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Tuesday, 30 October, 2001, 11:07 GMT
In Pictures: Tate Britain galleries
The Prince of Wales opens art gallery Tate Britain's £32.3m centenary development on Tuesday.
BBC News Online takes a pictorial tour around the new galleries.
![]() Tate Director Sir Nicholas Serota (left) says the building work is "just the beginning" of plans for Tate Britain
![]() The first show at the new Linbury galleries is an examination of Victorian attitudes to nudity - Exposed.
![]() Historical features, such as World War II shrapnel damage around the modernised entrance are to remain
![]() Grey, terracotta and green have been chosen as "enhancing" backdrops to the permanent collection
![]() Before the expansion Tate Britain could only show 15% of its collection at any one time
![]() Tony Cragg's Britain When Seen From The North graces the triple height atrium in refurbished Tate Britain
![]() The new project binds seamlessly with the old neo-classical structure and previous modernisations
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