In London, Tate Modern's new extension, a 10-storey, twisting pyramid-shaped tower, has been unveiled. Switch House, built at a cost of £260m ($367m), contains three new gallery levels, allowing 60% more artworks from the Tate collection to go on show.
Frances Morris, Tate Modern's new director, said the new extension allows the gallery to show more international art and more art by women. "There was a huge deficit in our collecting prior to 2000," she said. "When we opened, 17% of the art on display was by women. Now 50% of the solo rooms are works by women such as Phyllida Barlow and Louise Bourgeois."
Switch House, Tate Modern's new pyramid-shaped extensionStefan Wermuth/ReutersA concrete spiral staircase inside the new extensionJack Taylor/Getty ImagesPeople walk through one of the vast spaces inside Tate Modern's new Switch HouseJack Taylor/GettyPeople sit in one of the rooms at Tate Modern's new Switch HouseJack Taylor/GettyA tree by Ai Weiwei stands on the bridge connecting the Turbine Hall and the Switch HouseStefan Wermuth/ReutersPeople look at a tree by Ai WeiweiStefan Wermuth/ReutersA museum assistant poses with Spider by Louise BourgeoisStefan Wermuth/ReutersSpider I by Louise BourgeoisStefan Wermuth/ReutersA museum assistant poses with Yellow versus Purple by Olafur EliassonStefan Wermuth/ReutersA museum assistant poses with Mirror and glass by Yayoi KusamaStefan Wermuth/ReutersA Tate employee walks past the artwork Stack, 1975 by Tony CraggDaniel Leal-Olivas/AFPA visitor views at Untitled (Ghardaia), a sculpture made from cous cous by Kader AttiaJack Taylor/Getty ImagesA Tate employee walks across Beirut Caoutchouc 2004-2008 by Marwan RechmaouiDaniel Leal-Olivas/AFPA museum assistant poses with Pavilion Suspended in a Room I by Cristina IglesiasStefan Wermuth/ReutersA museum assistant poses with Babel by Cildo MeirelesStefan Wermuth/ReutersAn artist performs live art alongside Untitled by Donald JuddJack Taylor/GettyA man walks through one of the spaces in the Switch HouseStefan Wermuth/ReutersThe interior of the new restaurant on Level 9 of the Switch HouseDan Kitwood/Getty/Tate CateringA waitress sets a table in the restaurant on Level 9Dan Kitwood/Getty/Tate CateringA Tate employee looks out from the 10th floor viewing platformJack Taylor/Getty ImagesVisitors take pictures of the London skyline from the 10th floor viewing platformJack Taylor/Getty ImagesThe view from the new restaurant on Level 9 of the Switch HouseDan Kitwood/Getty/Tate CateringTate Modern's Turbine Hall and the new Switch HouseJack Taylor/Getty
The top floor of the new Switch House is an open-air viewing terrace, which will offer visitors spectacular 360-degree views of the London skyline when it opens to the public on Friday 17 June 2016.
