This unique partnership between Outset, Frieze Art Fair and Tate, based on the generosity of Outset, a charitable foundation focused on supporting new art, enables Tate to buy important work by emerging artists at the fair for the national collection. 86 works by 57 significant international artists have been collected since 2003.
The guest curators for the fund in 2011 will be: Adam Szymczyk (Director of the Kunsthalle Basel) and José Roca (Curator working out of Bogotá and Philadelphia, where he is currently Artistic Director of Philagrafika 2010; and Curator of Mercosul Biennial 2011)
‘The Fund is organized and financed by Outset Contemporary Art Fund and enjoys sponsorship from Le Méridien. The donors to Outset all have a particular interest in enabling Tate’s acquisition of emerging and contemporary art, and we are very grateful to all the participants for their generosity.’
Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate
Amanda Sharp and Matthew Slotover, Directors, Frieze Art Fair
Candida Gertler and Yana Peel, Directors, Outset Contemporary Art Fund
Acquisitions
2011
Helena Almeida
Melanie Smith
Alina Szapocznikow
2010
Jimmie Durham
Jülius Koller
Lorna Simpson
2009
Alice Channer
Zbigniew Libera
David Maljkovic
Gareth Moore
Marwan Rechmaoui
Artur Zmijewski
2008
Hurvin Anderson
Andrea Fraser
Bela Kolárová
Lorna Simpson
Tris Vonna-Michell
Akram Zaatari
2007
Pawel Althamer
Mauro Restiffe
Andreas Slominski
Armando Andrade Tudela
2006
Neuenschwande & Guimaräes
Anna Barriball
Trisha Donnelly
Thomas Hirschhorn
Gabriel Kuri
Philippe Parreno
Bruno Serralongue
David Shrigley
Simon Starling
Catherine Sullivan
Christopher Williams
2005
Stanley Brouwn
Alexandre da Cunha
David Lamelas
Zoe Leonard
Daria Martin
Matthew Monahan
Deimantas Narkevicius
Anri Sala
2004
Pawel Althamer
Martin Boyce
Jeremy Deller & Alan Kane
Jesper Just
Mark Leckey
Scott Myles
Frank Nitsche
Henrik Olesen
Roman Ondak
The Atlas Group/Walid Raad
Pae White
2003
Fikret Atay
Olafur Eliasson
Anri Sala
Yutaka Sone
