Last year, we reported that the Tate Patrons scheme’s income was up by 100%. That rate of growth has continued. Tate now has 350 Patrons – up from 300 – and their generosity means Tate receives more than £700,000 each year towards exhibition programmes, acquisitions and conservation.
The American Patrons of Tate raised $1.6 million in cash and a further $5 million in gifts of art at their first Artists’ Dinner in May 2007. The American and Latin American Acquisitions Committees also continued to grow, raising nearly £1 million towards the acquisition of contemporary American and Latin American art, including works by Damián Ortega and Ellen Gallagher.
