Tate Modern Launches New Commission for Monumental Experimental Art

A new annual initiative aimed at supporting experimental artists around the world is being launched by Tate Modern.

Titled the Infinities Commission, it is intended to to honor artists “working in highly inventive ways, freely crossing a variety of disciplines to create speculative, disruptive, or immersive projects that sit outside conventional artistic categories,” as Catherine Wood, director of programs at Tate Modern, said in a statement. “The Infinities Commission will give that kind of innovative work a home at Tate Modern and allow a broader public to experience it.”

Tate Modern already facilitates another major commission series that sees sizable works debut in its Turbine Hall. The Turbine Hall commissions are closely watched, and the Infinities Commissions are likely to be as well.

The prize will be granted to an artist by a panel of experts. The selected artist will create a new monumental work that will premiere in the Tanks—the museum’s dedicated performance, film, and installation spaces—the following spring. Additionally, three other artists will be selected by the panel to receive £10,000 (roughly $12,215) for the research and development of their work. All recipients will then discuss their practice at a public event.

The inaugural selection panel includes musician and artist Brian Eno, critic and curator Oulimata Gueye, artist Anne Imhof, artistic director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst Andrea Lissoni, and executive director and chief curator of New York’s the Kitchen Legacy Russell.

Wood will chair the panel and the commission will be curated by Rosalie Doubal, a Tate Modern senior curator of international art with a focus on performance.

The panel will select the first artist to be commissioned in summer 2024. The first commission will be on view free to the public in spring 2025, which coincides with the annual event.