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Tate presents The Gallery of Lost Art

Tate presents The Gallery of Lost Art an immersive, online exhibition, on view until 1 July 2013, that tells the fascinating stories of artworks that have disappeared. Destroyed, stolen, discarded, rejected, erased, ephemeral – some of the most significant artworks of the last 100 years have been lost and can no longer be seen.


The Gallery of Lost Art

Visitors to this virtual exhibition enter a large warehouse where photographs, newspaper cuttings, letters, images and films are laid out for examination, revealing the last traces of lost works by over forty artists across the twentieth century, including such figures as Marcel Duchamp, Joan Miró, Willem De Kooning, Rachel Whiteread and Tracey Emin.

The Gallery of Lost Art will last for one year before itself being lost. It launched with over twenty artworks and a new work will be added each week until the site is complete.

The Gallery of Lost Art is curated by Tate, designed by digital studio ISO, and produced in partnership with Channel 4, with additional support from The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

The Gallery of Lost Art can be found at www.galleryoflostart.com