Booming Tate Art Expands

It is a gargantuan presence on the south bank of the Thames, and the most popular art museum in the world - with a turbine hall that struggles to look anything other than cavernous, whatever vast sculpture is put there. But now Tate Modern is planning to grow - by a staggering 60% by 2012. Tate Modern already has a display space of nearly 12,000 square metres. The largest contemporary art gallery in the country has been a wild success, tempting 20 million visitors through its doors, and is the third most popular tourist attraction in the country. For the full story - click the title Irish Art