CommissionApril 4, 2022
Cecilia Vicuña at Tate Modern's Turbine Hall
Tate Modern and Hyundai Motor announced that Chilean artist and poet Cecilia Vicuña will install the next annual Hyundai Commission. Her new site-specific work for the Turbine Hall will be on view from 13 October 2022 to 16 April 2023. Catherine Wood will curate Hyundai Commission Cecilia Vicuña, Senior Curator of International Art (Performance), Tate, with Fiontan Moran, Assistant Curator of International Art, Tate. A new book from Tate Publishing will accompany it.
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, said: “Cecilia Vicuña has been an inspirational figure for decades, with the relevance and urgency of her work rightly underscored by her forthcoming Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement award. As a tireless champion of ecological awareness and social justice, as well as the creator of stunning and powerful works of art, I am delighted that Tate Modern will be working with Cecilia Vicuña on our next annual Hyundai Commission - I can’t wait for its unveiling this October.”
Thomas Schemera, Global Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Customer Experience Division, Hyundai Motor Company, said: “Cecilia Vicuña’s work explores generations of memory and history from a wider perspective, attending to the world around us. We look forward to seeing how the seventh Hyundai Commission with Vicuña invites audiences to think about their role in a broader conversation about our present and future.”
Since Tate Modern opened in 2000, the Turbine Hall has hosted commissions by the world’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, reaching an audience of millions each year. The commissions are made possible by the long-term partnership between Tate and Hyundai Motor, confirmed until 2026 as part of the most extended initial commitment from a corporate partner in Tate’s history. The annual Hyundai Commission allows artists to create new work for the unique context of Tate’s architecture.
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, said: “Cecilia Vicuña has been an inspirational figure for decades, with the relevance and urgency of her work rightly underscored by her forthcoming Golden Lion Lifetime Achievement award. As a tireless champion of ecological awareness and social justice, as well as the creator of stunning and powerful works of art, I am delighted that Tate Modern will be working with Cecilia Vicuña on our next annual Hyundai Commission - I can’t wait for its unveiling this October.”
Thomas Schemera, Global Chief Marketing Officer and Head of Customer Experience Division, Hyundai Motor Company, said: “Cecilia Vicuña’s work explores generations of memory and history from a wider perspective, attending to the world around us. We look forward to seeing how the seventh Hyundai Commission with Vicuña invites audiences to think about their role in a broader conversation about our present and future.”
Since Tate Modern opened in 2000, the Turbine Hall has hosted commissions by the world’s most acclaimed contemporary artists, reaching an audience of millions each year. The commissions are made possible by the long-term partnership between Tate and Hyundai Motor, confirmed until 2026 as part of the most extended initial commitment from a corporate partner in Tate’s history. The annual Hyundai Commission allows artists to create new work for the unique context of Tate’s architecture.
