Editing Tate Modern (section)

=== Collection exhibitions ===
[[File:Tate.modern.interior.london.arp.jpg|thumb|right|A gallery at Tate Modern]]
The main collection displays consist of 8 areas with a named theme or subject. Within each area there are some rooms that change periodically showing different works in keeping with the overall theme or subject. The themes are changed less frequently. There is no admission charge for these areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern#visit|title=Tate Modern|last=Tate}}</ref>

As of June 2016 the themed areas were:<ref name="map" />
* ''Start Display'': A three-room display of works by major artists to introduce the basic ideas of modern art.
* ''Artist and Society''
* ''In The Studio''
* ''Materials and Objects''
* ''Media Networks''
* ''Between Object and Architecture''
* ''Performer and Participant''
* ''Living Cities''

There is also an area dedicated to displaying works from the [[Artist Rooms]] collection.

==== History of the collection exhibitions ====
[[File:Tate Modern.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Chimney of Tate Modern. The ''Swiss Light'' at its top was designed by [[Michael Craig-Martin]] and the architects [[Herzog & de Meuron]] and was sponsored by the Swiss government. It was dismantled in May 2008.]]

Since the Tate Modern first opened in 2000, the collections have not been displayed in chronological order but have been arranged thematically into broad groups. Prior to the opening of the Switch House there were four of these groupings at a time, each allocated a wing on levels 3 and 5 (now levels 2 and 4).

The initial hanging from 2000 to 2006:<ref>{{cite web | title=Tate Modern: Collection 2000 | website=Tate | date=12 May 2000 | url=http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/tate-modern-collection-2000 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812143408/http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/tate-modern-collection-2000 | archive-date=12 August 2016 | url-status=dead | access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Tate Modern: Collection 2003 | website=Tate | date=1 March 2003 | url=http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/tate-modern-collection-2003 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622203846/http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/tate-modern-collection-2003 | archive-date=22 June 2017 | url-status=dead | access-date=20 February 2023}}</ref>
* ''History/Memory/Society''
* ''Nude/Action/Body''
* ''Landscape/Matter/Environment''
* ''Still Life/Object/Real Life''

The first rehang at Tate Modern opened in May 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/about/press-office/press-releases/tate-modern-launches-first-major-rehang-its-collection-support-ubs|title=Tate Modern launches first major rehang of its Collection with the support of UBS |website=www.tate.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080316122625/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2008|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation}}</ref> It eschewed the thematic groupings in favour of focusing on pivotal moments of twentieth-century art. It also introduced spaces for shorter exhibitions in between the wings. The layout was:
* ''Material Gestures''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1259|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080316122625/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1259|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2008|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation}}</ref>
* ''Poetry and Dream''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1258|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080316122625/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1258|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2008|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation}}</ref>
* ''Energy and Process''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=2338|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100104184517/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=2338|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 January 2010|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation}}</ref>
* ''States of Flux''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1333|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080926114626/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1333|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2008|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation}}</ref>

In 2012, there was a partial third rehang.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibitionseries/tate-modern-collection-displays|title=Collection Displays|work=Tate Etc.|date=10 April 2012|access-date=8 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227092218/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibitionseries/tate-modern-collection-displays|archive-date=27 December 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The arrangement was:
* ''Poetry and Dream''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1258|archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20110801233902/http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/CollectionDisplays?venueid=2&showid=1258|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2011|title=[ARCHIVED CONTENT] UK Government Web Archive – The National Archives|first=Internet Memory|last=Foundation}}</ref>
* ''Structure and Clarity''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/display/structure-and-clarity |title=Structure and Clarity |work=Tate Etc. |access-date=8 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130104215031/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/display/structure-and-clarity |archive-date=4 January 2013 }}</ref>
* ''Transformed Visions''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/display/transformed-visions|title=Transformed Visions|work=Tate Etc.|date=23 July 2012|access-date=15 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804090316/http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/display/transformed-visions|archive-date=4 August 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
* ''Energy and Process''
* ''Setting the Scene'' – A smaller section, located between wings, covering installations with theatrical or fictional themes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/display/setting-scene|title=Setting the Scene|work=Tate Etc.|access-date=8 January 2013}}</ref>