NewsTate Modern
Tate Modern turns 20
To mark the London museum’s big birthday, we have searched our archive for our favourite articles on the institution, from a critic's take on the café’s cuisine to an interview with Tate’s former director Nicholas Serota ahead of the Switch House’s opening in 2016
AnalysisArab Spring
The ripple effect of the Arab Spring
Political upheaval across the region presents challenges—and opportunities—for artists and collectors
InterviewFrom the archive
From the archive | Louvre pyramid architect I.M. Pei on the church-like museum he designed for the Goulandris collection
In this 1994 interview, he reveals how he likes art to be displayed, such as natural lighting for Impressionists
AnalysisFrom the archive
The demolition of the Berlin Wall had immediate effects on German life. But how did it affect artists?
By far the most comprehensive artistic testimony were paintings in what immediately became known as the East Side Gallery
AnalysisFrom the archive
Notes from a demolition: five works about the Wall in Berlin collections
From Frank Thiel's Stadt to Tacita Dean's Palast, some of the best works about the Wall and life in Berlin after reunification
AnalysisFrom the archive
How Mitte embodied new artistic spirit of Berlin after the Wall came down
East German area became a space of possibilities, not unlike inner-city New York or east London before they were gentrified
AnalysisFrom the archive
Since the fall of the Wall, Berlin has established itself as the artists' capital
Despite not being rich, the city has a large percentage of professional creatives and a booming gallery scene
AnalysisFrom the archive
Throughout the Cold War Berlin’s museums quietly kept in touch—when the Wall came down, they embraced
This archive article, taken from our feature looking back at the fall of the Berlin Wall 25 years later, shows how German culture remained linked when politics broke down
InterviewFrom the archive
In search of art out of Africa: an interview with Jean Pigozzi
“I feel that at the time of the Medici they had my kind of rapport with their artists”
AnalysisFrom the archive
Church and State disagree over management of religious heritage in France
The country possesses more than 32,000 churches, 6,000 chapels and 87 cathedrals. Their dual administration has caused serious problems of management and conservation
FeatureThe Armory Show
From the archive: gossip from The Armory Show over the years
Donald Judd's studio secrets spilled, multi-tasking gallerists and Glenn Lowry's statement sans collar suit
FeatureArt Basel in Miami Beach 2018
From the archive: headlines from our 15 years (so far) at Art Basel in Miami Beach
We look back at our very first set of daily papers in 2004
NewsRegeneration
From the archive, 1 October 1990: 'We did not pursue any party political nonsense on the Museum Island'
On the 25th anniversary of German reunification, we republish our first ever front-page story, in which East Berlin museums chief Günther Schade defends his record and reveals how East German museums sold in order to buy
FeatureFrom the archive
From muted to politically charged: upheaval in the Middle East on show at the Venice Biennale
Nations are taking contrasting approaches to the region’s continuing political and social chaos
AnalysisFrom the archive
Heritage caught in the crossfire in wake of Arab Spring
From Macedonia to Mali, the culture of the Islamic world is in an ideological and territorial struggle
FeatureFrom the archive
Arab protesters put their art on the streets
Artists have used the walls of Cairo, Damascus and Tripoli to document the uprisings
NewsFrom the archive
New antiquities minister must increase museum security and distance himself from Mubarak
Zahi Hawass faces major challenges over looting
CommentFrom the archive
Did Marcel Duchamp steal Elsa’s urinal?
The founding object of conceptualism was probably “by a German baroness”, but this debate is rarely aired
Julian Spalding and Glyn Thompson