Exhibition
Gustav Klimt: Painting,Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900
30 May 2008 – 31 Aug 2008
Event times
Tuesday'Sunday 10.00'17.50 Closed Mondays (except Bank Holiday Mondays)
Cost of entry
£7 (£5.50 concessions)
Free for Tate Members
Tickets now on sale
Address
- Albert Dock
- Liverpool
- L3 4BB
- United Kingdom
Travel Information
- Liverpool ONE Bus Station on Canning Street is directly opposite the Albert Dock, approximately 365 metres from Tate Liverpool. Route C4 also stops at the Albert Dock.
- The nearest train station to Tate Liverpool is James Street station, Liverpool L27PQ (720 metres approx.). For travel within Merseyside plan your journey at merseyrail.org.
Gustav Klimt: Painting,Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900
About
To celebrate 2008 as European Capital of Culture Tate Liverpool is delighted to present the first comprehensive exhibition of Gustav Klimt's work ever staged in the UK.The exhibition focuses on the life and art of one of the world's most influential and revered artists. It will explore Klimt's role as the founder and leader of the Viennese Secession, a progressive group of artists and artisans. The work and philosophy of the Secession embraced art, architecture, fashion,dazzling decorative objects and furniture in their search for identity.
Major paintings and drawings from all stages of Klimt's career will be shown alongside the work of Josef Hoffmann, the architect and designer and a close friend of the artist.