About the Brooks International Fellowship
Since 2014 Brooks International Fellows have been at the forefront of research at Tate, showcasing the range of research activity taking place across the organisation. These international visual arts professionals have collaborated with Tate in a range of disciplines including curatorial, learning, community and partnerships, collection care, research and interpretation, digital practice and visitor communications.
The Fellowship Programme supports two research Fellows a year to work with a Tate host team. The Fellowship is envisaged as a mutually beneficial cultural and professional exchange. It allows the Fellows, who are established practitioners, to bring their expertise of working in other regions to Tate, whilst also giving them the opportunity to learn from the cultural sector in the United Kingdom.
To date, Tate and Delfina Foundation have hosted 24 Brooks International Fellows from Aotearoa New Zealand, Argentina, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Egypt, France, Germany, India, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Portugal, South Korea, Thailand, Turkey, and the USA.
Tate is proud to partner with the Delfina Foundation, who offer a London-based residency for the Fellowship. Brooks International Fellows benefit from the Foundation’s international residency programme, contributing to its programme by presenting on their research or practice to a range of audiences.
Fully funded Brooks International Fellowships are made possible by the generous support of the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation.
How to apply for the 2027 Brooks International Fellowship
Two Brooks International Fellows will be hosted in the Tate Britain Curatorial Division from 5 April – 17 September 2027. The topics of the 2027 Fellowships are:
Leonora Carrington: Art and the Theatre of Life
Tate welcomes applications for a Fellow to explore the British-Mexican artist Leonora Carrington’s interest in theatre, performance and performativity. The Fellow will undertake foundational research: locating, analysing and contextualising theatrical materials across archives, manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and ephemera and situating these within Carrington’s transnational career.
Artist Supported Studios
Tate welcomes applications for a Fellow to contribute to the research and development of the 2028 Tate Britain Commission through the lens of artists who work with supported studios. Supported studios are organisations which enable disabled and neurodivergent artists to develop sustained professional practices through long-term studio provisions, advocacy and creative support. The Fellowship will explore how galleries, commissioned artists and supported studios can develop different forms of communication and ways of working throughout the commissioning process.
For more information on how to apply, please see the open call announcement on e-Flux Education.
The call will close on 21 October 2026 at 5pm GMT.
If you have any queries about the Fellowship programme, please contact international.fellowships@tate.org.uk.
About Delfina Foundation
Founded in 2007, Delfina Foundation is a non-profit organisation dedicated to facilitating artistic exchange and developing creative practice through residencies, partnerships and public programming. Delfina Foundation forges international collaborations to build shared platforms to incubate, to present and to discuss common practices and themes.
About the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation
The Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation is a private, philanthropic foundation created in 2006 to provide a structure for Elizabeth and Rory’s ongoing philanthropy. Rory and Elizabeth have supported Tate since 2006 and are members of the International Council. Elizabeth and Rory founded the Brooks International Fellowship in 2014, and their continued support has ensured the Fellowship’s longevity and growth as the flagship Research Fellowship Programme at Tate.
Ten Years of the Brooks International Fellowship Symposium, 2025
On 22 January 2025, Tate hosted a major symposium to mark the definitive milestone of the Fellowship Programme. Building an International Knowledge Network, which took place at Tate Modern and online, brought together former Fellows and those who hosted them at Tate and Delfina Foundation. The event traced how the Fellowship has opened Tate’s practices to international voices, enabling engagement with innovative practices developed in other parts of the world, and explored themes which resonate with the Fellows, including Socially Engaged Practices, Community Building, Friendship, Internationalism and Transnationalism.
The recording of the event and the event brochure can be found on the Shared Research Repository for Cultural and Heritage Organisations.
