![]() ![]() “The opening of the Tanks allows us to offer a different space in our programming so that performance, sound, moving images and participation can carry as much weight as anything else we are doing,” Dercon told Reuters at a press preview on Monday. Architects Herzog & de Meuron have uncovered three underground concrete tanks at the Tate Modern gallery in London to create new spaces for art and performance, which open this week (+ slideshow. The conversion of the vast concrete cylinders are the first stage of the Tate Modern Project, a 215 million pound transformation which will see a new building added to the museum, helping to expand its size by 60 percent. This is something different,” said Tate Modern director Chris Dercon, who believed the unusual shape of The Tanks will challenge artists to adapt and create new work. On the surface, Piet Mondrian and Hilma af Klint made very different work. “This is not a museum, this is not a gallery, this not a theatre. Since opening in the shell of Sir Giles Gilbert Scott’s Bankside Power Station in 2000, Herzog & de Meuron’s conversion has become the world’s most popular gallery of modern and contemporary art. The Tanks, which open their doors to the public on July 18, are the underground oil tanks belonging to the converted power station that have been transformed into a sleek exhibition space for artists to showcase their work. It’s hard to overestimate how successful the Tate Modern has been. A worker walks through The Tanks, new galleries within the Tate Modern art gallery in London July 16, 2012. ![]()
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