Application deadline: Thursday 8 January 2025, 5pm GMT
Location: London, UK
Institution: Tate (in collaboration with Delfina Foundation)
Duration: 22 June – 6 December 2026
Fellowships: 2 positions (fully funded)
Themes: Gender and Queer Ecologies; Ecology of Migrating Identities
Residency: Delfina Foundation
Support: Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation
Research fellowships in Tate Modern Curatorial
Tate, in collaboration with Delfina Foundation, invites applications for the Brooks International Fellowship Programme 2026. Now in its twelfth year, the programme will enable visual arts professionals to work with Tate colleagues for six months in 2026, complemented by activities at Delfina Foundation.
During this period, each Fellow will be part of a Tate team, actively participating in gallery projects and discussions related to their research theme. Fellows will have special access to Tate’s programme, collection, staff and wider networks.
The Fellows will reside at Delfina Foundation in London, where they will contribute to its own programme by presenting on their research or practice to a range of audiences and contributing to Delfina Foundation’s public programme.
Fully funded Brooks International Fellowships are made possible by the generous support of the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Foundation.
In 2026, two Brooks International Fellows will be hosted in the Tate Modern Curatorial Division.
Brooks International Fellowship 2026 in Tate Modern Curatorial Division, Gender and Queer Ecologies
Fellowship dates: June 22–December 6, 2026
Tate welcomes applications for a Fellow to focus on highlighting works that engage with themes surrounding gender and queer ecologies. This research will emphasise works that have been overlooked in recent scholarship, or on artists whose works offer new interpretative perspectives. The Fellow will begin with works already identified in the current Monsieur Vénus display at Tate Modern. They will expand the selection to include additional works that explore the body’s capacity to challenge and deconstruct traditional hierarchies and gender categories.
Brooks International Fellowship 2026 in Tate Modern Curatorial Division, Ecology of Migrating Identities
Fellowship dates: June 22–December 6, 2026
The second Fellow will focus on works relevant to the sensibility of the ecology of migrating identities. The Fellow will explore the concept of transculturalism, while revisiting the previously common terminology of ‘émigré artists.’ Their research will begin with works featured in recent exhibitions at Tate and internationally, such as Natalia Goncharova (2019), Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider (2024), and Theatre Picasso (2025). The Fellow will expand to include other works that address the lived experiences of migration. The goal is to enhance the understanding of displacement, broadening the framework for discerning the diversity of experiences linked to migration and identity.
Applications close on Thursday January 8, 2025, 5pm GMT. For more information and to apply, please visit Brooks International Fellowships on the Tate Vacancies website, read the full open call information and complete an application form.
Photo credit: View of Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider, Tate Modern, 2024. © Tate. Photo: Larina Fernandes.
