There will also be what Tate Modern director Chris Dercon calls "rediscoveries", including an installation recording a participatory feminist work made by Suzanne Lacy in the 1980s, about women's experience of ageing. With their raw-concrete feel, they have an atmosphere quite unlike the "white cube" galleries in the rest of the building, acknowledging that some of the most exciting art made over the past decade has been found not in antiseptic galleries but in abandoned warehouses, derelict buildings and other "found" spaces.įrom 18 July, the Tanks will be the scene of a 15-week opening programme of live art, performance and installations, including dance by choreographer Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, a film installation by young Korean artist Sung Hwan Kim, and performances by Eddie Peake. Converted from vast chambers beneath the old Bankside Power Station which once held a million gallons of oil, the new public areas consist of two large circular spaces for performances and film installations, plus a warren of smaller rooms.Ĭonverted by architects Herzog + de Meuron, also responsible for designing the first phase of Tate Modern, which opened in 2000, the new areas retain some of the roughness and grit of their former industrial purpose. The extension project, which is planned to cost £215m in total, is due for completion by 2016 – delayed from its previously projected opening of this year.īut the Tanks are the first significant step. The Tanks are the fruit of the first £90m spent on plans to enlarge the exhibition space of the already vast museum by 70%. Reading this on mobile? Click here to view video Adrian Searle gives his first impression of the Tanks .uk
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