The three-storey building, designed by architects Evans and Shalev, lies on the site of an old gas works, overlooking Porthmeor Beach. It was opened in 1993, the second regional gallery in the Tate Gallery network.
An extension to the gallery has been proposed in response to the large numbers of visitors the gallery attracts, with the aims of providing better education spaces and accommodating larger works of art. The plans have met with fierce objections from some parts of the local community. On 20 July 2010, Cornwall Council successfully bought the land for the proposed extension from the Penwith Housing Association which has pledged to use the money to build more homes for elderly people in the town.
Community initiatives
The gallery's artist residency programme aims to develop the professional practice of artists who live and work in Cornwall.
St. Ives was a television mini-series broadcast in 1955. Based on the novel of the same name, it aired on the BBC for a total of six 30-minute episodes. Cast included William Russell, Noelle Middleton, and Francis Matthews. The most notable aspect of the production is that, unlike many BBC series of the era, the episodes still exist. Later BBC television versions of the story aired in 1960 and 1967, but are believed to have been wiped.
The book plot concerns the adventures of the dashing Viscomte Anne de Keroual de St. Ives, a Napoleonic soldier enlisted as a private under the name Champdivers, after his capture by the British. The book is available on Project Gutenberg in both it's incomplete and complete form (for the story as completed by Arthur Quiller-Couch look for "The Works of Robert Louis Stevensen volume twenty.").
The Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is a network of four art museums: Tate Britain, London (until 2000 known as the Tate Gallery, founded 1897), Tate Liverpool (founded 1988), Tate St Ives, Cornwall (founded 1993) and Tate Modern, London (founded 2000), with a complementary website, Tate Online (created 1998). Tate is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Tate is used as the operating name for the corporate body, which was established by the Museums and Galleries Act 1992 as The Board of Trustees of the Tate Gallery.
The gallery was founded in 1897, as the National Gallery of British Art. When its role was changed to include the national collection of modern art as well as the national collection of British art, in 1932, it was renamed the Tate Gallery after sugar magnate Henry Tate of Tate & Lyle, who had laid the foundations for the collection. The Tate Gallery was housed in the current building occupied by Tate Britain, which is situated in Millbank, London. In 2000, the Tate Gallery transformed itself into the current-day Tate, or the Tate Modern, which consists of a federation of four museums: Tate Britain, which displays the collection of British art from 1500 to the present day; Tate Modern, which is also in London, houses the Tate's collection of British and international modern and contemporary art from 1900 to the present day. Tate Liverpool has the same purpose as Tate Modern but on a smaller scale, and Tate St Ives displays modern and contemporary art by artists who have connections with the area. All four museums share the Tate Collection. One of the Tate's most publicised art events is the awarding of the annual Turner Prize, which takes place at Tate Britain.
Tȟaté/tɑːˈteɪ/ is a windgod or Spirit in Lakota mythology. There are four primary wind spirits, referenced in relation to the four directions. It is thought that the wind unites "all" in one spirit, and that eagles, who stand on the wind, are the carrier of vision. Tate is said to guide one through obstacles.
As the invisible realm, wind connects past present and future, connecting ancestors and future generations, uniting humankind into the essential, eternal spirit.
George Henry Hamilton Tate (April 30, 1894 - December 24, 1953) was an English-born Americanzoologist and botanist, who worked as a mammalogist for the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In his lifetime he wrote several books on subjects such as the South American mouse opossums and the mammals of the Pacific and East Asia.
Biography
He was born in London on April 30, 1894. He had a bother, Geoffrey Tate.
Up until 1988 and his 51st year, the life of Sir Richard Carew Pole had taken a wholly unremarkable course for someone of his social background ... UK ... .
In 1949, she moved with her husband, the artist Ben Nicholson, and three children to Trewyn, a house and studio in St Ives, Cornwall. She died there in a fire in 1975 at the age of 72, and it is now run by Tate as a museum and sculpture garden ... Alamy ... .
Tate St Ives Winter Festival, Cornwall... The pretty Cornish beach town of St Ives swells with tourists each summer, but fewer visitors know of its off-season charms, including the late November winter arts festival (£13; Nov 23-24; tate.org.uk).
The striking final gallery at Tate St Ives carries six portraits from the series Siukar Manusia (“WonderfulPeople”) in which stitched and painted figures are set against sombre indigo backdrops.
Meanwhile, Tate St Ives and the Barbara Hepworth Museum are reminders that this wild and weather-beaten coast can provide powerful inspiration, if you let it ... Fly to St Mary’s8 ... Hide at St Donats’ hand-built cabins have plenty of design flair.
On a warm July evening this year, a convivial crowd gathered at Toklas to celebrate Lubaina Himid’s 70th birthday ...Helena's recommendations.. What to see ... What to read ... Ithell Colquhoun's Between Worlds at Tate St Ives, February 2025Related Story ... .
See the studio where she carved her iconic pieces before walking over the hill to Tate St Ives to enjoy contemporary art in a curved white building overlooking the equally dazzling Atlantic Ocean (entry £12).
And she lives in that castle with her cats.TATE (20D. UK art institution) There are four TATE galleries that house the United Kingdom's national art collection. TATE MODERN, TATE Britain, TATE Liverpool, and TATE St. Ives.
Exhibition of the week. The greatest abstract paintings in Britain, commissioned for a New York restaurant but given by Rothko to the Tate, cast their dark spell all over again. Tate St Ives, Cornwall, until 5 January. Also showing ...Photograph ... Share ... .
Sara Lawrence explores St Ives and its vibrant arts scene. Above, a view of Porthmeor beach on the doorstep of Tate St Ives ... This cultural importance of St Ives was cemented when the Tate opened a branch in the West in 1993.
Looking for something unique to do over the weekend? Round up your fellow art enthusiasts and head to Sharjah for a memorable trip ... The exhibition was previously shown at Tate St Ives and is now being presented as a major museum exhibition in Sharjah.
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