Building an International Knowledge Network: Ten Years of the Brooks International Fellowship

Since 2014, Brooks International Fellows have been at the forefront of research at Tate, showcasing the range of research activity taking place across the organisation. These international visual arts professionals have collaborated with Tate in a range of disciplines including curatorial, learning, community and partnerships, collection care, research and interpretation, digital practice and visitor communications.

On 22 January 2025, Tate hosted a major symposium to mark the definitive milestone of an incredible decade-long successful partnership with the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation and Delfina Foundation.

This event, which took place at Tate Modern and online, brought together former Fellows and those who have hosted them at Tate and Delfina Foundation. The event traced how the Fellowship has opened Tate’s practices to international voices, enabling engagement with innovative practices developed in other parts of the world.

The symposium also considered the broader significance and impact of the research. Sessions explored themes which resonate with the Fellows, including Socially Engaged Practices, Community Building, Friendship, Internationalism and Transnationalism. The event sought to trace these themes across multiple disciplines and practices, across a myriad of regional nuances and perspectives.

The event was convened by Brooks International Fellowship Programme Manager Jess Sully.

Recording 1 Welcomes and Introduction to the Brooks International Fellowship Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate David Dibosa, Director, Research & Interpretation, Tate Aaron Cezar, Director, Delfina Foundation Jess Sully, Strategic Research Projects Manager, Tate

Presentations: Socially Engaged Practices, Community Building and Friendship Rabbya Naseer, Tate Research Centre: Asia: witness/ spectator/ bystander/ participant Daniela Ruiz Moreno, Learning, Tate Exchange: finding language for a practice Fernanda D’Agostino Dias, Collection Management: Collections in conversation, and why museums may manage similar artworks differently Sofà­a Babis, Digital and Innovation: Applying a human-centred approach to digital learning Jenna Shaw, Collection Management: Sustainability in Exhibitions & Collections Transit: Registrars Guiding Innovation for a Greener Museum Madhushree Kamak, Visitor Communications: Arts x Technology: Changing the Museum Experience Erin Li, Curator, Delfina Foundation: Real Talks in the Kitchen

Recording 2 Panel: Socially Engaged Practices, Community Building and Friendship

Chair Emily Pringle, Independent Researcher and Consultant, Tate Host

Panel 1: Friendship, Generosity, Love Rabbya Naseer Daniela Ruiz Moreno Erin Li Jayne Herringshaw, Head of Visitor Communications, Public and Internal Comms

Panel 2: Community Engagement and Collaborative Practice Fernanda D’Agostino Dias Madhushree Kamak

Panel 3: Learning Aastha Chauhan Sofà­a Babis Jenna Shaw

Recording 3 Presentations: Internationalism and Transnationalism

Ayesha Matthan, Tate Britain Curatorial: Labor and Photography Kamini Sawhney, Tate Modern Curatorial: Learning to Listen Allison Thompson, Tate Britain Curatorial: Stan Firm inna Inglan: The Black Diaspora in London Marina Valle Noronha, Tate St Ives and Tate Liverpool Curatorial: Collections and Commons Giulia Lamoni, Tate Modern Curatorial: The Power With Which We Imagine Together: Feminist Collaborative Curating and Research Nadine Siegert, Tate Modern Curatorial: “You are glowing!” Radiations from the Archives of Nigerian Modernism Veeranganakumari Solanki, Tate Modern Curatorial: Expanding the Image (beyond the diasporic) Tina Barouti, Tate Modern Curatorial: Teaching Decolonization in Art History: From the Museum to the Classroom Victoria Munn, Tate Britain Curatorial: Her name, her voice Sheyda Aisha Khaymaz, Tate Modern Curatorial: Memory Made Modern: Reimagining Ancient Amazigh Visuality

Recording 4 Panel: Internationalism and Transnationalism

Chairs Elena Crippa, Curator of Contemporary Art: Exhibitions and Projects, The Courtauld, Tate Host Nabila Abdel Nabi, Senior Curator, International Art, Lead at Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, Tate Host

Panel 1: Marginalised Voices and Transnationalism Kamini Sawhney Allison Thompson Giulia Lamoni Nadine Siegert Victoria Munn

Panel 2: Decolonialism, Knowledge Keeping and Labelling Ayesha Matthan Marina Valle Noronha Veeranganakumari Solanki Tina Barouti Sheyda Aisha Khaymaz See the programme PDF for full details including biographies.