Tate St Ives

{{Short description|Modern art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England}}

{{Infobox museum

|name = Tate St Ives

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|caption = Tate St Ives in 2009

|established = 1993

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|location = St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK

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|website = {{URL|https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-st-ives|tate.org.uk}}

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Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, in 1980.

The Tate St Ives was built between 1988 and 1993 on the site of an old gasworks and looks over Porthmeor beach. In 2015, it received funding for an expansion, doubling the size of the gallery, and closed in October 2015 for refurbishment. The gallery re-opened in October 2017 and is among the most visited attractions in the UK.

History

In 1980, Tate group started to manage the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden, dedicated to the life and work of the renowned St Ives artist. The group decided to open a museum in the town, to showcase local artists, especially those already held in their collection.{{cite web|title=History of Tate|url=http://www.tate.org.uk/about/who-we-are/history-of-tate#stives|website=Tate|access-date=12 August 2016}}

In 1988, the group purchased a former gasworks and commissioned architects Eldred Evans and David Shalev, to design a building for the gallery in a similar style to the gas works.{{cite web |title=History of Tate St. Ives |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/history-tate/history-tate-st-ives |website=Tate |access-date=30 March 2019}} The building began in 1991, funded by the European Regional Development Fund, the Henry Moore Foundation and donations from the public. It included a rotunda at the centre of the gallery, looking over Porthmeor Beach{{cite book |editor1-last=Cole |editor-first1=Ina |title=“From the Sculptor’s Studio”, conversation with Richard Long, held in 2015, 2017 and 2020 |year=2021 |publisher=Laurence King Publishing Ltd |page=146-159|isbn=9781913947590 |oclc=1420954826}} and was completed in 1993. The gallery opened in June 1993, the second of the Tate's regional galleries after Tate Liverpool, receiving more than 120,000 visitors before the end of the year.

In 1999, to celebrate the solar eclipse (as St Ives was predicted to be the first British town to witness the event), Tate St Ives held an exhibition called As Dark as Light, exhibiting work from Garry Fabian Miller, Gia Edzveradze and Yuko Shiraishi alongside art from local schoolchildren.{{cite web |title=Designs on the eclipse |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/399902.stm |website=BBC |access-date=31 March 2019 |date=29 July 1999}}

In 2012, Tate St Ives ran a competition for a design team to build a major extension, which was won by Jamie Fobert Architects.{{cite web | url=https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/archive/fobert-wins-tate-st-ives-project-for-a-second-time | title=Fobert wins Tate St Ives project for a second time | date=9 February 2012 }} In January 2015, the Tate St Ives received £3.9 million to contribute towards the new extension,{{cite news|last1=Kirste Smith|first1=CM|title=Government investment in Tate St Ives considered money well spent|url=http://www.cornishman.co.uk/government-investment-tate-st-ives-considered/story-28986268-detail/story.html|access-date=12 August 2016|work=The Cornishman|date=24 March 2016}}{{Dead link|date=June 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=no }} with the intention of doubling the available space in order to accommodate tourists throughout the year, without having to close between exhibitions. The building contract was awarded to BAM Construct UK, who would be adding a {{convert|1200|m2}} extension designed by Jamie Fobert, with the original architect's involvement in works to the existing building.{{cite news|last1=Parks|first1=Liz|title=Tate St Ives to close for eight months for building work|url=http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/tate-st-ives-close-months-building-work/story-27602107-detail/story.html|access-date=12 August 2016|work=Western Morning News|date=13 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150824021823/http://www.westernmorningnews.co.uk/Tate-St-Ives-close-months-building-work/story-27602107-detail/story.html|archive-date=24 August 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|title=BAM moves onto main construction at Tate St Ives extension|url=http://www.theconstructionindex.co.uk/news/view/bam-moves-onto-main-construction-at-tate-st-ives-extension|access-date=12 August 2016|work=The Construction Index|date=15 June 2015}} The Tate St Ives was closed in October 2015 for these works and remained closed for two years.{{cite news|last1=Kriste Smith|first1=CM|title=St Ives' Tate Gallery reopening delayed by ten months|url=http://www.cornishman.co.uk/st-ives-8217-tate-gallery-reopening-delayed/story-28853422-detail/story.html|access-date=12 August 2016|work=The Cornishman|date=3 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922212230/http://www.cornishman.co.uk/st-ives-8217-tate-gallery-reopening-delayed/story-28853422-detail/story.html|archive-date=22 September 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}

Tate St Ives reopened in October 2017,{{cite web | url=https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/new-tate-st-ives-opens | title=The new Tate St Ives opens – Press Release }} with the inaugural exhibition in the new 500m2 gallery a solo show by contemporary sculptor Rebecca Warren, 'All that heaven allows'.{{cite web | url=https://www.frieze.com/article/when-light-shifts | title=When the Light Shifts | date=30 October 2017 }}

In July 2018, Tate St. Ives won the Art Fund Museum of the Year Prize, beating the other shortlisted museums (the Brooklands Museum, the Ferens Art Gallery, Glasgow Women's Library and the Postal Museum, London) to the £100,000 prize.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Maev |title='Breathtakingly beautiful': Tate St Ives wins museum of the year award |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jul/05/breathtakingly-beautiful-tate-st-ives-wins-museum-of-the-year-award |access-date=17 July 2018 |work=The Guardian |date=5 July 2018}}{{cite web |title=Tate St Ives wins Art Fund Museum of the Year 2018 |url=https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/museum-of-the-year |website=Art Fund |access-date=17 July 2018}} Later that month, the Royal Institute of British Architects announced that the new Tate building had reached the shortlist for the 2018 Stirling Prize.{{cite news |title=Six of the best: Amazing buildings on RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2r7cG42lMnjS72SSsPmNzwC/six-of-the-best-amazing-buildings-on-riba-stirling-prize-shortlist |access-date=19 July 2018 |work=BBC}} It was beaten by the Bloomberg Building in London, by Foster + Partners.{{cite web |title=RIBA Stirling Prize 2018 |url=https://www.architecture.com/awards-and-competitions-landing-page/awards/riba-stirling-prize |website=RIBA |access-date=30 March 2019}} In 2019, Tate St Ives won a Civic Trust Award.{{cite web |title=2019 CIVIC TRUST AWARDS - WINNERS |url=https://www.civictrustawards.org.uk/uploads/2019_CTAWinners_Web.pdf |website=Civic Trust Awards |access-date=13 November 2024}}

Exhibitions

Notable exhibitions prior to the refurbishment include:

Simon Carroll, 8 October 2005 – 15 January 2006{{cite web|title=An ingenious potter, he took an unconventional approach to both his life and his work|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2009/apr/08/simon-carroll-obituary|work=The Guardian|date=8 April 2009|author=Emmanuel Cooper|author-link=Emmanuel Cooper}}{{cite web|title=Simon Carroll|url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/simon-carroll|work=Tate St Ives|date=8 October 2005|access-date=1 October 2021}}
The Dark Monarch - Magic and Modernity in British Art, 10 October 2009 -10 January 2010{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Martin |last2=Bracewell |first2=Michael|last3=Rowlands |first3=Alun|title=The Dark Monach: Magic and Modernity in British Art |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/dark-monarch |website=Tate |publisher=Tate |access-date=20 May 2021}}
The Indiscipline of Painting, 8 October 2011 – 3 January 2012{{cite web |last1=Clark |first1=Martin |last2=Sturgis |first2=Daniel|last3=Shalgosky |first3=Sarah|author-link2=Daniel Sturgis |title=The Indiscipline of Painting: International Abstraction from the 1960s to Now |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/indiscipline-painting |website=Tate |publisher=Tate |access-date=20 May 2021}} touring to Warwick Art Centre (2011/12)

Since the refurbishment, Tate St Ives has showcased the following exhibitions:

Rebecca Warren All That Heaven Allows, 14 October 2017 – 7 January 2018{{cite web |title=Rebecca Warren All That Heaven Allows |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/rebecca-warren |website=Tate |access-date=8 October 2018}}
Virginia Woolf: An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings, 10 February – 29 April 2018{{cite web |title=Virginia Woolf An Exhibition Inspired by Her Writings |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/virginia-woolf |website=Tate |access-date=8 October 2018}}
Patrick Heron, 19 May – 30 September 2018 (In association with Turner Contemporary){{cite web |title=Patrick Heron |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/patrick-heron |website=Tate |access-date=8 October 2018}}
Rosalind Nashashibi and Lucy Skaer, Thinking through other artists 20 October 2018 – 6 January 2019{{cite web |title=Nashashibi / Skaer Thinking through other artists |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/nashashibi-skaer-thinking-through-other-artists |website=Tate |access-date=8 October 2018}}
Amie Siegel: Provenance, 20 October 2018 – 6 May 2019{{cite web |title=Amie Siegel: Provenance |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/amie-siegel-provenance |website=Tate St. Ives |access-date=18 February 2019}}
Anna Boghiguian, 19 January – 6 May 2019{{cite web |title=Tate announces 2019 exhibition highlights |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/tate-announces-2019-exhibition-highlights |website=Tate |access-date=8 October 2018}}
Huguette Caland, 24 May 2019 – 1 September 2019{{cite news|first1=Michael|last1=Bird|access-date=2019-07-20|title=Huguette Caland, Tate St Ives, review: joy of sex loses its rosy intimacy|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/art/reviews/huguette-caland-tate-st-ives-review-joy-sex-loses-rosy-intimacy/|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=26 May 2019|issn=0307-1235|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}{{cite web|access-date=2019-07-20|title=Lebanese modernist master Huguette Caland makes British debut|url=https://www.thenational.ae/arts-culture/art/lebanese-modernist-master-huguette-caland-makes-british-debut-1.865053|website=The National|date=22 May 2019 }}
Otobong Nkanga 12 October 2019 - 5 January 2020
Naum Gabo 25 January - 3 May 2020{{cite web |title=First major exhibition of Naum Gabo to be held in the UK for over 30 years |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/first-major-exhibition-naum-gabo-be-held-uk-over-30-years |website=Tate |access-date=29 February 2020 |date=28 October 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Freeman |first1=Laura |title=Spiralling tributes to air, flight and lift-off: Naum Gabo at Tate St Ives reviewed |url=https://www.spectator.co.uk/2020/02/spiralling-tributes-to-air-flight-and-lift-off-naum-gabo-at-tate-st-ives-reviewed/ |website=The Spectator |access-date=29 February 2020 |date=1 February 2020}}
Haegue Yang: Strange Attractors, 24 October 2020 - 3 May 2021,{{cite web |title=Haegue Yang: Strange Attractors |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/haegue-yang-strange-attractors |website=Tate |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925001924/https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/haegue-yang-strange-attractors|archive-date=25 September 2020}} later extended until 26 September 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Haegue Yang: Strange Attractors |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/haegue-yang-strange-attractors |website=Tate |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210320040703/https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/haegue-yang-strange-attractors|archive-date=20 March 2021}}{{cite web |author1=Vanessa Thorpe |title='We're ready for you': English galleries and museums throw open their doors |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/may/16/were-ready-for-you-english-galleries-and-museums-throw-open-their-doors |website=The Guardian |access-date=7 August 2021 |date=16 May 2021}}
Petrit Halilaj, 16 October 2021 - 16 January 2022.{{cite web |title=Petrit Halilaj |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/petrit-halilaj |website=Tate |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210725102011/https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/petrit-halilaj |archive-date=25 July 2021 |url-status=live}}{{refn|group=note|The exhibition was originally planned for May to October 2021,{{cite web |author1=José Da Silva |title=Women artists to dominate Tate's 2021 solo shows |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/tate-announces-solo-shows-for-paula-rego-lubaina-himid-and-yayoi-kusama-in-2021-and-the-first-ever-uk-show-for-sophie-taeuber-arp |website=The Art Newspaper |access-date=7 August 2021 |date=10 July 2020}} but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{cite web |title=Petrit Halilaj |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/petrit-halilaj |website=Tate |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706201840/https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/exhibition/petrit-halilaj |archive-date=6 July 2020}}}}
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life, 26 November 2022 - 1 May 2023{{cite web |title=Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/barbara-hepworth-art-and-life |website=Tate |access-date=29 March 2023}}
Casablanca Art School, 27 May 2023 - 14 January 2024{{cite web |title=Casablanca Art School |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/casablanca-art-school |website=Tate |access-date=29 March 2023}}
Outi Pieski, 10 February - 6 May 2024{{cite web |title=Tate Announces 2024 Exhibition Highlights |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/press/press-releases/tate-announces-2024-exhibition-highlights |website=Tate |access-date=8 November 2024 |date=22 June 2023}}
Beatriz Milhazes: Maresias, 25 May - 29 September 2024{{cite web |title=Beatriz Milhazes: Maresias |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/beatriz-milhazes-maresias |website=Tate |access-date=8 November 2024}}
Małgorzata Mirga-Tas, 19 October 2024 - 5 January 2025{{cite web |title=Małgorzata Mirga-Tas |url=https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-st-ives/magorzata-mirga-tas |website=Tate |access-date=8 November 2024}}