Tate Collection Metadata for 70,000 Artworks and 3,500 Artists

Tate presents metadata for approximately 70,000 artworks owned or jointly owned with the National Galleries of Scotland as part of ARTIST ROOMS. The dataset also includes metadata for around 3,500 associated artists, released under a Creative Commons CC0 licence. The data was last updated on 2026-07-08 and is available in both JSON and flattened CSV formats.

Use Cases

• Analyze artist networks and influences based on associated artwork metadata.
• Study collection composition and accession trends based on unique accession numbers with format significance.
• Create educational or discovery tools by leveraging hierarchical subject information available in the JSON format.

Strengths

• Metadata for approximately 70,000 artworks provides a substantial sample of the Tate collection.
• Includes metadata for around 3,500 associated artists, enabling relational analysis.
• Data is provided in both hierarchical JSON and flattened CSV formats for different user needs.

Limitations

• Images are not included and are not part of the dataset.
• Row count for the CSV files is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.

Provenance

Source

Tate, potentially jointly with the National Galleries of Scotland for ARTIST ROOMS.

Collection Method

Institutional collection records.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:23.207493; freshness should be verified.