The Tate. A history

Tate Gallery Publishing

1998

320 p.

Bibliogr.: p. 294–301

9781854372314

Contents: 1. The Potent Tate ; 2. The Search for Identity ; 3. The Curzon Report ; 4. The Flood and After ; 5. A New Beginning ; 6. The Hidden Tate ; 7. Post-War Revival ; 8. Iago ; 9. The Tate Affair ; 10. An Independent Tate ; 11. Whaam! ; 12. The Fourth Quarter ; 13. The Fierce Light of Publicity ; 14. Brickbats and Bouquets ; 15. Brinkmanship ; 16. Tate in the North ; 17. Past, Present and Future ; 18. From Gasworks to Power Station ; Tate Gallery Exhibitions ; Trustees of the Tate Gallery

It was the inspiration and determination of one individual, the sugar magnate Henry Tate, which brought the Tate Gallery into being in 1897. In this first complete account, Frances Spalding assesses the impact of successive Directors and the changing place of the Tate in British cultural life. She draws on extensive archive materials, as well as interviews with past and present Directors, Trustees and staff to tell the story of the Tate.

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