Turner Prize: The 2014 shortlist
Tate Britain announced 7 May 2014 four artists, Duncan Campbell, Ciara Phillips, James Richards and Tris Vonna-Michell, have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2014. This year marks the 30th year of the Turner Prize, founded in 1984 to promote discussion of new developments in contemporary British art. The variety of media used by the four shortlisted artists this year reflects the diversity of work being made in the UK today,...
Tate secures Hyundai partnership for Turbine Hall
Tate and Hyundai Motor have announced a major new long-term partnership which secures healthy funding for the gallery and also opens new links potentially beneficial to the world of Korean contemporary art, writes SAJID RIZVI. Confirmed to 2025, the 11-year partnership is the longest initial commitment from a corporate sponsor in Tate’s history, a reflection of Korea’s economic strength in comparison with the current travails of...
Tate, Bloomberg launch New Creative Space
Tate’s ambitious digital strategy was highlighted at the launch (19 September 2013) of a pioneering new project called Bloomberg Connects. This will enable members of the public to show their own interpretation of the art at Tate Modern, Tate said. Seventy-five screens in total, over half cascading in a spine on the walls throughout the building, will display visitors’ ideas and comments. A digital drawing bar will allow people to...
Tate reappoints Jessica Morgan
Tate has reappointed Jessica Morgan as The Daskalopoulos Curator, International Art. With the renewal of the funding by the D.Daskalopoulos Collection, Greece. The post, which has been funded by the Collection for the past three years, has now been extended for a further three-year period until 2016. Jessica will continue to mainly focus on acquisitions of contemporary and emerging international art, specifically non-western regions,...
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