The announcement that the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is to be the next artist to take on Tate Modern's
annual Turbine Hall commission is unsurprising — though surprise, spectacle and a kind of art that is accessible to the widest possible public are what the Turbine Hall demands, even if the spectacle is of a quiet or understated sort.
Tate has announced that Tania Bruguera will create the next
annual Turbine Hall, Hyundai Commission (formally the Unilever Commission).
Not exact matches
is the third
annual Hyundai Commission, a series of site - specific works created for the
Turbine Hall by renowned international artists, as part of the partnership between Tate and Hyundai Motor.
Inevitably, comparisons have been made to Tate Modern's
annual commission for the
Turbine Hall.
Many museum - goers first became aware of Höller's work on the occasion of his 2007 exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, where several of the Belgian - born artist's slides were installed in the cavernous
Turbine Hall as part of the museum's
annual Unilever Series (watch videos of a ride down one of the slides here).
A spokeswoman for the Tate says firmly that it will never divulge how the piece - the eighth in its
annual Unilever series of works commissioned specially for the
Turbine Hall - was made.
In The Weather Project, the fourth in the
annual Unilever Series of commissions for the
Turbine Hall, Olafur Eliasson takes this ubiquitous subject as the basis for exploring ideas about experience, mediation and representation.
Tino Sehgal undertakes the
annual commission for Tate's
Turbine Hall in 2012.
The Unilever Series
annual commission invites an artist to make a work of art especially for Tate Modern's
Turbine Hall
One of Eliasson's most famous works exploring this concept is The Weather Project, an impressive installation which the artist developed in 2003 for the fourth
annual Unilever Series of commissions for the
Turbine Hall of Tate Modern in London.
This
annual commission invites an artist to make a work of art especially for Tate Modern's
Turbine Hall.
Abraham Cruzvillegas has been selected as the first artist in a series of
annual site - specific commissions at Tate Modern's
Turbine Hall.
Franco Noero Gallery, Torino, ItalyLook What I've Done: Rob Pruitt Works 1989 — 2009, Carlson, London, United KingdomThe First
Annual Rob Pruitt Art Awards, Guggenheim Museum & White Columns, New York, October 29Flea Market, Tate Modern
Turbine Hall, London, UK December 21