Art and Artists

Highlights

Yasmin Jahan Nupur – 'Let me get you a nice cup of tea'

Sit down with the artist and discover the complex history of tea in this unique performance work
How Cezanne Changed Art

Learn how Paul Cezanne changed the art world with an... apple!
Hera Büyüktaşcıyan – 'What this ground remembers'

Explore the city of Istanbul with artist Hera Büyüktaşçıyan and discover how it inspires her approach to art-making
Shirin Neshat: 'Dreams are where our Fears Live'

We visit the artist in her studio in New York

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye Answers Your Questions

Watch the artist answer questions from the public
Who is Petrit Halilaj?

Meet the artist who creates colourful worlds full of imagination
Fernando Palma Rodríguez — 'There's no room for ghosts'

Get to know the Mexico-based artist exploring the connections between art, technology and nature
Veronica Ryan: 'I'm interested in contradiction and paradox'

Meet the Turner Prize-winning artist who makes sculptural works from materials including teabags and vegetable trays

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Tate Draw

Sketch your own masterpiece with our fun new game!
Make Art With Your Body in Nature

Try out some fun performance activities and take photos inspired by surreal artist Claude Cahun!
How to Paint a Flower like a Pre-Raphaelite

Follow Glory Samjolly's step-by-step guide to painting, including modern day tips and tricks
Create and share your own masterpiece
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The Art of the Body

We revisit Paula Rego’s work to talk about the body, reproductive justice and abortion rights
The Art of Comedy

Is it okay to laugh in galleries and how have artists used humour in their work?
Audio Description: Works by Ima-Abasi Okon

Listen to a visual description of artworks by Ima-Abasi Okon
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All the World’s a Stage

Jennifer Higgie

Discover how the artist Lubaina Himid gives a voice to people who have been overlooked throughout history
Exploring the Black Atlantic

In this four-part mini-series, writer and curator Ekow Eshun examines the rich and boundless ways in which artists have engaged with this concept
A Tale of Two Cities: From New York to Beijing

Alvin Li

Discover resonances between two East Villages — one in New York, the other in Beijing — through the works of two performance artists completely unaware of each other
Surrealism, but Not as You Know It

Dawn Ades

Explore how this revolutionary movement inspired and united artists around the world