To coincide with Frieze Week in London and Art Basel in Paris, the North America Acquisitions Committee (NAAC) gathered for a series of special programs, exhibition previews, and curator-led tours. Highlights include the opening of the Hyundai Turbine Hall Commission: Máret Ánne Sara at Tate Modern, and exclusive access to Kerry James Marshall: The Histories at the Royal Academy of Arts. In Paris, programming aligns with Asia NOW and Paris+ Art Basel, featuring private tours of Gerhard Richter at Fondation Louis Vuitton, Philip Guston: The Irony of History at Musée Picasso, and Otobong Nkanga at Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.
Category: Events
NORTH AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE OCTOBER 2025 LONDON & PARIS PROGRAMS
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION SUMMER HAMPTONS 2025 PROGRAM
Guests gathered at the Parrish Art Museum for a special tour led by curator, Christine Y. Kim, exploring exhibitions by Shirin Neshat, Raven Halfmoon, and Sean Scully. The visit concluded with an exclusive viewing of Trustee Glenn Fuhrman’s private art collection.
TATE MODERN CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY GALA
On Wednesday 25 June 2025, 680 leading artists and philanthropists from across the world celebrated 25 years of Tate Modern at a fundraising gala in the Turbine Hall.
Many artists joined Tate’s generous supporters for one of the most prestigious art events ever held in London. They included Grayson Perry, Bridget Riley, Marina Abramovic, Gilbert & George, Jenny Saville, Antony Gormley, Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen, Cornelia Parker, Michael Craig-Martin, Lubaina Himid, Yinka Shonibare, Celia Paul, Sonia Boyce, Isaac Julien, Sarah Sze, Jeremy Deller, Claudette Johnson and John Akomfrah.
LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE ARTIST ENGAGEMENT AND RESEARCH PROGRAM PRESENTS A DISCUSSION WITH TATE COLLECTION ARTISTS ROSANA PAULINO AND DANIEL LIND-RAMOS
The Latin American Acquisitions Committee’s Artist Engagement and Research Program presented a discussion with Tate Collection artists, Rosana Paulino and Daniel Lind-Ramos in June 2025. The event was held as part of the Latin American Acquisition Committee’s allocation meetings and the Tate’s 25th anniversary Gala celebrations.
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION STUDIO VISIT WITH FANNY SANIN
On the heels of Frieze Week in New York, Tate Americas Foundation visited Tate collection artist Fanny Sanín in her home studio in New York City–and had the opportunity to see the most recently acquired work, Acrylic No. 2 (1990), in person.
NORTH AMERICAN & LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEES TOUR ‘FOR ART’S SAKE’
For Art’s Sake: Selected Works by Tiqui Atencio & Ago Demirdjian at Christie’s in New York, offered a glimpse into Tiqui’s journey, from her roots in Venezuela and her studies across continents to her fruitful collecting partnership with Ago since their first meeting in Paris in the 1980s. The showcase ranged from Carmen Herrera and Ed Ruscha to Cecily Brown and Julie Mehretu.
NORTH AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE FRIEZE WEEK STUDIO VISITS
During Frieze Week in New York, the North American Acquisitions Committee (NAAC) visited the studios of Tate collection artists Amy Sillman, Anicka Yi, and Kevin Beasley in Brooklyn and Queens, NY.
TATE ANNOUNCES MAJOR GIFT FROM JORGE M. AND DARLENE PÉREZ
Tate announced that renowned art collectors and philanthropists Jorge M. and Darlene Pérez have donated a major painting by Joan Mitchell to the nation. This vast six-metre-long triptych, entitled Iva 1973, is now on display at Tate Modern. It can be found in the room adjoining Mark Rothko’s iconic Seagram Murals, enabling the public to see two of America’s greatest modern painters in dialogue with each other.
LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE ARTIST ENGAGEMENT AND RESEARCH PROGRAM: A DISCUSSION WITH NAUFUS RAMÍREZ-FIGUEROA AND JOHANNA UNZUETA
The Latin American Acquisitions Committee’s Artist Engagement and Research Program hosted a discussion featuring Tate Collection artists, Naufus Ramírez-Figueroa and Johanna Unzueta in Madrid, Spain.
NORTH AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE RESEARCH TRIP TO ARKANSAS & OKLAHOMA
The North American Acquisitions Committee research trip, led by Christine Y. Kim, Britton Family Curator-at-Large, North American Art at Tate, explored diverse art scenes of Arkansas and Oklahoma. In Bentonville, Arkansas, the group experienced James Turrell’s The Way of Color at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, toured its permanent collection and American Sunrise: Indigenous Art, and visited the relocated Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Bachman-Wilson House.
In Tulsa and Oklahoma City, highlights included visits to the Queen Rose Art House with Kalup Linzy, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship, and the Philbrook Museum of Art and Greenwood Rising History Center. Plus, an exploration of HONOR SONG, a retrospective of Edgar Heap of Birds at Oklahoma Contemporary, and two studio visits in Norman with Raven Halfmoon and Jereldine Redcorn, both renowned for revitalizing Caddo pottery traditions.