Tate acquires new works for the national collection at Frieze London and Frieze Masters

The following works have been acquired for Tate’s collection through the Frieze Tate Fund, made possible by £150,000 of philanthropic support to Tate.

Lubna Chowdhary (b. Dodoma, Tanzania, 1964; lives and works in London)
Assembly 2025
Ceramic and sapele wood, 73 elements
2650 x 1800 x 420 mm
(Jhaveri Contemporary, Frieze London)

Barbara Walker (b. Birmingham, UK, 1964; lives and works in Birmingham)
End of the Affair II 2025
Conté, charcoal and pastel on paper
1536 x 1223 mm
(Victoria Miro, Freize London)
In addition to the Frieze Tate Fund, a further work was acquired from the fair as a promised gift from Lance Uggla to Tate’s collection.

Madge Gill (1882-1961)
Untitled (Venus Mid Heaven), 1920/30
Ink on calico
1448 x 876 cm
(The Gallery of Everything, Frieze Masters)

Since Frieze London first launched in 2003, Tate has acquired over 170 works by more than 100 artists at the fair. These works have since been seen by millions of visitors in Tate’s four galleries and have been shared with museums and galleries across the UK and beyond.

Visitors to Tate can currently enjoy several recent Frieze Tate Fund acquisitions. Ahead of next year’s Frida Kahlo exhibition, Tate Modern is now showing Rita Keegan’s 1987 self-portrait Homage to Frida Kahlo, which was purchased at the fair in 2023. Meanwhile, Tate Britain’s contemporary displays include Adam Farah-Saad’s 2023 mixed media sculpture Two traumatised young men connect whilst roaming the city of London, helping each other to survive…(THE INNER CHILDREN MIX), as well as photographs from Tessa Boffin’s series Angelic Rebels: Lesbians and Safer Sex 1989/2023, which were both purchased with funds provided by the 2023 Frieze Tate Fund.

Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate, said: [i"We are delighted that the Frieze Tate Fund has continued this year thanks to generous philanthropic support, allowing us to enrich Tate’s collection with these outstanding works. I know they will make fantastic additions to our galleries and I look forward to being able to share them with the public in the years to come"[/i]

This year’s Frieze Tate Fund selection panel was led by Gregor Muir (Director of Collection), alongside Dominique Heyse-Moore (Senior Curator, Contemporary British Art), Nicoletta Lambertucci (Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art) and Valentine Umansky (Curator, International Art).

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