Tate Liverpool

Tate Liverpool
Tate

Established	1988
Location	Albert Dock, Liverpool, Merseyside England
Visitors	539,577 (2009)^[1] Ranked 24th nationally
Director	Francesco Manacorda
Website	www.tate.org.uk/liverpool
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Tate Liverpool is an art gallery and museum in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, and part of Tate, along with Tate St Ives, Cornwall, Tate Britain, London, and Tate Modern, London. The museum was an initiative of the Merseyside Development Corporation. Tate Liverpool was created to display work from the Tate Collection which comprises the national collection of British art from the year 1500 to the present day, and international modern art. The gallery also has a programme of temporary exhibitions. Until 2003, Tate Liverpool was the largest gallery of modern and contemporary art in the UK outside London.

The gallery opened in 1988 and is housed in a converted warehouse within the Albert Dock on Liverpool's waterfront. The original conversion was done by James Stirling but the building was given a major refurbishment in 1998 to create additional gallery space.

In 2007, the foyer area was redesigned by architects Arca to create an updated appearance and better proportions, as well as to improve visitor handling. The gallery cafe was also redesigned by Peter Blake and Liverpool-based architects, Architectural Emporium.^[2]^[3]The centrepiece of the space is a new timber desk with an undulating orange fascia, which links to the retained colour scheme of the original conversion work by Stirling. A colour-changing wall acts as a backdrop to the simplified brick volume, visible from across Albert Dock. Behind the scenes, Arca also made alterations to the hospitality, cloakroom, events and education areas.

Live Events

The gallery has hosted numerous live events in the foyer, including Made Up Mix as part of Liverpool's Biennial of Contemporary Art.^[4]^[5] This event featured Die Plankton^[6] performing a show which was recorded for their "Yorkshire's Answers To The Beatles" live album.

References

↑ "VISITS MADE IN 2009 TO VISITOR ATTRACTIONS IN MEMBERSHIP WITH ALVA". Association of Leading Visitor Attractions. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
↑ "Tate Liverpool unveils Sir Peter Blake's new Dazzle cafe". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
↑ "The Tate Gallery Café". Architectural Emporium. Retrieved 2016-01-08.
↑ "Late at Tate – 25 Sept – MADE UP Mix". Art in Liverpool. 24 September 2008. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
↑ "Venues". Liverpool Biennial. Archived from the original on 12 September 2008.
↑ "Made Up Mix". Tate Liverpool. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008.

External links

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'Smoke and mirrors: The surreal life and work of René Magritte', The Independent, 10 June 2011

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Galleries	Tate Britain Tate Liverpool Tate Modern Tate St Ives Barbara Hepworth Museum

Directors	Sir Charles Holroyd (Keeper) D. S. MacColl (Keeper) Charles Aitken J. B. Manson Sir John Rothenstein Sir Norman Reid Sir Alan Bowness Sir Nicholas Serota

Benefactors	Sir Henry Tate Sir Hugh Lane Sir Joseph Duveen, Bt. Sir Charles Clore Outset Contemporary Art Fund

Exhibitions	Turner Prize 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 List of Turner Prize winners and nominees The Weather Project Embankment Test Site Shibboleth

Other	Frankfurt Art Theft Tate Etc. Purchase of The Upper Room

Buildings and structures in Liverpool, England

Skyscrapers and highrises (over 60m)	1 Princes Dock Alexandra Tower Beetham Tower Mann Island Buildings Municipal Buildings New Hall Place One Park West The Plaza Port of Liverpool Building Post & Echo Building Radio City Tower Royal Liver Building Thistle Atlantic Tower Unity Commercial Unity Residential West Tower

Notable lowrises	Albert Dock Alder Hey Children's Hospital Bank of England Bluecoat Chambers Britannia Adelphi Hotel Chinese Arch County Sessions House Crowne Plaza LJLA Cunard Building Empire Theatre Everyman Theatre Grand Central Hall Great North Western Hotel Hargreaves Building Homeopathic Hospital India Buildings International Slavery Museum Liverpool Central Library Liverpool Cotton Exchange Building Liverpool Magistrates' Court Liverpool Playhouse Liverpool Town Hall Liverpool Women's Hospital The Lyceum Malmaison Merseyside Maritime Museum Museum of Liverpool National Conservation Centre Oratory Oriel Chambers Philharmonic Hall Prudential Assurance Building Queen Elizabeth II Law Courts Royal Court Theatre Royal Insurance Building Royal Liverpool University Hospital Speke Hall Stanley Dock Tobacco Warehouse St. George's Hall Tate Liverpool Tower Buildings Victoria Building Walker Art Gallery White Star Building World Museum Liverpool

Places of worship	All Saints' Church Al-Rahma Mosque Church of All Hallows Church of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas Church of St Agnes and St Pancras Church of St Clare German Church Greek Orthodox Church of St Nicholas Gustav Adolf Church Liverpool Cathedral Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral Norwegian Fishermans' Church Old Christ Church The Oratory Princes Road Synagogue St George's Church Saint John the Baptist's Church St Luke's Church St Luke's Church, Walton St Michael's Church Toxteth Unitarian Chapel Ullet Road Unitarian Church Welsh Presbyterian Church

Transportation	Liverpool Coach Station Liverpool One bus station James Street station Kingsway Tunnel Liverpool Central station Liverpool John Lennon Airport Liverpool Lime Street station Liverpool South Parkway station Mersey Railway Tunnel Moorfields station Queensway Tunnel

Shopping complexes	Clayton Square Shopping Centre Lewis's Liverpool ONE Metquarter New Mersey Shopping Park St. John's Shopping Centre

Sports venues and arenas	Anfield Echo Arena Goodison Park Liverpool Cricket Club O2 Academy Liverpool Wavertree Athletics Centre

Sculptures and monuments	Nelson Monument Steble Fountain Superlambanana Titanic Memorial Victoria Monument Wellington's Column Public art

Lists	Listed buildings in Liverpool List of tallest buildings and structures in Liverpool

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Coordinates: 53°24′04″N 2°59′38″W / 53.401°N 2.994°W / 53.401; -2.994

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