Frieze Tate Fund acquires works for the National Collection at Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022

Each year the Frieze Tate Fund helps us bring great works of contemporary art into the national collection – as demonstrated by this year’s fantastic selection. Thanks to the ongoing support of Endeavor and Frieze, we can ensure these works are available to the public for generations to come. – Maria Balshaw, Director, Tate

The following works have been acquired for Tate’s collection thanks to the Frieze Tate Fund 2022 supported by Endeavor:

Sandra Vásquez de la Horra (b. 1967)

Despierta te espero, 2022

Beeswax, graphite, and watercolour on paper

77 x 217 cm

Acquired from Sprovieri

Learn more about the work with our interview with the artist.

Romany Eveleigh (1934 – 2020)

Pages, 1976

Printers ink, oil and pencil on paper

66 x 54 cm

Acquired from Richard Saltoun Gallery

Leonor Fini (1907 – 1996)

Untitled (Praying Mantis), c. 1970

Watercolour on paper

64 x 48.5 cm

Acquired from Loeve&Co

Lewis Hammond (b. 1987)

The Link / Ivy May Forever, 2022

Oil on canvas

44 x 36 cm

Acquired from Arcadia Missa

Rita Keegan (b. 1949)

Homage to Frida Kahlo, 1987

Oil on canvas

66 x 66 cm

Acquired from Thomas Dane Gallery

Amol K. Patil (b. 1987)

Black Masks On Roller Skates - I, 2022

Mixed media, pen and paper

37 x 27 cm

Black Masks On Roller Skates - II, 2022

Mixed media, pen and paper

27 x 37 cm

Black Masks On Roller Skates - III, 2022

Mixed media, pen and paper

27 x 37 cm

All acquired from Project 88

Frida Orupabo (b. 1986)

Little Devil, 2022

Collage with paper pins

164 x 101 cm (framed)

Acquired from Stevenson

This is the seventh year that Endeavor has made available £150,000 for the Fund, set aside exclusively for the acquisition of works at Frieze for Tate’s collection. To date more than 150 works by over 90 artists have been acquired, contributing to displays and exhibitions across Tate’s four galleries. These include recently acquired works by Larry Achiampong and Claudette Johnson now on display at Tate Britain and a video by Buhlebezwe Siwani currently showing in the Tanks at Tate Modern.

This year’s Frieze Tate Fund selection panel includes artist Carolyn Lazard and curator Habda Rashid, alongside Tate’s Polly Staple (Director of Collection, British Art), Gregor Muir (Director of Collection, International Art), Dominique Heyse-Moore (Senior Curator, Contemporary British Art), Valentine Umansky (Curator, International Art), Nathan Ladd (Assistant Curator, Contemporary British Art) and Tamsin Hong (Assistant Curator, International Art).

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