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On the roll of a dice: Joan Miró II
When Miró was a penniless painter in Paris in the 1920s, he became friends with the writer Ernest Hemingway, who …
Through the eyes of a child: Art Toys
Christopher Turner on Art Toys, Tate Etc issue 19, Summer 2010
Surrealism in Egypt: ‘Long Live Degenerate Art’
The Art and Liberty group was active in Cairo from the late 1930s to the mid-1940s, a time of political …
Index, Diagram, Graphic Trace: Involuntary Drawing
The graphic trace is a hybrid type of representation: it takes from the index a registration of something unique – …
Plastics Coursework Guide
Explore plastic in art for some research inspiration
Archives & Access project: Liane MacIver discusses some of her highlights from the project so far: Transforming Tate Britain, Archives & Access
Photographs, sketchbooks, diaries and even a lock of human hair are among the fascinating objects I have worked with in …
Families at Tate
Families are welcome to make noise in our galleries! Pick up a free sketchbook when you visit any Tate site.
A fearless embrace of our common existential situation as frail, short-sighted creatures lost in space in a temporarily lucky planet: Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty
Robert Smithson’s vast earthwork Spiral Jetty 1970 became an instant icon of land art, partly thanks to iconic photography by …
MicroTate 5
Sista Pratesi, Tomma Abts, Gerald Davies and Marcel Dzama reflect on a work in the Tate collection
How to start a movement
Passionate about a cause and want to make a difference? Get mobilised with nine steps to starting your own movement …
The Statuettes
Jason Edwards explores The Singer exhibited 1889 and Applause 1893 by Edward Onslow Ford for Tate In Focus.
Rose Wylie's Arab and Dancing Girl, 2006: Tate Etc. at Tate Britain / Artists' Perspectives
In celebration of the reopening of Tate Britain, Tate Etc. invited a selection of artists from around the world to …
What Would Tutuola Do?
Amos Tutuola (1920–1997) was a self-taught writer who began his career by recording Yoruba folktales and rewriting them in Nigerian …
Whispers in Paint
The simple, portable medium of watercolour has been used by artists over the centuries to wondrous effect. One writer recounts …