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New Tate Modern: Switched On

To mark the opening of the revamped Tate Modern art gallery in London, a look behind the scenes to reveal director Frances Morris' drive to make it a museum for the 21st century.

To mark the opening of the much anticipated, revamped Tate Modern, with its new Switch building more than doubling the amount of space it has on London's Bankside, a look behind the scenes to reveal new director Frances Morris' drive to increase the amount of international, female and performance-related work to make it a museum for the 21st century. With exclusive access to the Tate's 'secret stores', where some of the new work will come from, members of its congregation explain how they feel the �260m transformation of this cathedral to contemporary art is money well spent, while others think its expansion in a time of recession is sacrilegious. Andrew Marr and Brenda Emmanus present with contributions from Tate supremo Sir Nicholas Serota, artists Tracey Emin and Antony Gormley, critics Waldemar Januszczak and Jennifer Higgie, and painters Harry Hill and Vic Reeves.

50 minutes

Last on

Sun 4 Sep 201610:10GMT

Credits

RoleContributor
PresenterAndrew Marr
PresenterBrenda Emmanus
ProducerKate Misrahi
ProducerEdmund Moriarty
Executive ProducerTanya Hudson

Broadcasts

  • Sat 9 Jul 201602:10GMT
  • Sat 9 Jul 201617:10GMT
  • Sat 9 Jul 201623:10GMT
  • Sun 10 Jul 201610:10GMT
  • Sat 3 Sep 201602:10GMT
  • Sat 3 Sep 201617:10GMT
  • Sat 3 Sep 201623:10GMT
  • Sun 4 Sep 201610:10GMT