Art @The Tate Modern

The Tate Modern is probably one of the most popular galleries in the world - and it's definitely Britain's number 1. If you're a lover of art - especially modern art - you'll love our new text, which tests your vocabulary and Cambridge exams skills.










INSTRUCTIONS: Read the text carefully, filling in each missing word (______________) with a form of the word on the right, beside the end of the line. The first one has been done. Good luck!

Tate Modern is Britain’s (1)national museum of international modern art. It is in London, on the south bank of the River Thames, opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral and the City of London. It displays examples of modern art from 1900 to the present day. Tate Modern opened in 2000. The building was (2)______________ the Bankside Power Station, designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, who also designed Waterloo Bridge and the famous British red telephone box. The power station became (3)______________ in 1981 and closed, and architects Herzog and de Meuron helped convert it into an art gallery. The building is more than 200 metres long and its chimney is 99 metres high. There are 5 levels and the vast Turbine Hall. This is where the Tate displays large (4)______________ by contemporary artists. One famous example was a series of huge slides that visitors could go down, leading from the different levels of the building to the hall floor. This, and other (5)______________ pieces, has helped capture the (6)______________ of the public, and Tate Modern is now one of the biggest tourist (7)______________ in London. There are plans to build a glass pyramid (8)______________, dedicated to photography and video (9)______________. Many art galleries arrange art chronologically, but Tate Modern organises its work of art according to the important movements in twentieth century art. There is an (10)______________ section, with paintings by artists like Wassily Kandinsky; Surrealism, including artists like Salvador Dali and Max Ernst; Cubism, including works by Picasso; and Pop Art, represented by artists like Andy Warhol.

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