The Power of Art

While the conversion of the Bankside power station into the Tate Modern was being planned, another, far more secret, set of negotiations was taking place on the other side of the Thames.

This was because in 1998 it was proposed by a Belgian consortium that the Tate Britain (then the Tate Gallery) be converted into a gas-fired power station. Although Westminster council liked the idea, it ultimately foundered on a dispute over employee parking.