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