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Art Acquisitions for Tate
Helping strengthen Tate’s collection of North American and Latin American art is an enormously important part of our support for Tate and we are delighted to announce the acquisition of several works of art.  The American Fund for the Tate Gallery, (our endowment that acquires work by North American and Latin American artists) has acquired Gordon Matta-Clark’s Wallspaper 1972; donations from North American Acquisitions Committee have allowed us to acquire six paintings by RH Quaytman and to make a grant to enable Tate to acquire Christopher Wool’s Untitled 2008; donations from the Latin American Acquisitions Committee members have allowed us to purchase Francis Alys’ Tornado 2000-10 and Mathias Goeritz’s Message 1959. Finally, gifts from a group of private individuals have allowed us to acquire Ed Burtynsky’s Oil Spill #2, Discover Enterprise, Gulf of Mexico, May 11 2010. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who helped make this possible.

American Artist Lecture Series: Brice Marden
The American Artist Lecture Series, which is a partnership between Art In Embassies, Tate Modern and US Embassy London, aims to bring the greatest living modern and contemporary American artists to the UK in the name of cultural diplomacy. We are delighted that Brice Marden has agreed to lecture at Tate Modern on May 14. Brice Marden’s early work brought together the painterly quality of abstract expressionism with the intellectual rigors of minimalism and he will talk about his work as an artist and the importance of touch, surface, color and tone. For further details please click here.

Events in May

• May 2 Walk-through of Whitney Biennale with Mark Godfrey, Curator, Tate Modern
• May 4 Walk-through of Frieze New York City with Mark Godfrey, Curator, Tate Modern

News from Latin America
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Tate Exhibitions in May
Please click here to see a list of all exhibitions in London, Liverpool and St Ives.

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