The former power station's oil tanks anchor a live programme of performance and event-based art.

The former Bankside Power Station's spectacular Oil Tanks - enormous circular spaces more than 30m across and 7m high - will open in 2012 as the anchor for Tate Modern's live programme of performance and event-based art.

The opening programme will bring together performances, debates, films and interventions, including major newly commissioned installations by artists working across these disciplines.

These unique raw environments will be used as gallery, event and social spaces allowing the public to explore the most recent developments in contemporary art alongside this rich vein of art history.

18 Jul 2012 - 28 Oct 2012