photo: Tate.
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LONDON.- Today Tate Modern announced the full line-up for its Birthday Weekender, four days of art, music, making and performance to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the worlds most visited modern art museum. From Friday 9 to Monday 12 May, in partnership with UNIQLO, Tate Modern is offering everyone a chance to enjoy the very best modern and contemporary art alongside live music, performances, talks, workshops and tours, all for free.
Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, said: Its hard to imagine London without Tate Modern, even though its only 25 years old. In that short time, it has transformed Londons cultural landscape cementing our citys status as a global art capital, commissioning and celebrating emerging voices alongside world-renowned artists, and inspiring Londoners while welcoming millions of visitors from around the world. The 25th Birthday Weekender is a fantastic way to celebrate Tates extraordinary contribution to our city, as we continue working to build a better, more vibrant London for everyone.
In only 25 years, Tate Modern has transformed the publics relationship with modern and contemporary art, expanded the canon of art history, and rewritten the rulebook for what a museum can be. To celebrate this milestone, a limited release of Life Memberships are now available to buy and gift. These special edition membership cards will offer 25 years of unlimited entry to all exhibitions across all four Tate galleries with no need to book, as well as access to special opening hours and events.
Tate Moderns Birthday Weekender will include
Free Art
Visitors will be met by Louise Bourgeoiss iconic steel spider Maman, standing 10 metres high at the heart of the Turbine Hall, where it was first unveiled 25 years ago. Everyone is then invited to have their height marked on the Turbine Hall wall as part of Roman Ondaks collective performance Measuring the Universe. These fleeting marks will grow into a vast collective constellation as the weekend continues. A trail of 25 inspiring artworks will lead visitors across the museum, highlighting much-loved classics and new arrivals, from Andy Warhol and Salvador Dalí to Monster Chetwynd and Pipilotti Rist. There will also be live tarot readings in Meschac Gabas Museum of Contemporary African Art and performances by artists including Abbas Zahedi, Lawrence Lek, María Magdalena Campos-Pons and Maxime Jean-Baptitste.
Free Music
DJs will be bringing the party to the Turbine Hall, Tanks, Corner Bar and Terrace Bar all weekend, including headline sets on Friday night from BBC Radio 1 DJ Jaguar and Romy (DJ set), and a rare London takeover of the Tanks from music collective CULTUR FM on Saturday evening. Further DJ sets will be programmed by Jumbi Peckham, NiNE8 Collective and Radiate Festival on Friday, Crystallmess, DAYTIMERS and Queer Bruk on Saturday, and House of Dad on Sunday. Community platform foundation.fm will also be broadcasting live from Tate Modern with music and conversation on Saturday night and Sunday afternoon.
Free Exhibitions
Aged 16-25? For one weekend only, Tate Collective can enjoy free entry to all four of Tate Moderns current exhibitions: Leigh Bowery! brings together outlandish costumes, photographs, paintings and videos to explore how this provocative figure changed art, fashion and pop culture. Electric Dreams offers a dreamscape of machines, movement and captivating installations that play with your perception. Anthony McCall: Solid Light is an immersive environment created by projecting beams of light through a thin mist, resulting in mesmerising ever-changing sculptures. The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh invites visitors to explore captivating large-scale installations, sculptures, videos and drawings which ask questions about home, memory and identity.
Free Talks, Tours and Workshops
The Starr Cinema will host panel discussions chaired by Tate Moderns Director, Karin Hindsbo, and Chief Curator, Catherine Wood, as well as artist talks by Nalini Malani and Robert Zhao Renhui. Visitors can drop in on a creative coding workshop led by tech experts at Goldsmiths and UAL, a community conversation hosted by Tate Neighbours, and a hands-on interactive Make Studio as part of UNIQLO Tate Play. The galleries will feature pop-up Ten Minute Talks, British Sign Language and Audio Description tours, and a host of daily free tours for visitors of all ages. There will also be free workshops led by the team at Kazvare Made It in the UNIQLO Tate Shop, a new collaborative space to shop, play and make throughout the summer, which offers customisable fashion and a new range of UTme! Tate T-shirts celebrating Tate Moderns anniversary.
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