To celebrate reaching 200k young people in Tate Collective, we're inviting creatives aged 16–25 to design a large-scale mural for Tate Modern.
Overview
Since 2018, Tate Collective open calls have showcased the works of young artists around London, Liverpool, within our Lates, Tate’s coffee packaging and more. For the first time in our history, a young artist's mural will take its place on the walls of Tate Modern alongside some of the greats in our collections and exhibitions.
Murals have always been a powerful way to tell stories, bring people together, and imagine different futures. We're living through a complex, fast-changing world shaped by social, economic and environmental challenges, and in times like these, community matters more than ever.
About the open call
The Tate Collective open call invites you to respond to the rich social and political history of mural-making. We want proposals that showcase the power of community, exploring how coming together can challenge existing systems and help build a more just, equitable future.
The mural will be installed on an indoor wall measuring 5.187 (h) x 13.368 (w) metres. The final work will be realised either as a painted mural or digitally produced design printed on recyclable vinyl. A panel of judges will review all eligible submissions and select one proposal for commission. The successful work will be displayed at Tate Modern from March 2027 to March 2028.
A fee of £2000 will be offered to the successful artist. Production and installation will be lead by Absolutely Studio, with all manufacturing and installation costs fully covered by Tate.
How to submit
Submit your mural proposal using the submission form. Along with your mural design file, you will need to supply the following information via the submission form:
- Your name
- Your date of birth
- Your Tate Collective membership number
- Your contact email address
- Your location (nearest Town/City and Country)
- The title and a short description of your mural proposal (200 words max)
- A sketch of your proposed mural. Please note that this does not need to be the final design, it can be a rough sketch to give judges an idea of what this could look like on a large scale wall.
- Please make sure your submission is 300 dpi or larger. We are unable to accept submissions that exceed a file size of 1GB. Name your file using the following format: Firstname_Lastname_TitleOfWork.
- Your social media handles (if you’d like us to @ you!)
Deadline for submissions is 17.00 GMT on 19 October 2026.
Entry details:
- To enter, please use the submission form in the 'How To Submit' section.
- The open call opens for entries at 09.00 GMT on Monday 21 September 2026 and closes at 17.00 GMT on Monday, 19 October 2026.
- One winner will be selected from all valid entries. The winner will be notified by email (using details provided at entry) by 20 November 2026. Please note that this date may vary if there is a high volume of submissions.
- The winner will have up to 14 days from the date they are contacted to respond in order to confirm receipt of the commission, after which an alternative winner may be selected.
- The winning entrant will be offered the opportunity to have their artwork displayed at Tate Modern subject to the terms and conditions set out below.
Submission requirements:
- Only one entry is permitted per person. Entrants must be aged between 16–25 at the time of application.
- Please be considerate with your submission. Anything defamatory or obscene won’t be accepted. Your submission must be suitable for under 18s.
- Anything you submit must be your own original work not previously used in any commercial capacity. We will ask you to declare that it is your own work in the submission form.
- If your content contains other people’s material, e.g. images or words etc, you must have obtained the necessary permissions to use the material and provide confirmation in the submission form that you have done so.
- You must also ensure you have express permission to use any images of living people that could identify them.
Intellectual Property:
By submitting your contribution with us:
- You agree to grant to Tate, free of charge, permission to use your submitted material in any non-commercial way it needs, for Tate services in any existing or future media worldwide (including on Tate’s website accessed by international users) and in perpetuity.
- You agree that your submission may be used to promote Tate’s platform or project, including:
· On social media, e.g. Facebook, Instagram and Twitter
· On our website
· In-gallery at Tate sites
· In reports and presentations covering our activities
· On printed materials e.g. leaflets promoting the open call and other projects for young people
- You accept that while we intend to credit you as the creator of the material, there may be some instances in which this is not possible (for example, due to formatting constraints). We therefore require as a condition of submission that you waive any moral rights in your contribution (a legal term for agreeing not to be credited). You also permit Tate to edit the material, if necessary. You also grant to Tate the right to sub-license these rights to approved partners.
- Copyright in your contribution will remain with you. You can continue to use the material in any other way, including allowing others to use it, including licensing the material to other websites.
If you do not grant Tate the permission set out above on these terms, please do not submit or share your contribution with us.
Standard T&Cs:
This open call is subject to our Standard Prize Draw and Competition Terms below:
- This open call is not open to employees or freelance contractors of Tate or Tate Enterprises Limited (or their families or agents), or any persons directly involved with running the open call.
- Tate accepts no responsibility for entries not successfully completed due to a technical fault, technical malfunction, computer hardware or software failure, satellite, network or server failure of any kind.
- Entries to this open call are made at the entrant’s own expense and Tate shall not be liable for any costs incurred in making or submitting the entry.
- Tate reserves the right to refuse any incomplete, incomprehensible, unlawful, damaged or otherwise deficient entries.
- Entries must not contain material or content which Tate considers at its sole discretion to be obscene or defamatory
- Tate reserves the right to hold void, cancel, suspend, or amend the competition or withdraw a prize where it becomes necessary to do so (including where entrants have breached these terms and conditions). Tate’s decision regarding any aspect of the competition is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into about it.
- Participants agree and accept that the winners’ names and countries of residence may be released on Tate’s websites and / or social media channels. The winners’ names can also be obtained by sending an e-mail to collective@tate.org.uk within 30 days after the closing date of the competition.
- Tate may require the winning entrants to participate in post competition publicity.
- Tate shall not be obliged to use any entry and shall not be liable for any entrant’s loss of publicity or enhancement of reputation.
- Tate will hold and process your personal data for all purposes relating to the administration and award of this open call. Tate will not use your personal data for any other purpose except as necessary for the purposes of this open call. You can contact us (dpo@tate.org.uk) to amend or remove any information you submit to us or ask us to remove all of your personal information. Our Privacy Policy provides further information on your legal rights and how to exercise these: https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/policies-and-procedures/tate-privacy-po...
- Tate makes no representation or warranty in relation to prizes provided. Insofar as is permitted by law, Tate, its agents or distributors will not in any circumstances be responsible or liable to compensate the winner or accept any liability for any loss, damage, personal injury or death occurring as a result of taking up the prize except where it is caused by the negligence of Tate, its agents or distributors or that of their employees. Your statutory rights are not affected.
- Participants are deemed to have accepted and agreed to be bound by these terms and conditions upon entry. Tate reserves the right to refuse entry, or refuse to award the prize to anyone in breach of these terms and conditions.
FAQs
We want proposals that showcase the power of community, exploring how coming together can challenge existing systems and help build a more just, equitable future.
Yes! Tate will pay each of the winning artist a £2000 fee. There is an additional production budget to support the creation of the mural.
Log into your Tate Collective account here. Your Tate Collective number will come up straight away under My Account as your Customer Number.
We can only accept one entry per person for this open call.
We can only accept submissions sent via the form, which can be found on this page.
This opportunity is open for 16–25s who are part of Tate Collective. You can join Tate Collective for free here.
Yes, we will be able to accept your submission as long as you are 16-25 at the time that you submit your entry.
We’re aiming to let everyone know the outcome of their submission by the end of November 2026. Please note that all entrants will receive a response about the outcome of the open call.
The mural will be installed in March 2027.
Once you’ve submitted the form, it should read ‘Thanks! Your response was submitted.’ This is confirmation that your submission has come through to us.
A mix of artists, community representatives, and Tate staff:
Nishi Begum, Tate Neighbours
Rudy Loewe, Artist
Lakwena Maciver, Artist
Rosalie Doubal, Senior Curator, Tate Modern
Leyla Tahir, Senior Learning Curator, Public Practice
Tate Collective Producers
Congrats and well done! A dedicated member of the Tate team will be in touch with all key information and next steps for you.
We will support you to liaise with the team at Absolutely Studios between November 2026 and March 2027 who will work from your sketch to bring your mural design to life.
Once we agree the final composition, colours and layout, the Absolutely Studios team will produce your mural onsite at Tate Modern in March. You don't need to attend for this part but are very welcome to!
There will be some social media and press opportunities to celebrate the project, the mural and your involvement around the launch of the mural in March.
You will also need to complete some paperwork for us to process your fee payment.
Unfortunately the jury isn't able to give individual feedback to unsuccessful submitters.
