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NEWS ABOUT: Tate Modern

Tate Modern stories: 4 news summaries

 New Museum Piece Shows 
 Viewers Total Blackness 

Miroslaw Balka's How It Is, at the Tate Modern, displays the void

Oct 12, 09 3:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Tate Modern's latest installation is an enormous steel container—100 feet long, 43 feet high, and 30 feet wide—that envelops visitors in total darkness upon entering. How It Is, by Polish artist Miroslaw Balka, is lined with a suede-like material that is 10 times darker than black paint.... More »

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art museum • London • Poland • modern art • Britain • Tate Modern • Miroslaw Balka

 Museum Yanks 
 Nude Photo of 
 Tween Brooke 

Pic may violate child porn laws in Britain

Oct 1, 09 3:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tate Modern has yanked a nude photo of a young Brooke Shields from an exhibit following a visit by police investigating whether the picture violates child pornography laws in Britain. The controversial photo by New York artist Richard Prince shows a heavily made-up 10-year-old Shields standing naked in a... More »

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nudity • pedophile • obscenity • child pornography • Tate Modern • pedophilia • Brooke Shields • Pretty Baby

Photo of Nude Tween Brooke Shields Stokes Controversy

Critic slams display as 'magnet for pedophiles'

Sep 29, 09 4:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - A nude photo of 10-year-old Brooke Shields set to appear in an exhibition at the Tate Modern is drawing criticism from child-safety advocates. The photo, by Richard Prince, shows a heavily made-up Shields standing in a bathtub looking into the camera. Prince has said the work, Spiritual America, comments on... More »

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children • photography • pedophile • child pornography • Tate Modern • Brooke Shields • Richard Prince

Ouch! In London, Art Hurts

Installation at Tate Modern causes at least 15 injuries to unsuspecting visitors

Nov 27, 07 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - A high-profile installation at the Tate Modern has won critical praise and drawn crowds, but Doris Salcedo's Shibboleth 2007 has also caused trouble, the London Times reports. Some 15 people were injured in a month while viewing the work, a crack in the floor of the gallery large enough to... More »

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London • art • Doris Salcedo • Tate Modern

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