Tate St Ives
The seaside branch of Tate Gallery, displaying British modern art including the St Ives School. Its circular glass hall faces the Atlantic.
The gallery was built on the site of a former gasworks and opened in 1993. It was expanded in 2017 with new underground galleries. The permanent collection focuses on the 20th-century artists who settled here, including Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Alfred Wallis, and there are also rotating special exhibitions. The top-floor café overlooks Porthmeor Beach. Tickets cost about £12 to £15, and a combined ticket with the Barbara Hepworth Museum is available. The gallery is usually closed on Mondays in winter.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–17:20 (closed Mondays in winter)
Nearby sights
- Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Porthmeor Beach
- St Ia's Church
- The Island & St Nicholas Chapel
- St Ives Harbour & Smeaton's Pier
- Porthminster Beach
- Leach Pottery
- Carbis Bay