Tate Research Research is the engine that drives much of our work at Tate Read and browse Projects Research activity Visit and explore About us Highlights Left Right Brooks International Fellowship Programme Tate, in collaboration with Delfina Foundation, invites applications for the Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2026. Call for Papers: Whistler’s Finish Tate Papers is seeking contributions to a special issue centring Whistler’s technique, process and finish read Tate Papers no.36 The articles in this issue explore how histories are built, sustained, questioned or overlooked by institutions read Whistler’s Finish This conservation research project involves the technical examination of a group of Whistler’s oil paintings across international collections Tate Papers Read our peer-reviewed online journal on art, its history and museum practice Read the latest issue Browse past issues Read and browse 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 range of interviews and articles related to research activity at Tate Projects Left Right read Transmission and Translation of Choreographic Artworks This project aimed to delve into the processes of transmission and translation for choreographic artworks and how these processes, in turn, continue to inform conservation practice. read Electronic Life As a critical and creative project, Electronic Life engaged young people and Tate community partners to explore artificial intelligence (AI) through the lens of contemporary art, digital tools and social practice. read The Family Gallery A collaboration with two families and Tate’s Early Years and Families team that will showcase research into family-led engagement with Tate Britain’s collection read Whistler’s Finish This conservation research project involves the technical examination of a group of Whistler’s oil paintings across international collections read Accessing Modern and Contemporary Art Materials Research Enhancing the Tate’s modern and contemporary art conservation capabilities through upgraded scientific equipment, new partnerships and proactive preservation read Establishing Tate’s Conservation and Heritage Science Archive Creating an archive of Tate’s rich physical collection of pigments, paints, artwork samples and data from the scientific analysis of Tate’s collection read GREENART Researching ways to preserve cultural heritage using environmentally friendly ‘green’ sustainable materials read Transforming Collections: Reimagining Art, Nation and Heritage Combining critical art-historical and museological research with interactive machine learning to surface patterns of bias within collection information read The Archive is a Gathering Place Understanding archiving as a creative and political practice, the project explores both the digital and physical archive as a place for people to gather read Precarious Movements Bringing artists, researchers and institutions into dialogue about best practice to support the choreographer and the museum read 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 read Alison Smithson’s Mind: An Architectural Scrapbook, 1950–1990 Encompassing conservation, cataloguing and digitisation, this research project will make available a unique 900+ page scrapbook compiled over four decades by Alison Smithson read 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 read Inclusive Futures Exploring inclusion, knowledge production and change-making within Tate read 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 read 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. read 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 Research activity Tate International Research Fellowship The International Fellowship Programme enables an emerging talent from Tate to embark on an international research project. Research Centres Research Centres at Tate do not occupy a physical space but focus attention on particular areas of interest, enabling Tate to contribute to research communnities Tate Studentships Find out about Tate's studentships scheme including current opportunities, plus information about doctoral students currently engaged in research at Tate Brooks International Fellowship Programme The Brooks International Fellowship Programme has been providing global museum practitioners with opportunities to conduct research at Tate since 2014 Visit and explore Left Right Tate Library A centre of excellence for research on British art since 1500 and international art since 1900 Tate Archive A wealth of material relating to the history of British art from 1900 to the present Prints and Drawings Rooms View drawings, prints and more from Tate’s collection not currently on display in the galleries Tate Research Repository Tate is a member of the Shared Research Repository for cultural and heritage organisations hosted by the British Library, London. About us About Research 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
