Author : Wroe, Nicholas
Title : Tate Britain : on the move
Date : May, 03, 2013
Extracts : « Later this month the museum will tell the latest version of the story as it unveils the most fundamental re-hang of its permanent collection since the division with Tate Modern in 2000. »
« "Of course chronology is a very traditional way of ordering a museum," says Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis, whose ideas for just such a re‑hang were integral to her being appointed in 2010. "But this is a more neutral chronology than is usual, and in that sense is more radical. I asked the curators to forget about art historical movements and schools. " »
« The re-hang has coincided with the near completion of a long-term refurbishment of the building (the front entrance won't reopen until November) which allows the gallery to be shaped into an outer ring of 29 galleries – containing the permanent collection – and eight inner areas, focusing on individual artists, works or subjects, that will be changed every spring and autumn. »
« In the early galleries, previously dominated by portraiture from Bettes onwards, there is a much greater variety of subject [...]Moving through the galleries – dates are painted on the floor to remind you where you are – you see not only the development of British art, but of British history. »
« There will be explanations of, say, the civil war, the Glorious Revolution and Victorian social anxieties. There will be some information about scenes from classical literature. »
« The new Tate chronology runs strictly from the 1500s to today. »
« "Of course chronology is a very traditional way of ordering a museum," says Tate Britain director Penelope Curtis, whose ideas for just such a re‑hang were integral to her being appointed in 2010. "But this is a more neutral chronology than is usual, and in that sense is more radical. I asked the curators to forget about art historical movements and schools. " »
« The re-hang has coincided with the near completion of a long-term refurbishment of the building (the front entrance won't reopen until November) which allows the gallery to be shaped into an outer ring of 29 galleries – containing the permanent collection – and eight inner areas, focusing on individual artists, works or subjects, that will be changed every spring and autumn. »
« In the early galleries, previously dominated by portraiture from Bettes onwards, there is a much greater variety of subject [...]Moving through the galleries – dates are painted on the floor to remind you where you are – you see not only the development of British art, but of British history. »
« There will be explanations of, say, the civil war, the Glorious Revolution and Victorian social anxieties. There will be some information about scenes from classical literature. »
« The new Tate chronology runs strictly from the 1500s to today. »
Index terms : Tate Britain / Chronology / Penelope Curtis /
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Source : The Guardian
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