Building an International Knowledge Network: Ten Years of the Brooks International Fellowship
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February 5, 2026
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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
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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.
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Rory & Elizabeth Brooks Foundation | |
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