Immersed in the vibrant islands of the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, the Latin American Acquisitions Committee spent the week exploring the richness of Caribbean contemporary art through curator-led tours, private collection visits, and intimate artist studio sessions. In the Dominican Republic, highlights included: a visit to the Mella-Russo Collection, a private viewing of the Iván Tovar exhibition at Casa Palma, and an artist-led walkthrough of the special exhibition Burning Chapel all in Santo Domingo, as well as a full day at Centro León in Santiago. In Puerto Rico, the group visited many artists in their studios, including Tate Collection artists Allora & Calzadilla and Beatriz Santiago-Muñoz, as well as Angel Otero, Awilda Sterling-Duprey, Dalton Gata, and Jorge González, alongside key institutions such as Fundación Cortés, Museo de Arte de Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (MAC), Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, Souvenir 154, Beta Local, and the Berezdivin Collection at Espacio 1414, offering a comprehensive immersion into the region’s contemporary cultural landscape.
Category: Events
LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 2025 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & PUERTO RICO RESEARCH PROGRAMS
TATE AMERICAS FOUNDATION EVENT: COCKTAILS WITH MARIA BALSHAW
Patrons gathered together for an intimate evening with Tate Director, Maria Balshaw, hosted in the home of Tate Americas Foundation Trustee and Latin American Acquisitions Committee member, Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian.
NORTH AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE OCTOBER 2025 LONDON & PARIS PROGRAMS
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.
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.