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Thursday, 11 May, 2000, 15:37 GMT 16:37 UK
In pictures: Queen opens Tate Modern
The Queen has opened the Tate Modern Gallery on London's South Bank. Celebrities and art lovers flocked to the event, which ran smoothly despite threats of protest from anti-royalists. The gallery features works from the last century, including classics by Warhol, Lichtenstein and Pollock.
![]() The Queen performs the opening ceremony
![]() Her Majesty admires one of artist Bridget Riley's works
![]() Newsreader Julia Somerville and husband brave the rain as they arrive
![]() Sir Norman Foster, whose Millennium Bridge will lead to the gallery
![]() Lord and Lady Attenborough arrive to admire the exhibits
![]() Works of art dating from 1900 include Salvador Dali's Lobster Telephone
![]() Louise Bourgeois spider sculpture caught the Queen's eye
![]() London's new Mayor Ken Livingstone bows to Queen
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