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American Patrons makes a $1.6 million grant to Tate
The Trustees of the American Patrons of Tate voted recently to make a $1.6 million grant to Tate to support a variety of projects at Tate including general international program, capital campaigns and general exhibition funding.  Thank you to all our supporters for the generous gifts that have allowed us to make this grant.

Jose Roca appointed Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art
Tate is delighted to announce the appointment of Colombian curator José Roca as the Estrellita B. Brodsky Adjunct Curator of Latin American Art. The post, which reflects Tate’s continuing commitment to broadening the geographical scope of the Collection, is for a period of three years from 2012 to 2015. José will take a leading role in developing Tate’s holdings of art from Latin America and will work closely with Tate’s Latin American Acquisitions Committee, now celebrating its tenth year, which is administered by the American Patrons of Tate. José Roca was most recently the chief curator of the 8th Bienal do Mercosul(2011) in Porto Alegre, Brazil and for a decade he managed the arts programme and oversaw the development of the collection at the Banco de la República in Bogotá, establishing it as one of the most respected institutions in the Latin American circuit. The post is sponsored by Estrellita Brodsky, Trustee of the American Patrons of Tate and member of the Latin American Acquisitions Committee.  Our heartfelt thanks goes to Estrellita for her generous support.

Audermars Piguet & the American Patrons host event during Art Basel Miami Beach
On Thursday, December 1st, Audemars Piguet threw an elegant event at the penthouse of the Raleigh Hotel to announce their new partnership with the American Patrons of the Tate. The event was hosted by Audemars Piguet's Philippe Merk, American Patrons of the Tate's Chair, Jeanne Donovan Fisher, Director Richard Hamilton, Director of Tate Modern, Chris Dercon, in collaboration with Whitewall's Michael Klug. Art collectors, watch collectors and artists alike attended, such as Grimanesa Amoros, Frederick Martel, Juan Carlos, Angela Westwater, Ago & Tiqui Atencio Dermirdjian and more.  Please click here for pictures.

American Patrons of Tate sponsor two exhibitions at Tate
We are happy to be able to support both the Yayoi Kusama exhibition at Tate Modern, thanks to generous gifts from the Hayden Family Foundation and Tishman Speyer, and the Simon Fujiwara at Tate St Ives thanks to a gift from Shelly Fox Aarons and Philip Aarons.  Yayoi Kusama is at Tate Modern until June 5 and Simon Fuijwara at Tate St Ives until May 7.

New Members
We are pleased to welcome Panos Karpidas and Elisabeth Farrell (Dallas) as new members of our North American Acquisitions Committee and Billy Bickford, Jr and Oscar Cuellar (Guatemala) and Judko Rosenstock and Oscar Hernandez (Costa Rica) as new members of our Latin American Acquisitions Committee.

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

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