CHRISTINE Y. KIM APPOINTED BRITTON FAMILY CURATOR-AT-LARGE (NORTH AMERICAN ART)
Tate Modern today announces Christine Y. Kim in the newly created position of Britton Family Curator-at-Large (North American Art). Based in Los Angeles and New York, her role will focus on the development of North American art in Tate’s collection through new research and acquisitions. Kim will start in January 2022.
Since 2009 Kim has been a curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), organising monographic exhibitions such as Julie Mehretu (2019-22), Isaac Julien: Playtime (2019), Diana Thater: The Sympathetic Imagination (2015-16), and James Turrell: A Retrospective (2013-14), along with group and permanent collection exhibitions. Most recently, she curated Black American Portraits (2021-22), covering two centuries of African American portraiture, coinciding with The Obama PortraitsTour (2021-22). During her tenure, Kim has been instrumental in expanding and diversifying LACMA’s collection, exhibitions, and programmes, and in developing new models for equity and inclusion across the institution. She sits on boards of non-profits such as GYOPO, Denniston Hill, Los Angeles Nomadic Division (LAND), and Museums Moving Forward (MMF). Kim is a 2022 Center for Curatorial Leadership (CCL) Fellow.
Before joining LACMA, Kim worked at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, where she co-curated Freestyle (2001) with Thelma Golden, launching the groundbreaking “F” series of exhibitions. Black Belt (2003) included works of art by African American and Asian American artists such as David Diao, David Hammons, and Arthur Jafa in the context of 1970s popular culture and martial arts. Kim is responsible for putting artists such as Wangechi Mutu, Mickalene Thomas, Kehinde Wiley, and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye in their first US museum exhibitions. Holding an MA from New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study in American Studies and Critical Theory, and a BA in Art History and French from Connecticut College, New London, Kim has contributed to multiple publications and guest-curated international exhibitions including The Ends: The Politics of Participation in the Post-Internet Age 2018 at the 12th Gwangju Biennial, South Korea.
As Britton Family Curator-at-Large, Kim will play a significant role in acquiring North American works for the Tate collection. Supported by the Britton Family Foundation, this position will continue to broaden Tate’s approaches to modern and contemporary art, forge new relationships with artists, scholars, and curators in the region, and contribute to curating exhibitions and projects at Tate. Kim will work closely with the Director of Collections (International Art), the Tate Americas Foundation and the North American Acquisitions Committee, as part of Tate’s wider network of specialist Adjunct Curators based in other regions around the world.
Christine Y. Kim said: “After twelve incredible years at LACMA, I am thrilled to bring my expertise in collection-building, focusing on works of art by living artists of colour, to a national and Canadian scope, to share on an expanded, global scale at Tate.”
Gregor Muir, Director of Collections, International Art at Tate said: “Christine is a hugely talented and experienced curator, with a reputation for showcasing the incredible diversity of North American contemporary art. I’m delighted that she’ll be joining the team in this role. As an American living in the United States, Christine will also bring on-the-ground expertise to Tate’s activities in the region.”
Paul Britton Chairman of the Tate Americas Foundation said: “The Britton Family Foundation is pleased to support this new position as a part of its commitment to expanding the voices of North American artists in Tate Collection. Christine Y. Kim brings distinguished experience to Tate and will be an enormous asset in Tate’s charge of being artistically adventurous and culturally inclusive.”
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION RELEASES DIGITAL ANNUAL REPORT
We are delighted to share with you the Tate Americas Foundation Digital Annual Report for FY20/21. The report is available to view through the following link:
Tate Americas Foundation Digital Annual Report FY 20/21
TATE ANNOUNCES TOBIAS OSTRANDER AS THE NEW ESTRELLITA B. BRODSKY ADJUNCT CURATOR, LATIN AMERICAN ART
Tobias Ostrander is the new Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator, Latin American Art at Tate. He is the former Chief Curator and Deputy Director for Curatorial Affairs at the Pérez Art Museum Miami (2011-2019). Major exhibitions developed for PAMM include Beatriz González: A Retrospective; Beatriz Milhazes: Jardin Botânico; On the Horizon: Contemporary Cuban Art from the Jorge M. Pérez Collection; Ebony G. Patterson: …while the dew is still on the roses… and Poetics of Relation, a group exhibition inspired by the writings of Édouard Glissant, among others. Ostrander was a founding member of Tilting Axis, a platform for artists, curators and creatives from the greater Caribbean region (2014-2019). Osrander served previously as the Director at the Museo Experimental El Eco (2009-2011) and Chief Curator at Museo Tamayo (2001-2009) both in Mexico City and Associate Curator of inSITE2000 in San Diego and Tijuana (1999-2001). He was a founding member of the inter-institutional Museum of Hub initiated by the New Museum (2007-2012). He has additionally held positions at XXIV Bienal de São Paulo, El Museo del Barrio and the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Speaking on the appointment, Ostrander says “I am excited to be joining Tate and look forward to supporting the remarkable work that it has been doing in building and activating its collection of Latin American Art. I look forward to continuing my research within the Caribbean, as well as pursuing interests regarding contributions of the African diaspora within Latin America, those of Latin X artists and the influences of both indigenous and Pre-Hispanic knowledge on artistic production in the region.”
LATIN AMERICAN NEWS
The Tate Americas Foundation recently acquired Johanna Calle Perspectivas 2006-8 (pictured above) and three works by Naufus Ramirez-Figueroa, Blue Abstraction 2012, Life in His Mouth, Death Cradles Her Arm 2016, and Print of Sleep 2016.
NORTH AMERICAN NEWS
The Tate Americas Foundation recently acquired Marilyn Minter Smash 2014 (pictured above) and three works by Ian Wallace, The Marbles I-IV 2008, The Audience I-IV 2008, and Street Reflections and Pan Am Scan 1970, printed 2009.
CECILIA VICUÑA ON DISPLAY AT TATE MODERN
Making its Tate debut when the galleries open in May will be Cecilia Vicuña’s Quipu Womb, recently voted to be acquired by the Tate Latin American Acquisitions Committee. Cecilia Vicuña (Santiago, Chile, 1948) is a Chilean poet and artist based in New York and Santiago, Chile. Her work is noted for themes of language, memory, dissolution, extinction and exile. Vicuña’s monumental Quipu Womb debuted at Documenta 14 and remains recognized as one of the most internationally significant art works of the last ten years.
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION ACQUIRES WORKS BY DAWOUD BEY
The Tate Americas Foundation is pleased to announce the recent acquisition of five photographs from Dawoud Bey’s series Night Coming Tenderly, Black using funds provided by the North American Acquisitions Committee.
Night Coming Tenderly, Black explores the history of fugitive movement along the Underground Railroad. Taken in the areas surrounding Hudson and Cleveland, Ohio – one of the final stopping points on the historic route – Bey’s photographs depict rural scenes at night. The photographs suggest what the passage to freedom might have looked and felt like from the perspective of nervous and disorientated fugitives, navigating obstacles and fear of ambush against a black night sky.
WHEN THE GALLERIES REOPEN
LIVERPOOL BIENNIAL: THE STOMACH AND THE PORT
Liverpool Biennial is the largest festival of contemporary art in the UK, with free exhibitions taking place across the city’s public spaces, galleries, museums and online from March 20 – June 6, 2021. The 11th edition of the Biennial, The Stomach and the Port, looks at the body and ways of connecting with the world.When Tate Liverpool reopens, visitors can see new work by Jamaican-born artist Ebony G. Patterson. Featuring sculptures and an eye-catching wallpaper, Patterson’s work looks back at historical representations of marginalized groups, including Black communities and women. Also on display are works by other prominent feminist artists including Linder, Judy Chicago, and Jutta Koether. Linder and Chicago both use confrontational imagery to explore the representation of women and their bodies, as well as critiquing gender roles. Works by Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988), one of the most important figures in British surrealism, will also be on display.
Martine Syms in the Liverpool Biennial at Tate Liverpool
Martine Syms Borrowed Lady 2016 was acquired by the Tate’s North American Acquisitions Committee in 2020.Learn more.
Belkis Ayon in Whose Tradition? at Tate Liverpool
Belkis Ayon The Supper 1991 was acquired in 2018 by the Latin American Acquisitions Committee with additional support from The Cowles Charitable Trust. Learn more.
TATE DEBUTS ONLINE PERFORMANCE RESILIENT RESPONSES
This premiere is a chance to view new work from some of the most intriguing artists working in performance, dance, and music now. This fresh and relevant material was performed live to camera in the empty tanks during lockdown. Join artists Thomas Heyes, Ekin Bernay and Rowdy SS with special guest Rebecca Bellantoni, as they respond through movement, sound and spoken word. Their rich multi-sensory responses encourage us to consider what it means to be human and resilient. Each artist explores ideas around identity, isolation, alienation, and human resilience amidst a pandemic. These themes thread through much of Bruce Nauman’s work yet take on deeper resonance and relevance at this moment in time. Learn more.
TATE LAUNCHES QUEER AND NOW 2021
For LGBTIQA+ History Month in February 2021, Tate’s Queer and Now festival is crossing digital borders to bring queer artists, activists, collectives and communities together from around the world. The events will queer digital curation into a new formation of LGBTIQA+ cultural activism. It will be a chance to celebrate, explore and critique the place of art, museums and creativity in today’s queer culture – uncensored, live and as an international community. Learn more.
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