Plus Tate is a network of
visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics (art), ceramics, photography, video, image, filmmaking, design, crafts, and architecture. Many artistic disciplines such as performing arts, conceptual a ...
organisations in the
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotlan ...
, led by the
Tate
Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK ...
gallery in
London
London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...
.
Plus Tate was launched by
Jeremy Hunt
Sir Jeremy Richard Streynsham Hunt (born 1 November 1966) is a British politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2022 to 2024 and Foreign Secretary from 2018 to 2019, having previously served as Secretary of State for Health a ...
MP in 2012,
initially with 18 partners.
16 new institutions were added to the network in 2015,
increasing the size of the network to 35 members, as announced by
Nicholas Serota
Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota (born 27 April 1946) is a British art historian and curator. He has been chairman of Arts Council England since February 2017.
Serota was director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, then director of the Whitechap ...
.
, Plus Tate member institutions were visited by more than 3.5m people annually, employing around 500 staff, with an annual turnover of around £33 million.
References
External links
Plus Tate website
2012 establishments in the United Kingdom
Organizations established in 2012
Non-profit organisations based in the United Kingdom
Art and design organizations
Tate galleries
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