Is Tate Modern’s new £260m extension the embodiment of London’s culture scene: globally renowned, but distracted from fostering creativity, asks Sarah Jilani.
The £260m new extension to the Tate Modern in London will open this Friday. Switch House is an angular, sleek building designed by Herzog & De Meuron, the architects who garnered acclaim for converting the derelict Bankside power station in 2000 to the building that is today a global hub of contemporary art. For all its 60 per cent more gallery space, 10-storey extension and ambition to reinvent the museum-going experience, the Tate extension may just encapsulate the paradox that is London’s culture scene: globally renowned and profitable, yet often distracted from its aims... Keep reading on The Independent
The £260m new extension to the Tate Modern in London will open this Friday. Switch House is an angular, sleek building designed by Herzog & De Meuron, the architects who garnered acclaim for converting the derelict Bankside power station in 2000 to the building that is today a global hub of contemporary art. For all its 60 per cent more gallery space, 10-storey extension and ambition to reinvent the museum-going experience, the Tate extension may just encapsulate the paradox that is London’s culture scene: globally renowned and profitable, yet often distracted from its aims... Keep reading on The Independent