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Tate Modern

Tate Modern Turbine Hall

Visit this vast, iconic space for large-scale sculpture and site-specific installation art

Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG
An overview of Tate Modern's Turbine Hall

© Rikard Osterlund

The Turbine Hall has hosted some of the world’s most memorable and acclaimed works of contemporary art. And the way artists have interpreted this vast industrial space has revolutionised public perceptions of contemporary art in the twenty-first century.

The Turbine Hall has a vast and dramatic entrance area with ramped access, as well as display space for large-scale sculptural projects and site-specific installation art. Running parallel to the Turbine Hall is the Natalie Bell Building, home to the galleries and various viewing pointings looking into the hall. On the opposite side of the building, the newly developed Blavatnik Building also houses galleries and dramatic architectural features.

Photograph of children in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern

© Rikard Österlund

A space for artist commissions

Louise Bourgeois created the first Turbine Hall commission, I Do, I Undo, I Redo, which was exhibited from 12 May – 26 November 2000. Consisting of three steel towers – each some 9 metres (30 ft) high –visitors could climb the staircases to the platforms, which Bourgeois envisaged would become stages for intimate and revelatory encounters between strangers and friends alike. Maman – a monumental steel spider – was made for the opening of Tate Modern as part of this commission. The sculpture was installed on the bridge, overlooking the three tall steel towers.

Tower-like metal sculpture in turbine hall

Louise BourgeoisI Do, I Undo, I Redo 2000

Anish Kapoor Marsyas 2002 07

Anish KapoorMarsyas 2002

Olafur Eliasson The Weather Project in the Turbien Hall, Tate Modern 16 October 2003 - 21 March 2004

Olafur EliassonThe Weather Project 2003

Rachel Whiteread Embankment

Rachel WhitereadEMBANKMENT  2005

Carsten Höller Test Site installation US07

Carsten HöllerTest Site 2006

Millions of sunflower seeds on the floor of the turbine hall

Ai Wei WeiSunflower Seeds 2010

Tacita Dean Film 2011 Unilever Series Installation view, Tate Modern

Tacita Dean Film 2011

Richard Tuttle I Don’t Know . The Weave of Textile Language

Richard TuttleI Don’t Know. The Weave of Textile Language 2014

The Turbine Hall in numbers

Height from ground level: 26m (85ft).

Size of area where works of art can be shown: 3,300 m2 (35,520 sq ft).

Length: 155m (500 ft), width: 23 m (75 ft), height: 35 m (115 ft).

Roof light consists of 524 glass panes.

Total area of basements under Turbine Hall, boiler house and sub-station: approx 1.1 hectares (2.75 acres), with an average depth: 8.5 m (28 ft).

Since opening in 2000 over 60 million visitors have experienced the Turbine Hall.

Turbine Hall Commissions

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Central space at Tate Modern, Bankside

Tate Modern
Bankside
London SE1 9TG
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    Tate Modern
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    Playfully subversive artists SUPERFLEX have filled Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall with swings 

    Tate Modern
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    Hyundai Commission 2016:: Philippe Parreno: Anywhen

    The Turbine Hall is transformed into an immersive experience, challenging your perception of time and space

    Tate Modern
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    Hyundai Commission 2015: Abraham Cruzvillegas: Empty Lot

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    Tate Modern
    13 Oct 2015 – 3 Apr 2016
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    Richard Tuttle: I Don’t Know . The Weave of Textile Language

    Tate Modern's Turbine Hall hosts Richard Tuttle's largest art work I Don’t Know . The Weave of Textile Language at Tate Modern 14 October to 6 April 2015

    Tate Modern
    14 Oct 2014 – 6 Apr 2015
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    The Unilever Series: Tino Sehgal 2012

    Tino Sehgal will undertake the annual commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall in 2012.

    None
    24 Jul – 28 Oct 2012
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    The Unilever Series: Tacita Dean: FILM

    British filmmaker Tacita Dean is the twelfth commission in The Unilever Series for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern with her film projection.

    None
    11 Oct 2011 – 11 Mar 2012
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    The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei: Sunflower Seeds

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    Tate Modern
    12 Oct 2010 – 2 May 2011
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    13 Oct 2009 – 5 Apr 2010
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    Tate Modern
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    Tate Modern
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  • Rachel Whiteread EMBANKMENT 2
    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    The Unilever Series: Rachel Whiteread: EMBANKMENT

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    None
    11 Oct 2005 – 1 May 2006
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

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    The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman: Raw Materials past exhibition at Tate Modern 2004

    None
    12 Oct 2004 – 2 May 2005
  • Olafur Eliasson The Weather Project 2003
    Exhibition PAST EVENT

    The Unilever Series: Olafur Eliasson: The Weather Project

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    Tate Modern
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  • Anish Kapoor Marsyas 2002
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    Tate Modern
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    Exhibition PAST EVENT

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    The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois: I Do, I Undo, I Redo; 2002 exhibition at Tate Modern

    Tate Modern
    12 May – 26 Nov 2000
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