Thanks for The Tanks

Last night, The Tanks opened at Tate Modern.  The converted oil tanks are now devoted to showing time based media such as performance, film, and sound works.  This marks a pivotal moment for contemporary art, as the biggest space devoted to this kind of media. Artists must respond to the spaces they are given to show in, so as galleries get larger, so do the artworks. The Tanks will allow artists to realize ambitious works in ephemeral media to one of the largest art audiences in the world.  

They were designed by Herzog & de Meuron who also designed the pavilion at the Serpentine this year with Ai Weiwei.