2008 marked the sixth anniversary of the successful collaboration between Outset, Frieze Art Fair and Tate. This unique partnership, based on the generosity of Outset, a group of London patrons, enables Tate to buy important work by emerging artists at the fair for the national collection. With a fund of over £775,000, 72 works by 45 significant international artists have been collected since 2003.
In 2008, major works by Hurvin Anderson, Andrea Fraser, Bela Kolárová, Lorna Simpson, Tris Vonna-Michell, and Akram Zaatari were chosen by Thelma Golden (Director and Chief Curator at The Studio Museum in Harlem) and Sabine Breitwieser (independent curator and General Secretary of CIMAM) following guidelines provided by Ann Gallagher (Head of Collections, British Art, Tate), Jessica Morgan (Curator of Contemporary Art, Tate) and Frances Morris (Head of Collections, International Art, Tate).
The Fund is organized and financed by Outset Contemporary Art Fund and enjoys sponsorship from Laurent-Perrier and Le Méridien with additional support from John Jones. The donors 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
Previous Acquisitions
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
