These posts provides curators and researchers with the opportunity to remain within the region they are working in and carry out field research in relevant areas for Tate.

This programme provides academics and curators with the opportunity to develop their independent research that aligns with Tate’s research interests.

The Travel Grant programme is an annual award for early career scholars and curators to attend the Centre’s symposium.

Temporary Spaces: Exchanges in Art, Architecture and Photography in the UAE, South Asia and beyond (exact title tbc)

Alserkal Residency Project Space

1 November 2019

Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational invites early career scholars and curators to apply for funding to attend the symposium Temporary Spaces: Exchanges in Art, Architecture and Photography in the UAE, South Asia and beyond at the Alserkal Residency Project Space in Dubai on 1 November 2019.

Co-organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, Alserkal Arts Foundation and Ishara Art Foundation, the symposium will bring together scholars, practitioners and artists from the UAE, South Asia and beyond to discuss critical perspectives on shared histories, ongoing exchanges and connections. Of particular importance will be new perspectives on cities, their representations and how these have contributed to the complex and ongoing making of home and identities in the region. These conversations will move back and forth across the Gulf and South Asia thinking about modern urban development as well as the rapid growth and social transformation of the city and its impact on artistic practice.

The symposium will coincide with an exhibition on photography and South Asia at the Ishara Art Foundation and nurture debates at Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational on transnational perspectives in art.

This funding will allow early career scholars and curators to engage with specialists in the field of architecture and photography in the Gulf, South Asia and beyond and to meet with a broad network of researchers, curators and artists.

Participants in the travel grant programme will receive funds sufficient to cover their travel costs and two nights’ accommodation in Dubai within a set limit. As part of receiving this grant, participants will need to complete a written report on the symposium to be published online, by a set deadline.

To apply, please send a CV and cover letter (400 words) in PDF format indicating how attending this symposium will benefit your work, together with names and contact details of two referees to htrc.transnational@tate.org.uk by 30 August 2019 17.00 BST.

Only successful candidates will be notified.

Integrated within Tate Modern’s Curatorial team, the Centre’s core team work with the wider Curatorial team to lead or contribute to exhibitions, collection displays, acquisitions and public events. The Centre’s core team also work closely with the Learning & Research and Digital departments as well as other colleagues at Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives, to connect Tate with a wide network of peers and academic partners.

The Centre is led by Dr Sook-Kyung Lee, Senior Curator, International Art (Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational). Lee has had responsibilities for the research and acquisition of art from the Asia-Pacific region for the Tate collection and previously headed Tate Research Centre: Asia (2012–16). As Exhibitions & Displays Curator at Tate Liverpool she curated several exhibitions and collection displays such as Doug Aitken: The Source and Thresholds. Lee also served as the Commissioner & Curator of the Korean Pavilion for the 56th Venice Biennale. She is currently curating Nam June Paik, which will premiere at Tate Modern in late 2019 and tour in Europe, USA and Asia, co-organised by Tate Modern and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Tate Modern has recently appointed two curators, Nabila Abdel Nabi and Devika Singh, who are embedded in Tate Modern’s Curatorial team to carry out acquisition and programme related curatorial work, with a focus on the Centre’s aim of contributing to the development of the ‘transnational’ framework.

Nabila Abdel Nabi was Associate Curator at The Power Plant, Toronto and prior to that she was Gallery Manager at The Third Line, Dubai. She has worked on solo exhibitions and facilitated new commissions by artists including Hajra Waheed (upcoming), Vivian Suter, Omar Ba, Emeka Ogboh, Abbas Akhavan, Kapwani Kiwanga, Karla Black, Michael Landy, Kader Attia, Amalia Pica and Jonathas de Andrade, among others. She holds an MA from the Courtauld Institute of Art and a BA from the University of Chicago.

Devika Singh’s work focuses on modern and contemporary art and architecture in South Asia and the global history of modernism. She was Smuts Research Fellow at the Centre of South Asian Studies of the University of Cambridge and a fellow at the Centre allemand d’histoire de l’art in Paris. She holds a PhD from Cambridge and was a visiting fellow at the French Academy at Rome, the Freie Universität and the Kluge Center of the Library of Congress. She has published widely in journals and exhibition catalogues. Recent exhibitions curated by Singh include Planetary Planning at Dhaka Art Summit (2018) and Gedney in India at CSMVS, Mumbai (2017) and Duke University (2018).

The Centre’s activities are devised and managed by Emma Jones, Research Manager, and Rachel Hajek, Research Coordinator.

Adjunct Curators will be appointed in the coming months and will carry out field research in relevant areas. Details of new curatorial appointments will be shared on this page.

Steering Committee
The Centre is guided by Tate’s internal Steering Committee, which consists of Tate-wide directors and senior members of staff with expertise in Tate’s core activities including the collection, displays and exhibitions, research and national and international partnerships. The Steering Committee members input into and steer the Centre’s strategy and output and align our events with Tate’s programmes at all Tate sites: Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.

Chair
Achim Borchardt-Hume, Director of Exhibitions & Programmes, Tate Modern

Members
Anna Cutler, Director of Learning and Research
Cecile de Cormis, Head of Corporate Development
Ann Gallagher, Director of Collection, British Art
Mark Godfrey, Senior Curator, International Art (Europe and Americas)
Clara Kim, The Daskalopoulos Senior Curator, International Art (Africa, Asia & Middle East)
Sook-Kyung Lee, Senior Curator, International Art (Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational)
Gregor Muir, Head of Collection, International Art, Tate Modern
Judith Nesbitt, Director of National & International Partnerships
Emily Pringle, Head of Research
Charlotte Reeves, Head of Corporate Partnerships
Andrea Schlieker, Director of Exhibitions and Displays, Tate Britain

Advisory Board
The Centre is also supported by an Advisory Board, which consists of external academics working in the field of transnational art history. The role of the Board is to advise and steer the Centre’s strategic direction and to help develop a wider network in academia and artistic communities across the world.

Chair
Frances Morris, Director, Tate Modern

Members
Professor Oriana Baddeley (University of the Arts London)
Professor Monica Juneja (Heidelberg University)
Professor Christian Kravagna (Academy of Fine Arts Vienna)
Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu (Princeton University)
Professor Ming Tiampo (Carleton University)

Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational
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Rachel Hajek, Research Coordinator
rachel.hajek@tate.org.uk