Over four sessions, this online reading group will explore a series of key texts expanding upon the themes of the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational annual symposium Transnational Resistances (Tate Modern, 6–7 November 2026). The sessions will examine how art and artists can work in relation to resistance movements – as participants, advocates and documentarians.
The series will think about how power operates across states and institutions; how counter-networks and alternative methodologies come into being; how resistance is theorised, practised, and embodied; and how such embodied knowledge can be generated and transmitted across communities and generations. The group aims to connect participants across national contexts, exploring shared questions about colonialism, memory, conflict and solidarity.
Sessions are free and open to all, and will be delivered online in English.
Participation is based on an Expression of Interest. To express your interest please complete the registration form by Monday 14 September. Successful participants will be contacted by Wednesday 16 September.
Transnational Resistances is organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor. In partnership with IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art) and Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art. Examining notions of peace as one of the defining challenges of our time, the series enters into dialogue with the landmark exhibition Technologies of Peace: Art and Transition in Contemporary Europe (1989–2026) (IMMA (Irish Museum of Modern Art), 12 September 2026–9 May 2027). The reading group is led by Marleen Boschen (Adjunct Curator, Art and Ecology, HTRC:T, Tate Modern), Katrina Nzegwu (Assistant Curator, International Art, Tate Modern) and Nathan O’Donnell (Curatorial Associate, IMMA).
28 September
Selected texts from Transnational Solidarity: Anticolonialism in the global sixties, Zeina Maasri, Cathy Bergin, Francesca Burke (eds.) (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2022)
12 October
To be confirmed
26 October
Marwa Arsanios, Who is Afraid of Ideology? Parts 1 & 2 (2017–19)
Marwa Arsanios, ‘Who’s Afraid of Ideology?’ War-torn Ecologies, An-Archic Fragments: Reflections from the Middle East, Umut Yıldırım (ed.), Cultural Inquiry, 27 (Berlin: ICI Berlin Press, 2023)
16 November
Selected texts from In the Absence of Bombs: Art, War and Silence, Pascal Gielen & Bahia Shehab (eds.) (Amsterdam: Valiz, 2026)
Participants will attend online sessions (17.00–18.30 GMT) on September 28, October 12 and 26, and November 16, via Zoom. The Zoom link will be made available to all selected participants following the completion of the Expression of Interest form. We welcome Expressions of Interest from all, however those with specific relevant research interests, and able to attend all of the sessions, will be prioritised.
Participants will be required to undertake reading in advance and to take part in discussions over the course of the sessions. Reading materials will be made available as PDFs prior to each session, as well as themes and questions for consideration. Reliable internet access is essential.
Marleen Boschen
Marleen Boschen is a researcher, lecturer and curator working at the intersection of art and ecology. She is a postdoctoral fellow at Kew Gardens on the project Future Ecologies of Art, and co-curator of Testing Grounds, the artistic programme for the garden of Villa Romana, Florence.
Katrina Nzegwu
Katrina Nzegwu is Assistant Curator, International Art at Tate Modern. She has co-curated the display Gathering Ground and the Uniqlo Tate Play commission, Lina Lapelyte: Serendipity Island. She has written for platforms including Elephant Magazine, The London Magazine, Burlington Contemporary and émergent magazine, and is one-third of the creative collective When They Meet.
Nathan O’Donnell
Nathan O’Donnell is a writer, curator, and co-editor of PVA (Journal + Books). He has worked on educational and curatorial projects with IMMA since 2018, including the IMMA International Summer School (2019–23), co-organised with Lisa Moran. He teaches on the MA/MFA Art in the Contemporary World course at the National College of Art and Design (NCAD), Dublin. In 2026 he will curate the Dublin Art Book Fair at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios.
