One of the foremost galleries in the world, the famous Tate Gallery in Great Britain, has revised and updated their web site. It could now possibly be the best art gallery web site on the Internet.
The Tate, as it is now called, consists of four galleries: Tate Britain (the original gallery located near Parliament in London contains the more classic works of art), Tate Modern (a fairly new gallery located on the other side of the Thames, specializes in more modern works), the Tate Liverpool (obviously located in Liverpool, England), and Tate St. Ives (located in St. Ives, Cornwall).
I would almost think they should call their web site the fifth gallery. It is amazing in its depth and scope. For instance, there are now 65,000 works of art available for viewing on the web site. There are also on-line art courses for adults as well as in-depth research facilities. I have signed up for a course in modern art and will write more about it when I complete the course.
I have visited the Tate Britain four times and enjoyed it immensely. I was drawn there originally because it houses the world's largest collection of the works of William Turner, one of my favorite painters. Upon his death, he bequeathed nearly 300 oil paintings and around 30,000 sketches and watercolors to the British people and they are housed in the Tate. But, the Tate collection now goes way beyond the works of Turner.
One could spend hours a day on this site and never see the same things twice. I recommend you take a look at this site and enjoy some of the fine paintings available on the site. Go to:
http://www.tate.org.uk/home/default.htm
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