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.
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LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE NOVEMBER 2025 DOMINICAN REPUBLIC & PUERTO RICO RESEARCH 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.
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.
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.
LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE RESEARCH TRIP TO BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
The Latin American Acquisitions Committee research trip, led by Tobias Ostrander, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator-at-Large, Latin American Art at Tate, explored Buenos Aires’ vibrant contemporary art scene. Members visited the studios of artists Eduardo Basualdo, Ad Minoliti, Gabriel Valansi, Guillermo Kuitca, Eduardo Navarro, Elena Dahn, and Marta Minujín; they toured private art collections, prominent galleries, and key cultural institutions’; and a visit to Joaquín Torres-García’s exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes provided an in-person look at a Tate Collection artist’s work.
NORTH AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE VISIT ARTISTS SHEREE HOVSEPIAN AND RASHID JOHNSON IN CELEBRATION OF THE ACQUISITION OF JOHNSON’S BLACK AND BLUE
In August 2024, the North American Acquisitions Committee visited artists Sheree Hovsepian and Rashid Johnson to celebrate the Tate’s acquisition of Johnson’s work, Black and Blue.
LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE RESEARCH TRIP TO SÃO PAULO AND RIO DE JANEIRO
The Latin American Acquisitions Committee research trip, led by Tobias Ostrander, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator-at-Large, Latin American Art at Tate, explored São Paolo’s vibrant contemporary art scene, with
a visit to the Bienal de São Paulo, various private art collections, and key galleries and arts institutions to view exhibitions by Tate Collection artists including Sonia Gomes, Antonio Obá, and Marta Minujín. The group then travelled onwards to Rio de Janeiro and visited the studios of Beatriz Milhazes, Cildo Meireles, Adriana Varejão, and Maxwell Alexandre.
LATIN AMERICAN ACQUISITIONS COMMITTEE RESEARCH TRIP TO MEXICO CITY AND MERIDA
The Latin American Acquisitions Committee research trip, led by Tobias Ostrander, Estrellita B. Brodsky Curator-at-Large, Latin American Art at Tate, explored Mexico City’s vibrant contemporary art scene, with visits to the studios of Mexican artists Abraham Cruzvillegas, Tania Candiani, Pedro Reyes, Carlos Amorales, Fernando Palma Rodriquez, various private art collections, and key galleries and arts institutions to view exhibitions by Tate Collection artists including Gala Porras-Kim at MUAC and a new commission by Erika Verzutti at El Eco. The group then travelled to Merida and visited studios and galleries and completed the trip with an extraordinary visit to the James Turrell Agua de Luz.