Major works from the Tate are to go on show at Nottingham Contemporary, the new £19.4m contemporary arts centre poised to open in November, as part of the Tate Connects initiative.
The partnership will be launched with a loan of 17 David Hockney works for the new gallery's first exhibition, which re-examines the British painter's work from 1960 to 1968 (14 November-24 January 2010).
Alex Farquharson, the director of Nottingham Contemporary, said: "Tate has made an exceptionally generous commitment to the exhibition, which in turn has led to significant loans from other institutions. The partnership has been crucial. Paintings we are borrowing from Tate include A Bigger Splash (1967) and Study for Doll Boy (1960)."
A Tate spokeswoman said: "Nottingham Contemporary is one of 10 Tate Connects partners: we have a five-year agreement to work with them continuously, in a variety of ways, including special access to works from Tate Collection for their shows, staff exchanges and secondments, and other advice and joint programmes. That will include loan of works."
The network of visual arts organisations, established last year, is to recruit additional partners this autumn. "By the end of this year, we aim to have 15 Tate Connects partners drawn from the UK as a whole," added the spokeswoman.
Current members include Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Museums Sheffield. The 3,000 sq metre Nottingham Contemporary space, designed by architects Caruso St John, consists of four galleries.
The partnership will be launched with a loan of 17 David Hockney works for the new gallery's first exhibition, which re-examines the British painter's work from 1960 to 1968 (14 November-24 January 2010).
Alex Farquharson, the director of Nottingham Contemporary, said: "Tate has made an exceptionally generous commitment to the exhibition, which in turn has led to significant loans from other institutions. The partnership has been crucial. Paintings we are borrowing from Tate include A Bigger Splash (1967) and Study for Doll Boy (1960)."
A Tate spokeswoman said: "Nottingham Contemporary is one of 10 Tate Connects partners: we have a five-year agreement to work with them continuously, in a variety of ways, including special access to works from Tate Collection for their shows, staff exchanges and secondments, and other advice and joint programmes. That will include loan of works."
The network of visual arts organisations, established last year, is to recruit additional partners this autumn. "By the end of this year, we aim to have 15 Tate Connects partners drawn from the UK as a whole," added the spokeswoman.
Current members include Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums, Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service and Museums Sheffield. The 3,000 sq metre Nottingham Contemporary space, designed by architects Caruso St John, consists of four galleries.
