Tate Research

Applications to the 2026 Brooks International Fellowship Programme are now open! In partnership with @delfinafdn @Tate is offering two six-month #fellowships for #researchers in the Tate Modern Curatorial Division. For details on how to apply visit: tate.org.uk/research/brook…

Calling all experts in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - Tate is searching for a co-supervisor on a #PhD project studying VOCs emitted from contemporary #artworks in storage! For further details, follow the link below. tate.org.uk/research/stude…

Are you a researcher interested in how socially engaged art can respond to the priorities of local residents? Tate St Ives is looking for supervisors on a #PhD project exploring place-based artistic pedagogies in cultural institutions. Get in touch! tate.org.uk/research/stude…

Are you an early career researcher looking to gain experience in the galleries, libraries, archives and museums (GLAM) sector? Apply for a funded research opportunity at Tate in one of our key strategic areas of interest. Follow the link for full details tate.org.uk/research/resea…

Do you have expertise in volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted from plastics and wood and an interest in conservation science? We're looking for co-supervisors on a #PhD project studying VOCs emitted from contemporary artworks in storage. Get in touch! tate.org.uk/research/stude…

New #ArtOpps now live on ArtRabbit for you to browse, share, and apply! 🏆 Award by Henki Art Prize 🏛️ Residency at @rijksmuseum 🎓 Fellowship with @GuggFellows @kadistkadist @princetonarts 💼 Commission by @weareunltd 🥇 Competition with Classical Roman Arts Foundation 📝 Writing Opportunity with @TateResearch 📊Professional Development at @THE_TAGLI 🖼️ Exhibition Opportunities with Firepit Art Gallery & Cultural Hub, Art Works Together, @CRASSHlive @MikaAono More #OpenCalls this way 👇 artrabbit.com/artist-opportu…

How might #interpretation practice address the complex expectations placed on #museums today? Tate Papers is seeking contributions exploring the role of #art museum interpretation in serving audiences, artists and institutions. #callforpapers tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

Examining @Tate’s acquisition and interpretation of #artworks by Vong Phaophanit and his long-term collaborator, Claire Oboussier, susan pui san lok explores how structural racism imbues institutional #narratives. tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

🔬@Tate is leading a #conservation #research project in collaboration with @ColbyCollege and the @hunterian that involves the technical examination of oil paintings by James McNeill Whistler, including his ‘Nocturne: Black and Gold – The Fire Wheel’ 1875: tate.org.uk/about-us/proje…

‘And so you end up recognising that the #data isn’t everything. It’s only a tiny portion of it. And that’s frustrating.’ @cjpgriffin interviews the #artist Erika Tan about her experience as a practice-based #researcher working with #machine #learning. tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

While the galleries are closed, the Research Library on the first floor is open as usual. Visit Tuesday – Friday, 10am–5pm and Saturdays, 1–5pm to enjoy over 30,000 books on sculpture in our beautiful reading rooms in the centre of Leeds, free entry. henry-moore.org/henry-moore-in…

The Warburg is hosting a talk on a unique collection of #disability related #images and #artworks assembled by the German educationalist Hans Würtz (1875–1958) during the rise of National Socialism: warburg.sas.ac.uk/events/warburg…

In our latest issue of @Tate Papers, the art historian Andrew Cummings @tweetsbyandrewc draws on alternative #sources to challenge the idea of the ‘rediscovery’ of the artist Hamad Butt in the context of public #art collections and #exhibition programmes. tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

‘We don’t come into things neutrally, even if that might be how something is presented.’ @cjpgriffin interviews the #artist Evan Ifekoya about their experience as a practice-based researcher working with institutional #archives and #collections. tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

In our latest issue of Tate Papers, @AnjalieDC draws on #research into three artworks @Tate to demonstrate the importance of an artist-directed and object-centred approach to cataloguing and #interpretation practices in #museums: tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

What does it mean to use the body as practice? Join us tonight for Live Art: Body as a Language, with Ivan Michael Blackstock, SERAFINE1369 & @vamuseum’s Meneesha Kellay. 🗓️ Wed 21 May, 7pm 🎟️ Last tickets: rb.gy/gyxa2q In partnership with @anothermagazine

Issue 36 of @Tate Papers includes a group of articles generated by a #research project exploring structural inequalities and systemic #biases in national #collections. Read an introduction by the project’s principal investigator, susan pui san lok: tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

‘In this #gathering, we continue to bring things together’. – Lauren Craig Watch videos of talks and performances from ‘The #Archive is a Gathering Place’, a #research event about archives as a place of collaboration, creativity and political practice. tate.org.uk/research/tate-…

OPEN CALL | £500 | RESEARCHERS | Deadline 13th May @Houseofdread_ are calling all educators, researchers, creatives and cultural producers working on a project exploring the legacies of the transatlantic trafficking of Enslaved Africans.

‘I do think I’m a good #artist and am entitled therefore to a little recognition.’ Drawing on new #archival material, Jon King highlights Ethel Walker’s self-advocacy to secure her legacy as one of England’s leading women artists. tate.org.uk/research/tate-…