Their exhibitions, architecture, education and public programmes attract up to 1.2 million visitors a year.

The CEO is Bettina Korek, and the artistic director Hans Ulrich Obrist.

[3] Notable artists whose works have been exhibited there include Man Ray, Henry Moore, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Andy Warhol, Paula Rego, Sondra Perry, Bridget Riley, Allan McCollum,[4] Anish Kapoor, Christian Boltanski, Philippe Parreno, Richard Prince, Wolfgang Tillmans, Gerhard Richter, Gustav Metzger, Damien Hirst, Maria Lassnig, Adrian Berg, Jeff Koons and Marina Abramović.

[5] This gave new life to The Magazine, a Grade II* listed former gunpowder store built in 1805,[6] with the addition of an extension designed by Zaha Hadid Architects.

The series presents the work of an international architect or design team who has not completed a building in England at the time of the Gallery's invitation.