Tag: Tate
Natalia Goncharova – Leader of the Russian Avant-garde | TateShots
Discover the art of Natalia Goncharova, the first woman artist of the Russian avant-garde.Natalia Goncharova blazed a trail with her experimental approach to art...
Ernesto Salmerón’s Truck of Nicaraguan History | Artist Interview | TateShots
Meet Ernesto Salmerón, a Nicaraguan artist exploring the legacy of revolution in his country. ‘I was interested in understanding my own society’, says the...
Sol Calero – Travelling in Latin America | Artist Interview | TateShots
Meet Sol Calero, an artist exploring themes of representation and identity through brightly coloured, immersive installations.The Berlin-based Venezuelan artist Sol Calero uses visual clichés...
5 Things That Inspire Zarina Bhimji | Artist Interview | TateShots
Meet Zarina Bhimji, an artist engaging with cultural and social politics, light and colour. 'I feel that culture should be coming from all sorts...
VALIE EXPORT – ‘I Created My Own Identity’ | Artist Interview | TateShots
VALIE EXPORT is an Austrian avant-garde feminist artist best known for her photography and radical performances that raise discussions around the female body and...
Sheltered by the sea, Barbara Hepworth’s Pelagos
Dame Barbara Hepworth, Pelagos, 1946, elm and string on oak base, 43 x 46 x 38.5 cm (Tate Britain). © estate of the artist....
Takis – ‘I Know How to Use Energy’ | TateShots
Meet Greek artist Takis whose career spans more than seventy years.The artist's pioneering kinetic sculptures use a combination of magnets and electricity to create...
Sleeping Beauty — but without the Kiss: Burne-Jones and the Briar Rose series
Edward Burne Jones, The Briar Rose (The Briar Rose, The Council Chamber, The Garden Court, and The Rose Bower), c. 1890, oil on canvas...
Describing what you see: Sculpture (Henry Moore, Reclining Figure)
Describing what you see: Sculpture Henry Moore, Reclining Figure, 1951, plaster and string, 105.4 x 227.3 x 89.2 cm (Tate Britain). © The Henry Moore...
Dorothea Tanning – Pushing the Boundaries of Surrealism | TateShots
Discover Dorothea Tanning, the artist who pushed the boundaries of surrealism.Dorothea Tanning was an American surrealist artist whose career spanned over seven decades.Self-taught, her...