Tate has a number of long-term partnerships with sponsors, and these relationships have continued to play a fundamental role in our work over the past year.
At Tate Modern, we have built on our relationship with UBS for the UBS Openings sponsorship of the Collection displays and a diverse programme of events such as Saturday Live, the Family Zone and The Long Weekend. Tate Modern has also benefited from ongoing support from Unilever for The Unilever Series, and from Bloomberg for interpretive tools.
Tate Britain’s ongoing relationship with BP supports the Collection displays and the BP Saturdays family and youth events, while sponsorship from Tate & Lyle supports educational programmes. DLA Piper renewed their help for the Collection displays at Tate Liverpool, and BT continues to work with Tate Online. Unilever, BP and Tate & Lyle have all committed to extending their partnerships with Tate for another multi-year period.
The past year has also seen us welcome new partners. Sotheby’s has joined us in a three-year partnership to sponsor the Duveens Commission at Tate Britain from 2008 to 2010. This has enabled us to make the Commission – previously biennial – an annual event.
Our other new partnerships were with Land Securities, Savills and Derwent London, who jointly sponsored the Global Cities exhibition held at Tate Modern in the summer of 2007. Support from corporate sponsors is crucial for the exhibition and display programmes across Tate.
During 2007–8, Tate’s corporate membership scheme reached its highest number to date, with 36 member organisations. We were delighted to welcome four new members: Dechert, Jones Day, IPC Media and Rathbone Brothers plc.
