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Research at Tate involves a range of subject disciplines, including art history, conservation and conservation science, collection management, education and museology, as well as a variety of research methods and outputs.

Projects often bring together specialists through interdisciplinary collaborations and partnerships with organisations such as museums, universities, other Independent Research Organisations and industrial partners.

Research helps us encourage new knowledge, address practical problems, develop new tools for practice, and allows us to contribute to broader debates.

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Panchayat Collection Research Resource

Learn about the Panchayat Collection and the transnational exhibitions, networks and solidarities forged by artists of colour in Britain at the end of the twentieth century
PhD opportunity: Idea Transformer

We invite proposals that interrogate notions of transhistoricity, transnationality and transmediality through and beyond Tate Modern’s collection displays
Tate Papers no.35

This issue focuses on the conservation of very different types of artwork, both at Tate and at other museums internationally
Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

A major research project focused on recent and contemporary artworks that challenge the practices of the museum
Seven Lives and a Dream 1980–91, printed 2014, by Sheba Chhachhi

Sophia Powers

Sheba Chhachhi challenges journalistic representations of activism and agency in the Indian women’s movement

Research Hubs

Collection Care Research

Developing new knowledge to explore the many challenges related to the conservation, management and care of Tate’s collection
Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational

Exploring multiple art histories from different parts of the world and transforming our understanding of international art
Tate Research Centre: Learning

Promoting research and knowledge exchange to inform practice in the field of learning in galleries
British Art Network

Bringing together professionals working on British art including curators, researchers and academics. Membership is always open and free.

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Publications

Our large-scale publications present in-depth research into key areas of interest, from Henry Moore to performance at Tate
In Focus

In Focus projects examine artworks in Tate’s collection from a range of perspectives, reflecting contemporary approaches to object-based scholarship
Features

Browse a growing range of interviews and articles related to research activity at Tate

Projects

GREENART

1 October 2022 – 30 September 2025
This project will research ways to preserve cultural heritage using environmentally friendly ‘green’ sustainable materials.
Precarious Movements

2021–2024
Precarious Movements: Choreography and the Museum is a project that aims to bring artists, researchers and institutions into dialogue about best practice to support the choreographer and the museum, and to sustain momentum in theory and practice around dance and the visual arts.
The Art of Engagement: Foundations for an International Learning Community in Social Practice

Starting April 2022, the Art of Engagement research project explores how the teaching of social practice can be improved
Provisional Semantics

Addressing the challenges of representing multiple perspectives within an evolving digitised national collection
Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

Developing innovative models for the conservation and management of recent and contemporary works of art
Inclusive Futures

Exploring inclusion, knowledge production and change-making within Tate
Landscapes Reimagined App

An augmented-reality app created by Factory 42 with Tate and Shanghai Museum to allow users to engage with art in new and innovative ways
Upgrading Conservation Science Infrastructure

A substantial grant from the new Capability for Collections Fund will enable transformative upgrades to the conservation science research infrastructure at Tate.
Preserving Immersive Media

Developing strategies for the preservation of artworks which utilise immersive media such as 360 video, real-time 3D, virtual, augmented and mixed reality

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Research FAQs

See our Research FAQs for more information and details on how to contact us
Tate Research Strategy

Mapping out the future and our vision to create a vibrant research culture across Tate
Tate Studentships

Tate hosts doctoral students who gain experience and contribute to programmes and projects. Find out more and how to apply
Brooks International Fellowship Programme

The Brooks International Fellowship Programme has been providing global museum practitioners with opportunities to conduct research at Tate since 2014

Research Facilities

Tate Archive

A wealth of material relating to the history of British art from 1900 to the present
Tate Library

Explore our collection of books, catalogues and rare items relating to British art from 1500s and international art from c.1900
Prints and Drawings Rooms

View drawings, prints and more from Tate’s collection not currently on display in the galleries
Art and Artists

Artworks, films, articles, biographies, glossary terms and more. Explore Tate’s growing collection of British and international art

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Highlights

Panchayat Collection Research Resource

PhD opportunity: Idea Transformer

Tate Papers no.35

Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

Seven Lives and a Dream 1980–91, printed 2014, by Sheba Chhachhi

Research Hubs

Collection Care Research

Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational

Tate Research Centre: Learning

British Art Network

Read, Browse, Explore

Publications

In Focus

Features

Tate Papers

Projects

GREENART

Precarious Movements

The Art of Engagement: Foundations for an International Learning Community in Social Practice

Provisional Semantics

Reshaping the Collectible: When Artworks Live in the Museum

Inclusive Futures

Landscapes Reimagined App

Upgrading Conservation Science Infrastructure

Preserving Immersive Media

About Us

Research FAQs

Tate Research Strategy

Tate Studentships

Brooks International Fellowship Programme

Research Facilities

Tate Archive

Tate Library

Prints and Drawings Rooms

Art and Artists

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