Street Arts
In the first commission to use the building's iconic river façade, and the first major public museum display of street art in London, Tate Modern presents the work of six internationally acclaimed artists whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment:
Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain.
You can also take the Street Art Walking Tour: an urban tour of site-specific art from a group of five Madrid-based street artists: 3TTMan, Spok, Nano 4814, El Tono and Nuria – a map will be available in the gallery.
Various events will take place during the exhibition, including an interactive evening with experimental New York artists Graffiti Research Lab (see post below), refacing Tate Modern with graffiti light projections.
Street Art at Tate Modern opens at the same time as Tate Modern’s four day festival of art and performance, UBS Openings: The Long Weekend on 23 May and fits with the theme for this year’s event – States of Flux. Street Art has been curated by Cedar Lewisohn of Tate Media. A fully illustrated book on Street Art by Cedar Lewisohn will be published by Tate this month.
The above image was photographed by Eddiedangerous who has a flickr set here of photos that he has taken of the last few days, as the artists make a start on the outside of the building.
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Street Arts
STREET ART @ TATE MODERN
In the first commission to use the building's iconic river façade, and the first major public museum display of street art in London, Tate Modern presents the work of six internationally acclaimed artists whose work is intricately linked to the urban environment:
Blu from Bologna, Italy; the artist collective Faile from New York, USA; JR from Paris, France; Nunca and Os Gemeos, both from Sao Paulo, Brazil and Sixeart from Barcelona, Spain.
You can also take the Street Art Walking Tour: an urban tour of site-specific art from a group of five Madrid-based street artists: 3TTMan, Spok, Nano 4814, El Tono and Nuria – a map will be available in the gallery.
Various events will take place during the exhibition, including an interactive evening with experimental New York artists Graffiti Research Lab (see post below), refacing Tate Modern with graffiti light projections.
Street Art at Tate Modern opens at the same time as Tate Modern’s four day festival of art and performance, UBS Openings: The Long Weekend on 23 May and fits with the theme for this year’s event – States of Flux. Street Art has been curated by Cedar Lewisohn of Tate Media. A fully illustrated book on Street Art by Cedar Lewisohn will be published by Tate this month.
The above image was photographed by Eddiedangerous who has a flickr set here of photos that he has taken of the last few days, as the artists make a start on the outside of the building.
- Let's Face It Event — Tate Modern
To celebrate the launch of their exclusive T-shirt, jewellery and stationery collection in London’s Tate Modern and Tate Britain stores, East London label Lazy Oaf are holding a live drawing event. The event is taking place in Tate Modern on Bankside...
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To celebrate Tate Modern’s 10th anniversary, the gallery will host No Soul For Sale – A Festival of Independents. For this free arts festival, Tate Modern is inviting over 70 of the world’s most innovative independent art spaces, not-for-profit...
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Tonight at the Tate Modern, author Tristan Manco who has travelled the world to find outstanding pieces of street art will present his favourite works from Brazil and beyond as part of the "Street Art in Different Cities" talk. Also writer and curator...
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The second of the Tate Moderns series of Street Art Talks take place this evening Friday 18th July. Street Art Now- A world view will see New York based, Marc and Sara Schiller from The Wooster Collective give an insight into the subject and explain how...
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As part of the Street Art Event at the Tate Modern a series of Street Art Talks will begin this Friday 11th July. First up is a talk on public space titled "Public Space who's it for?" Who owns public space and what happens when artists take it in...