Amongst the incredible installations to grace Turbine Hall include Carsten Höller’s giant slides, Ai Weiwei’s sea of porcelain sunflower seeds, and Olafur Eliasson‘s giant setting sun.

Once the housing for electricity generators, this five-storey tall space is now home to large-scale, specially commissioned art projects. The cavernous room which unfolds before you is known as Turbine Hall, the centrepiece of Tate Modern. Things to see at Tate Modern Photo: you’re approaching Tate Modern from the river (which you most likely are), the first thing you’ll want to do is head downstairs. Basically, wherever you turn in this place, you’re going to get a proper eyeful of art. Turbine Hall, which sits at the heart of Tate Modern, serves as the grand entrance and installation space for major art projects. Photo: oldest works are found in the Boiler House, whilst the Blavatnik Building – which only opened in 2016 – hosts art from 1960 onwards. Collections are split between the Boiler House, the central Turbine Hall, and the Blavatnik Building (formerly known as the Switch House). Everything you’ll find within the gallery is modern art, dating only as far back as 1900. Unlike Tate Britain, which houses a permanent collection of historic British art, Tate Modern is all about the here and now. The gallery is London’s most-visited attraction, having recently overtaken the venerable British Museum it pulls in a whopping 5.5 million visitors annually – which is roughly equal to the population of Finland. After a £134 million conversion, Tate Modern threw open its doors in 2000, and now generates a whole different kind of electricity. Let’s take a peek inside! (See also: all the best London art exhibitions in 2020.) Tate Modern overview Photo: inside the imposing shell of the old Bankside Power Station, the Tate Modern is a relatively young art gallery. Part of the Tate gallery family, which also includes Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool, and Tate St Ives, Tate Modern sits on a prime spot in Bankside, holds a repository of important and influential modern art, and won’t cost you a penny to enter. Which, surely, is something to shout about. Take Tate Modern, for example: the city’s leading art spot is also the most popular modern art gallery in the world. Ok, so we’re not exactly shy in bragging about London, but sometimes, things are simply worth the hype.

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