Tate Intensive: Art Matters took place 9-14 July 2017. A diverse group of 28 museum professionals – from Armenia, Australia, China, Colombia, Egypt, Ethiopia, Germany, Ireland, Kenya, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Singapore, South Korea, Turkey, the US, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and the UK – came together for a series of activities and workshops led by contributors including Tate staff and other culture professionals.
Discussions held in the Tate Exchange spaces at Tate Modern were complemented by visits to exhibitions and collection displays at Tate Modern, Tate Britain and the South London Gallery.
The group tackled challenging and pertinent questions facing art institutions in the twenty-first century, including their social role, choices around content and canons, ethical issues and how to enact change.
Download the 2017 programme for Tate Intensive: Art Matters.
Keynote speakers
Maria Balshaw, Tate Director
Alex Farquharson, Tate Britain Director
Isaac Julien, artist
Karen MacKinnon, Director of Artes Mundi
Frances Morris, Tate Modern Director
Justine Simons, Deputy Mayor for Culture and Creative Industries, London
Participants
Browse the slideshow below to see who took part in Tate Intensive: Art Matters 2017
Alice Teng, Associate Curator in Visual Art, M+, Hong Kong
Agnieszka Kilian, Independent Curator and Researcher, Poland
Andrew Mulenga, Freelance Arts Journalist, Zambia
Ann Mulrooney, CEO of VISUAL Centre for Contemporary Art, Ireland
Annie Bedford, Information Manager, Tate
Antonio Cataldo, PhD Researcher and currently employed at the OCA, Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
Armen Yesayants, Director of Exhibitions, Cafesjian Center for the Arts (CCA), Armenia
Candice Allison, Independent Curator, South Africa
Cliford Zulu, Assistant Curator, National Gallery of Zimbabwe
Dunja Rmandić, Associate Curator Projects, Art Gallery of Western Australia, Australia
Emily Butler, Mahera and Mohammad Abu Ghazaleh Curator, Whitechapel Gallery, UK
Fatma Hendawy, Independent Curator, Egypt
Hoe Su Fern, Assistant Professor and Assistant Program Lead of Arts and Culture Management, Singapore Management University Singapore
Jennifer Foley, Director of Education and Community Engagement, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, U.S
Justė Jonutytė, Director and Curator, Rupert, Vilnius, Lithuania & Founder and Curator, Tema gallery
Kathleen Reinhardt, Curator of Contemporary Art, Albertinum, Germany
Koven J. Smith, Director of Digital Adaptation at the Blanton Museum of Art at the University of Texas, Austin, U.S
Kyung An, Assistant Curator, Asian Art at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, U.S
Lijie Wang, Art Historian and Cultural Entrepreneur, Beijing, China
Michael Forero, Museum Project Manager at Colombia's National Museum and co-founder of Museo Q, Colombia
Michael Wellen, Curator, International Art,Tate Modern
Mifta Zeleke, Curator and founder of Guramayne Art Center, Ethopia
Nahla Al Tabbaa, Community Programme Coordinator at Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah
Naz Cuguoğl, Programs Manager of Zilberman Gallery and co-founder of Collective Çukurcuma, Turkey
Rachell Morillo, Community Engagement Associate, Studio Museum Harlem, U.S
Renée Mboya, Writer, Curator and Filmmaker, Nairobi, Kenya
Zara Stanhope, Curatorial Manager, Asian and Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art and previously Principal Curator and Head of Programmes at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, New Zealand
Sun A Moon, Independent Curator, Seoul, South Korea
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