The Tate’s New Art Org Chart

“The first major rehang of Tate Modern’s collection formally opens today. The four suites of galleries housing the collection were until recently divided into unwieldy, catch-all themes – Landscape/Matter/Environment, Nude/Action/Body, Still Life/Real Life/Object, and History/Memory/Society. These have been replaced by Poetry and Dream, Material Gestures, Idea and Object, and States of Flux. All this is a tad snappier, but more than the labels needed to change. The new displays are a major improvement. At times, they are spectacular… But from today, who will notice these fine-tuned alignments, the worried-over niceties and accidental pleasures?”