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Artists Dinner Raises $800,000
The art and fashion worlds came together on Thursday May 6th for the American Patrons of Tate’s Second Artists Dinner. The evening was chaired by Glenda Bailey (editor-in-chief, Harper’s Bazaar) and Lady Lynn Forester de Rothschild (chair, American Patrons of Tate) and was held at the Hearst Tower.  David Stark decorated the room on the 44th floor with 16,000 brightly colored pencils that were donated to Materials for the Arts for use by artists and schools. There was a special live performance by Patti Smith with songs including "Because the Night" and "People Have the Power" which got the crowd of 250 on their feet and clapping!  Sir Nicholas Serota (Director, Tate) announced gifts of art by David Salle and Haim Steinbach from Douglas S Cramer and a work by Agnes Martin from Milly and Arne Glimcher which was given in honor of Anthony d'Offay and ARTISTS’  ROOMS.  The evening raised $800,000 with money being directed to our endowment which acquires art from North and South America. For further details, please see New York Social Diary. http://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/node/1902197

Two Tate Exhibitions open in North America in June
Organized by Tate Modern in conjunction with the National Gallery of Canada Pop Life: Art in a Material World opens in Ottowa on June 11 and John Baldessari: Pure Beauty opens at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on June 27.  Jessica Morgan, Curator of Contemporary Art at Tate Modern and curator of Baldessari exhibition when it was at Tate Modern will be doing a special walk through of the exhibition on in Los Angeles on June 24 prior to the opening. Please do contact us if you are in at that time and would like to attend.

Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera opens at Tate Modern
This major exhibition this summer focused on photography. Exposed offers a fascinating look at pictures made “on the sly” with photographs from the late nineteenth century to present day, the pictures present a shocking, illuminating and witty perspective on iconic and taboo subjects.  Photographers represented in the exhibition include Brassaï, Weegee, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Philip Lorca DiCorcia, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, Lee Miller, Helmut Newton and Man Ray. The exhibition, which opened on May 28, continues through October 23.

Live Image Feed of Tate Modern Development
A new development is currently underway at Tate Modern to add an iconic new building at the south of the existing gallery, creating more spaces for displaying the Collection, performance and installation art and learning.  In January 2010 Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, broke the ground on the new development and there is a live image feed from the building site which is updated every 15 minutes.  Bookmark the link to check in on the development regularly!
http://www.lobstervision.tv/transformingtate#

Turner Prize 2010 Shortlist Announced
Tate Britain announced last month the four artists who have been shortlisted for the Turner Prize 2010. The artists are Dexter Dalwood, Angela de la Cruz, Susan Philipsz and The Otolith Group. The Turner Prize award is £40,000 with £25,000 going to the winner and £5,000 each for the other shortlisted artists. The Prize, established in 1984, is awarded to a British artist under fifty for an outstanding exhibition or other presentation of their work in the twelve months preceding 27 April 2010. It is intended to promote public discussion of new developments in contemporary British art and is widely recognised as one of the most important and prestigious awards for the visual arts in Europe. Work by the shortlisted artists will be shown in an exhibition at Tate Britain opening on 4 October 2010. The winner will be announced at Tate Britain on 6 December 2010 during a live broadcast by Channel 4.

Events
Sunday June 13 and Monday June 14
Latin American Acquisitions Committee Meeting in London

Thursday June 24
Private View with Jessica Morgan of John Baldessari: Pure Beauty
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Please call 212 643 2818 if interested

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Tate Exhibitions in June
Please click here to see a list of all exhibitions in London, Liverpool and St Ives.

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Richard Hamilton
Director

Virginia Cowles Schroth
Head of Development

Daniel Schaeffer
Development Assistant

American Patrons of Tate
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