LONDON’S TATE MODERN GALLERY TURNS DECADE
Baku, May 14 (AZERTAC). Tate Modern museum of London is ten on 12 May 2010. Over 45 million visitors have passed through the gallery`s doors since it first opened to the public ten years ago. Tate Modern is the world`s most visited gallery of modern art and one of the UK`s top three free tourist attractions. To celebrate its tenth anniversary, Tate Modern will stage a major free arts festival, No Soul For Sale - A Festival of Independents, in the Turbine Hall from 14-16 May 2010.
On Tate Modern`s birthday there will be a special morning procession from Borough Market to the gallery of 300 local children, a band and cakes which are inspired by the building. Visitors will be invited to enjoy a slice of the birthday cakes on the day. Over the last ten years, Tate Modern has presented 52 exhibitions, staged over 135 performances, held around 400 film screenings, mounted ten Unilever Commissions and hosted one million school visits. Almost 3.5 million people have taken part in the gallery`s learning program. Tate Modern contributes over £100 million in economic benefits to London annually.
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