Gathering Ground highlights the connection between environmental and social justice, inviting us to reimagine our relationships with the natural world and each other. The exhibition is free and will be open on the night.
Music: Music Programmed by The GRIN.io
Location: Level 1 Bridge
18.00–21.30
Experience an experimental soundscape inspired by Gathering Ground. DJs will explore “ecological club music” by mixing natural sounds and field recordings with electronic textures.
Full line up coming soon.
Music: Music Programmed by The GRIN.io
Corner Bar, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
18.00–21.30
Head to Corner Bar to enjoy DJ sets with screenings of music videos, short films and visuals inspired by Gathering Ground.
Full line up coming soon.
Music: Music Programmed by The GRIN.io
Terrace Bar, Blavatnik Building Level 1
18.00–21.30
Catch DJ sets from London’s diverse club scenes featuring community‑oriented dance music that celebrates interdependence and diasporic sounds.
Full line up coming soon.
Interactive Display: Greenpeace Presents Breaking Point
Tanks Studio, Blavatnik Building, Level 0
18.00–21.00
Breaking Point: Untold Stories of Climate Loss and Damage is a powerful protest art installation exposing how oil and gas companies are fueling the climate crisis and intensifying global extreme weather events. The installation features belongings donated by Filipino communities to be presented by Greenpeace activists to the oil and gas companies driving the climate crisis. These objects of memory, resilience and protest will be shown alongside footage of storms an activism. Join Greenpeace to explore human stories behind the climate crisis, share your own experiences of extreme weather and discuss ideas for collective resistance.
Talks: Remember Nature 25
Blavatnik Building, Level 2
19.30–20.15 and 20.30–21.15
Ten years ago Gustav Metzger called on artists everywhere to take a stand for the planet through creative action. Earlier this month Remember Nature 2025 honoured that legacy with a nationwide programme of art action. Join us as we continue this vital conversation through an evening of short performances, readings, and spoken word, featuring invited artists and creatives representing regional and global nature crises in collaboration with the RSPB.
Talks: 10 Minute Talks
Various times, throughout the building
Join Ten Minute Talks and meet volunteers and staff from across Tate who bring our artworks to life as they share personal insights and fresh perspectives into works from the collection.
Workshop: Tate Draw
Starr Foyer, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1 and Blavatnik Building, Level 3
18.00–21.30
Head to our drawing desks and bring your work to life using digital sketch pads. Tate Draw is supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Talk: Mass Migration and Displacement
Starr Cinema, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
19.00–20.00
Campaigner Rosamund Adoo-Kissi Debrah and broadcaster Edward Adoo discuss mass migration, displacement and its impact on society in London and beyond. They will examine the current situation alongside talking about their family connection, former chief Justice of Ghana Julius Sarkodee-Adoo, who studied law in London. He was called to the bar and later served in his role under Kwame Nkrumah's government. Their discussion will explore all avenues including migration, rises in hate crimes and oppression against people of colour. Followed by a reading and reflections from activist and writer Fatimah Kelleher.
*Requires a free ticket, available to book here on 28 November at 11.00
Talk and Screening: Air Pollution and Activism
Starr Cinema, Natalie Bell Building, Level 1
20.30–21.30
Join Public Health Advocate Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah CBE and broadcaster Edward Adoo or a discussion about the effects of air pollution. A few weeks after her ninth birthday, Ella Roberta Adoo-Kissi-Debrah suffered a fatal asthma attack and Ella is the first person in the world to have air pollution listed as a cause of death on her death certificate. Rosamund, Ella’s mum, is the founder, director, and trustee of The Ella Roberta Foundation. She is one of the most prominent advocates for clean air worldwide, a powerful voice in the air pollution debate.
*Requires a free ticket, available to book here on 28 November at 11.00
Tour: Slow Looking with Olivia Meehan
19.30–20.30
Join Olivia Meehan, author of Slow Looking: The Art of Nature, for a guided slow looking session in Gathering Ground. In this meditative hour, find new connections with artworks as you draw on imagination and your personal experiences of nature.
*Requires a free ticket, available to book here on 28 November at 11.00
Participatory Performance: Youngsook Choi – Book of Loss (2022/25)
Blavatnik Building, Level 5
19.00–19.45 and 20.30–21.15
Join artist Youngsook Choi for a participatory performance which commemorates the major glaciers lost in recent years, in relation to the increasing threat of flooding around the nearby River Thames. You will take part in a search party and use UV light to seek out illustrations of lost glaciers secretly drawn around the space, accompanied by conversations and readings from the Book of Loss. The second performance will feature an ice grafting ceremony, honouring the indigenous practice of 'wedding of glaciers' in the Himalayan Hindu Kush and Karakoram mountains. Youngsook explores ecological grief as a climate interrogation, organising collective witnessing and interspecies healing, and is the founder of transnational eco-grief council Foreshadowing.
*Each session requires a free ticket, available to book here on 28 November at 11.00
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- Fully accessible toilets are located on every floor on the concourses.
- A quiet room is available to use in the Natalie Bell Building on Level 4.
- Ear defenders can be borrowed from the Ticket desks.
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