Tate Modern’s £6m boost to keep it in space race

Tate Modern has been promised an extra £6m a year by the UK government to help run the gallery’s new extension. The pyramid-like building will provide an extra 5,600 sq. m of display space (an increase of 70%). In a statement, the Tate says that one reason it needs to grow is because “Tate Modern is half the size of the Museum of Modern Art in New York and has twice as many visitors”. The increase in government subsidy was quietly promised late last year, we have learned. Meanwhile, MoMA plans to add around 3,700 sq. m of display space in a “restrained and surgical” expansion.