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Visitor injured on first day of Tate 'black hole' exhibit

14.10.09
Visitor was injured at Tate Modern's new pitch-black art installation in the Turbine Hall - when he walked into a wall he could not see... more

BANK HOLIDAY SPECIAL: Adult playground launched at Tate Modern

22.05.09
Tate Modern recreates its 1971 installation, which shut after four days becausevisitors “went bloody mad” and began “jumping and screaming” around the exhibit... more

Nowhere and Everywhere at Tate Modern

01.05.09
The best place to watch Nowhere And Everywhere at the Same Time is on your feet.... more

Art of food at The Double Club

10.12.08
The Double Club is a restaurant/installation designed to live for six months, investigating the meeting of art, food and politics.... more

Pupils call for more freedom 'to be creative'

26.11.08
Pupils want less formality and more internet in schools to help increase the country's creativity... more

Tricks with Triffids at Tate

14.10.08
There's something missing from Gonzalez-Forster minimalist blue and yellow bunk beds at Tate Modern — comfy mattresses. ... more

Take shelter at the Tate ... but beware of the massive spider

13.10.08
London is under attack and Tate Modern is the place to turn for safety... more

First view: a new angle to the Tate Modern extension

18.07.08
A plan for a glass ziggurat to house the £215 million extension to the Tate Modern has been dropped... more

Best bank holiday events

21.05.08
Unsure how to spend the Bank Holiday weekend? Here is a selection of days and nights out to choose from that should help you make the most of it.... more

Tate Modern's mysterious crack closes

11.04.08
The crack at Tate Modern is being filled in. After six months and 15 injuries, the art installation running the length of the Turbine Hall will soon be gone... more

Easter in the city

19.03.08
With a four-day weekend ahead, we've compiled dozens of cracking ideas for a great Bank Holiday Break.... more

Saatchi takes on Tate with new art gallery

18.02.08
Charles Saatchi is to open one of the world's largest private galleries of contemporary art and go into direct competition with Tate Modern.... more

Saatchi takes on Tate with new art gallery

18.02.08
Charles Saatchi is to open one of the world's largest private galleries of contemporary art and go into direct competition with Tate Modern... more

Seismic cracks in the art world

15.11.07
Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth will be remembered as one of the most important works of the first decade of the 21st century, but not for reasons the art world will be proud of.... more

Turning the tide in the City

31.10.07
Northbank features a thoughfully composed wine list and West Country-influenced food in what appears to be a tightly run ship.... more

A timeline of modern art

10.10.07
The exhibition of Louise Bourgeois's work spans seven decades and shows that the artist not so much sculpts as secretes her work.... more

Artist takes a crack at Tate Modern

08.10.07
Colombian artist Doris Salcedo has sent what looks like a bolt of lightning more than 500 feet across the floor of the Turbine Hall.... more

The Tate goes to town

21.06.07
A series of installations by artists from across the world can be seen in the Tate Modern's version of Global Cities... more

Latest canvas at Tent Modern

30.05.07
As part of an educational event, more than 120 children held a mass sleepover under canvas in Tate Modern's vast Turbine Hall. ... more

At last, a great Southbank show

30.05.07
Nick Curtis, who grew up going to the Southbank, celebrates the complex's shift from bleak concrete jungle to cultural quarter to be proud of. ... more

A head in the clouds in the chamber of secrets

14.05.07
An art show where visitors are told to get lost is set to be the hit of the summer. The giant glass chamber of fog at the Hayward Gallery is predicted to attract huge public interest.... more

Tate to feature chair and hair artist

05.04.07
A sculptor who uses chairs, tables and human hair as metaphors for warfare has become the eighth contributor to Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.... more

From slides to a carousel

27.03.07
Following Carsten Holler's popular slides, Brazilian artist Marepe is to show a carousel at Tate Modern.... more

Trafalgar Square...minus lions and Nelson

19.03.07
Believe it or not this is Trafalgar Square. The vibrant painting is the vision of renowned architect Zaha Hadid for what the square could look like.... more

Take me out: best weekend events

25.01.07
It's the last chance to get your skates on at Somerset House, scruffy indie types will be gathering for XFM All-Dayer and you can catch our food critic Toby Young at Book Slam.... more

Protest that states the obvious

21.12.06
Tate Modern's modestly sized Media Burn brings together eight artists and works all of which use the manipulation of media images or conventions to make political points. ... more

Tate that! Gallery's giant slides up for sale

13.11.06
The five massive slides on display at Tate Modern are for sale. Potential buyers will need an empty space at least five storeys high and a spare £300,000.... more

The Tate's 30mph twisters

09.10.06
Tate Modern has unveiled the largest slide in Britain. The Bankside gallery has been turned into a large playground with visitors able to travel down five giant slides.... more

It's what they call aaaa-rt!

09.10.06
Valentine Low gives Tate Modern's 30mph helter-skelter the very first whirl. And he discovers why its creator Holler has such an appropriate name.... more

What's coming up at Tate Modern?

26.09.06
The Turbine Hall's new installation will consist of giant chutes for visitors to slide down and will be an absolute blast says creator Carsten Höller.... more

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