Tate Americas

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American Patrons of Tate Transitions to Tate Americas Foundation to reflect the organization's evolving role and expanding geographical base of support

Tate announces the renaming of the American Patrons of Tate, an independent charity based in the United States, to the Tate Americas Foundation.  The renaming more accurately reflects the charity's role to support the acquisition of art from the Americas and expanding geographical base of support from both North and South American patrons.

Sir Nicholas Serota, Director, Tate, says, "The 2013 celebration of the 25th anniversary of Sir Edwin and Lady Manton's founding gift provides the ideal time to review the changing role and support base of Tate's Americas-based charity to reflect involvement and support from generous patrons in both North and South America. The newly named Tate Americas Foundation will build on their extraordinary vision to acquire art for Tate from the Americas and to support exhibitions of those artists' works."

The Board of Trustees of Tate Americas Foundation, chaired by Jeanne Donovan Fisher (New York), voted unanimously to evolve the name. Tate Americas Foundation board of trustees also includes Frances Bowes (San Francisco), Estrellita Brodsky (New York), James Chanos (New York), Henry Christensen III (New York), Ella Fontanals-Cisneros (Switzerland), Noam Gottesman (New York), John Studzinski (New York), Juan Carlos Verme (Lima, Peru), Tiqui Atencio Demirdjian (London and Venezuela), and Robert Rennie (Vancouver, Canada).

Tate Americas Foundation will host the third Artists Dinner fundraising gala in New York on Wednesday, May 8 at Skylight at Moynihan Station. The Artists Dinner will honor thirty artists from the Americas who are represented in the Tate's collection. All proceeds will be used to acquire additional art of the Americas for Tate.