100 best paintings in London: Tate Modern

Leading artists, gallery owners, curators and critics pick the best paintings to be seen in the capital

Friday 25 May 2018

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Once home to the Bankside Power Station, and now an iconic art gallery, Tate Modern is a must-go destination for art fans. From sexy to scary, here are just a few of the treats on offer inside its towering walls.

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Paintings to see at Tate Modern

'After Lunch' - Patrick Caulfield

WHEN? 1975
I LIKE IT See also 'A Bigger Splash'

'The Fairy-Feller's Masterstroke' - Richard Dadd

WHEN? 1855
I LIKE IT See also 'Ophelia'

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'Mystic transportation' - René Daniëls

WHEN? 1987
I LIKE IT See also

'Echo Lake' - Peter Doig

WHEN? 1998
I LIKE IT See also 'Echo Lake'

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'Ski Jacket' - Peter Doig

WHEN? 1994
I LIKE IT See also 'Ski Jacket'

'Marguerite Kelsey' - Meredith Frampton

WHEN? 1928
I LIKE IT See also 'Self-Portrait'

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'Monument' - Philip Guston

WHEN? 1976
I LIKE IT See also 'The Visit'

'The Citizen' - Richard Hamilton

WHEN? 1993
I LIKE IT See also 'Electric Chair'

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'Swinging' - Wassily Kandinsky

WHEN? 1925
I LIKE IT See also

'IKB 79' - Yves Klein

WHEN? 1959
I LIKE IT See also 'Abstract Painting No 5'

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'The Visit' - Willem de Kooning

WHEN? 1966-1967
I LIKE IT See also 'Monument'

'I Love the Whole World' - Agnes Martin

WHEN? 1999
I LIKE IT See also 'Six Mile Bottom'

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'The Great Day of His Wrath' - John Martin

WHEN? 1851-3
I LIKE IT See also 'The Fighting Temeraire'

'The Snail' - Henri Matisse

WHEN? 1953
I LIKE IT See also 'Weeping Woman'

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'No Woman, No Cry' - Chris Ofili

WHEN? 1998
I LIKE IT See also 'The Upper Room'

'The Upper Room' - Chris Ofili

WHEN? 1999
I LIKE IT See also 'No Woman, No Cry'

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'The Fig-Leaf' - Francis Picabia

WHEN? 1922
I LIKE IT See also 'The Three Dancers'

'The Three Dancers' - Pablo Picasso

WHEN? 1925
I LIKE IT See also 'Weeping Woman'

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'Weeping Woman' - Pablo Picasso

WHEN? 1937
I LIKE IT See also 'The Three Dancers'

'Abstract Painting No 5' - Ad Reinhardt

WHEN? 1962
I LIKE IT See also 'The Seagram Murals'

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'Cage 1-6' - Gerhard Richter

WHEN? 2006
I LIKE IT See also 'The Four Seasons'

'Fall' - Bridget Riley

WHEN? 1963
I LIKE IT See also 'Six Mile Bottom'

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'The Seagram Murals' - Mark Rothko

WHEN? 1958
I LIKE IT See also

'Self-Portrait' - Christian Schad

WHEN? 1927
I LIKE IT See also 'Marguerite Kelsey'

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'Self-Portrait as a Young Man' - Stanley Spencer

WHEN? 1914
I LIKE IT See also 'The Menin Road'

'Six Mile Bottom' - Frank Stella

WHEN? 1960
I LIKE IT See also 'I Love the Whole World'

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'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' - Dorothea Tanning

WHEN? 1943
I LIKE IT See also

'The Four Seasons' - Cy Twombly

WHEN? 1993
I LIKE IT See also 'Cage 1-6'

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'Electric Chair' - Andy Warhol

WHEN? 1964
I LIKE IT See also 'The Citizen'

'Nocturne Blue and Gold: Old Battersea Bridge' - James Abbott McNeill Whistler

WHEN? 1872
I LIKE IT See also 'Gassed'

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