Art in Yorkshire, a yearlong project backed by Tate encompassing 19 galleries and 27 exhibitions throughout 2011, could be extended to other regions.
More than 1.5 million visitors saw works on loan from Tate by Yorkshire-born artists such as David Hockney and Henry Moore as part of the initiative, which features in a new Tate publication called On Collaboration.
Tate’s national partnership programmes from the past seven years, including Artist Rooms, Plus Tate and the Turner Prize 2011 at Baltic in Gateshead, are explored in the review.
In the introduction, Caroline Collier, director of Tate National, writes: “A preoccupation for most cultural organisations in the UK is how to become less reliant on public funding and to test new business models. These ideas will be explored through Tate’s collaborative programmes, from cooperating on fundraising [to] commissioning contracts and services.”
A Tate spokeswoman confirmed that more joint fundraising initiatives were in the pipeline.
The 15-month Plus Tate networking project, which was sponsored by JP Morgan, launched in 2009. The scheme enables 18 partner institutions, such as the Arnolfini in Bristol and the Hepworth Wakefield, to exchange resources.
“Staff and audiences at Turner Contemporary [in Margate] have benefited from this relationship, which allows us to share best practice and expertise, as well as loans from Tate’s collection,” writes Victoria Pomery, director of Turner Contemporary.
Marie Bak Mortensen, Tate’s manager of national initiatives, states in the report, however, that “the challenge for the network now is to sustain partners’ active engagement, keeping all 18 organisations involved, rather than defaulting to an inward-looking survival mode”.
Meanwhile, exhibitions at 39 galleries and museums have drawn 22 million visitors to date under the Artist Rooms initiative, launched in 2008 when dealer Anthony d’Offay sold his 725-piece postwar collection to the nation for £26.5m.
More than 1.5 million visitors saw works on loan from Tate by Yorkshire-born artists such as David Hockney and Henry Moore as part of the initiative, which features in a new Tate publication called On Collaboration.
Tate’s national partnership programmes from the past seven years, including Artist Rooms, Plus Tate and the Turner Prize 2011 at Baltic in Gateshead, are explored in the review.
In the introduction, Caroline Collier, director of Tate National, writes: “A preoccupation for most cultural organisations in the UK is how to become less reliant on public funding and to test new business models. These ideas will be explored through Tate’s collaborative programmes, from cooperating on fundraising [to] commissioning contracts and services.”
A Tate spokeswoman confirmed that more joint fundraising initiatives were in the pipeline.
The 15-month Plus Tate networking project, which was sponsored by JP Morgan, launched in 2009. The scheme enables 18 partner institutions, such as the Arnolfini in Bristol and the Hepworth Wakefield, to exchange resources.
“Staff and audiences at Turner Contemporary [in Margate] have benefited from this relationship, which allows us to share best practice and expertise, as well as loans from Tate’s collection,” writes Victoria Pomery, director of Turner Contemporary.
Marie Bak Mortensen, Tate’s manager of national initiatives, states in the report, however, that “the challenge for the network now is to sustain partners’ active engagement, keeping all 18 organisations involved, rather than defaulting to an inward-looking survival mode”.
Meanwhile, exhibitions at 39 galleries and museums have drawn 22 million visitors to date under the Artist Rooms initiative, launched in 2008 when dealer Anthony d’Offay sold his 725-piece postwar collection to the nation for £26.5m.