Tate St Ives

Infobox Museum
name= Tate St Ives


caption= Porthmeor Beach, St Ives with the entrance to the Tate on the right
established= 1993
location= St Ives, Cornwall
website= [http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/ www.tate.org.uk/stives]
network= Tate

Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, UK, exhibiting work by modern British artists, including work of the St Ives School. The three story building, designed by architects Evans and Shaleff, lies on the site of the old gas works overlooking Porthmeor Beach. It was opened to the public in 1993, the second regional gallery in the Tate Gallery network. However, the Tate also manages an earlier property in St Ives, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden which it opened in 1980.

Recently, a new extension to the gallery has been proposed in response to the large numbers of visitors the gallery attracts, with the aims of providing better education spaces and accommodating larger works of art. The plans have met with fierce objections from some parts of the local community.

Whilst Tate St Ives seeks to preserve the history of twentieth-century art in St Ives, the gallery also exhibits new work from artists working further afield. The gallery's artist residency programme aims to develop the professional practice of artists who live and work in Cornwall.

See also

* Barbara Hepworth Museum
* List of St Ives artists

External links

* [http://www.tate.org.uk/stives/ Tate St Ives website]
* [http://www.artcornwall.org artcornwall.org] on-line journal for art and artists in Cornwall