Art on a plate: Tate Modern is located in one of London’s tastiest food districts
(Picture: Getty Images)From depictions of ancient Egyptian meals on the inner walls of the pyramids at Giza to Leonardo’s Last Supper and Andy Warhol’s cans of Campbell’s Soup, food has been the subject of art for as long as humankind has been able to pick up a paintbrush.
Tate Modern opened in the former Bankside Power Station on the south bank of the Thames in 2000 and is the UK’s most visited art museum. The gallery itself is home to the Kitchen and Bar, where menus reflect current exhibitions (Provençal cooking to tie in with Cézanne, say) but the Tate also happens to be located in one of London’s most food-focused districts.
