Tate celebrates Fahrelnissa Zeid, cross-cultural modernist
Come this June (2017), Tate Modern celebrates the life and works of Fahrelnissa Zeid, an artist who can rightly be seen as one of the female pioneers, in the wider Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, of both modernism and abstraction in a western sense, responsive to western aesthetics and sensibilities. Abstraction, through reinterpretation of Arabic/Farsi/Osmanli/Urdu calligraphic forms, isn’t new to a region that, in...
Tate IK Prize shortlist announced
Tate today (5 January 2015) announced the four shortlisted entries for the annual IK Prize. This is the second year of the prize which is supported by the Porter Foundation. The Prize is presented by Tate to a team, company or individual for an original idea that uses the power of digital to enhance the way people experience art. The shortlisted proposals are: • Artzoom for Digital Re-Sculpt, which uses 3-D printing technology to...
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...