Tate appoints Daisy Desrosiers as Britton Family Curator at Large, North America

Tate today announces that Daisy Desrosiers has been appointed as the Britton Family Curator at Large, North America. Based in the USA, she will focus on the development of North American art in Tate’s collection through new research and acquisitions.

Desrosiers is an interdisciplinary art historian, curator and museum leader whose practice brings together collection-building with ambitious, artist-centred curatorial work. She co-curated the 15th Shanghai Biennale and her recent work has involved a wide range of artists including Vivian Suter, Joan Jonas, Claudia Alarcón & Silät, Ming Smith, Marie Watt, Christine Sun Kim, Alvaro Barrington, Beverly Buchanan, Nancy Spero, and Naeem Mohaiemen.

Since 2021, Desrosiers has been Director and Chief Curator of The Gund at Kenyon College, where she has led a transformative institutional vision. She will continue her engagement with the institution following her appointment at Tate, ensuring continuity in its programme. A 2023 Fellow of the Center for Curatorial Leadership in New York, she also serves on the Advisory Committee of Fogo Island Arts and on the Board of Directors of the Art Gallery at University College Cork.

Desrosiers succeeds Christine Y. Kim, Tate’s inaugural Britton Family Curator at Large. Supported by the Britton Family Foundation, this position plays a significant role in acquiring North American works for Tate’s collection. Desrosiers will enable Tate to continue broadening its approaches to modern and contemporary art, forging new relationships with artists, scholars and curators in the region, and contributing to exhibitions and projects at Tate’s galleries.

Daisy Desrosiers said “I am deeply honoured to join Tate at this moment. I’m particularly excited by the opportunity to engage more fully with the layered histories that shape the collection, bringing forward voices and connections that deepen and complicate how art is understood. I’m equally committed to contributing to how North American art can be more expansively perceived within the collection, tracing its multiple histories, entanglements and resonances across contexts. For me, a collection is a place of ongoing dialogue – where we not only reflect the world as it is, but imagine what it might become.”

Gregor Muir, Director of Collection, Tate said “I am delighted to welcome Daisy to Tate and I look forward to the knowledge and energy she will bring to our work with North American art and artists. I would also like to thank the Britton Family Foundation for their ongoing support of this vital role. Tate’s network of curators based around the world, working closely with our fantastic curatorial team in the UK, brings unparalleled insight and understanding to our work with international art.”

Paul Britton, Chair of the Tate Americas Foundation said “The Britton Family Foundation is pleased to support this curatorial position as a part of its commitment to expanding the voices of North American artists in Tate’s collection. Daisy Desrosiers brings distinguished experience to Tate and will be an enormous asset in enriching the collection with works of art from North American artists.”