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Research is the engine that drives much of our work at Tate

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  • Panchayat Collection Research Resource

    Learn about the Panchayat Collection and the transnational exhibitions, networks and solidarities forged by artists of colour in Britain at the end of the twentieth century

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    Tate Papers no.35

    This issue focuses on the conservation of very different types of artwork, both at Tate and at other museums internationally

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    Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

    A major research project focused on recent and contemporary artworks that challenge the practices of the museum

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    Seven Lives and a Dream 1980–91, printed 2014, by Sheba Chhachhi

    Sophia Powers

    Sheba Chhachhi challenges journalistic representations of activism and agency in the Indian women’s movement

Tate Papers

Scholarly articles on British and modern international art, and museum practice today

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  • Publications

    Our large-scale publications present in-depth research into key areas of interest, from Henry Moore to performance at Tate

  • In Focus

    In Focus projects examine artworks in Tate’s collection from a range of perspectives, reflecting contemporary approaches to object-based scholarship

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    Features

    Browse a growing range of interviews and articles related to research activity at Tate

Projects

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  • Accessing Modern and Contemporary Art Materials Research

    Enhancing the Tate’s modern and contemporary art conservation capabilities through upgraded scientific equipment, new partnerships and proactive preservation

  • Establishing Tate’s Conservation and Heritage Science Archive

    Creating an archive of Tate’s rich physical collection of pigments, paints, artwork samples and data from the scientific analysis of Tate’s collection

  • GREENART

    Researching ways to preserve cultural heritage using environmentally friendly ‘green’ sustainable materials

  • Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage

    Combining critical art-historical and museological research with interactive machine learning to surface patterns of bias within collection information

  • Tate Library Zine Collection

    The Archive is a Gathering Place

    Understanding archiving as a creative and political practice, the project explores both the digital and physical archive as a place for people to gather

  • Precarious Movements

    Bringing artists, researchers and institutions into dialogue about best practice to support the choreographer and the museum

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    The Art of Engagement: Foundations for an International Learning Community in Social Practice

    Starting April 2022, the Art of Engagement research project explores how the teaching of social practice can be improved

  • Alison Smithson’s Mind: An Architectural Scrapbook, 1950–1990

    Encompassing conservation, cataloguing and digitisation, this research project will make available a unique 900+ page scrapbook compiled over four decades by Alison Smithson, one of the founding members of the Independent Group.

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    Provisional Semantics

    Addressing the challenges of representing multiple perspectives within an evolving digitised national collection

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    Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

    Developing innovative models for the conservation and management of recent and contemporary works of art

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    Inclusive Futures

    Exploring inclusion, knowledge production and change-making within Tate

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    Landscapes Reimagined App

    An augmented-reality app created by Factory 42 with Tate and Shanghai Museum to allow users to engage with art in new and innovative ways

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    Upgrading Conservation Science Infrastructure

    A substantial grant from the new Capability for Collections Fund will enable transformative upgrades to the conservation science research infrastructure at Tate.

  • The Preserving Immersive Media project explores how to effectively care for artworks which use immersive technologies like virtual reality headsets

    Preserving Immersive Media

    Developing strategies for the preservation of artworks which utilise immersive media such as 360 video, real-time 3D, virtual, augmented and mixed reality

Research Activity

  • Interpretation Artist in Residence

    Informed by research into Tate’s collection, the Interpretation Artist in Residence programme aims to facilitate artist development and open up new ways for audiences to engage with artworks at Tate

  • Research Centres

    Research Centres focus attention on areas of particular interest, and enable Tate to contribute to research communities

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    Tate Studentships

    Find out about Tate's studentships scheme including current opportunities, plus information about doctoral students currently engaged in research at Tate

  • Brooks International Fellowship Programme

    The Brooks International Fellowship Programme has been providing global museum practitioners with opportunities to conduct research at Tate since 2014

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    A wealth of material relating to the history of British art from 1900 to the present

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    Prints and Drawings Rooms

    View drawings, prints and more from Tate’s collection not currently on display in the galleries

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    Tate Research Repository

    Tate is a member of the Shared Research Repository for cultural and heritage organisations  hosted by the British Library, London.

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  • About Research

    Research at Tate involves a range of subject disciplines, including art history, conservation and conservation science, collection management, education and museology, as well as a variety of research methods and outputs

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