NEW DATE | Light from Tate: 1700s to Now in conversation

2–3pm

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Please note, this event was previously scheduled to be held 2–3pm Saturday 25 February and 2–3pm Sunday 26 February. 

Join us for a captivating kōrero between Tate assistant curator Matthew Watts and Sophie Matthiesson, senior curator of international art at Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki in which they illuminate the dynamic relationships between history, science, philosophy, technology and art in Light from Tate: 1700s to Now. 

Matthew’s visit is supported by The British Council. 

Image credit: JWM Turner, Light and Colour (Goethe’s Theory)

Date

2–3pm

Location
Auditorium
Cost
FREE
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<p>Matthew Watts is an assistant curator at Tate and has most recently curated the Turner Prize 2022. Working in the International Partnerships programme, he has co-curated a range of exhibitions including <em>Light from Tate: 1700s to Now</em>, <em>Millais&rsquo; Ophelia</em> and <em>The Dynamic Eye</em>.  Matthew previously worked at the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; and was a board member of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Executive Committee. &nbsp;</p>

Matthew Watts is an assistant curator at Tate and has most recently curated the Turner Prize 2022. Working in the International Partnerships programme, he has co-curated a range of exhibitions including Light from Tate: 1700s to Now, Millais’ Ophelia and The Dynamic Eye.  Matthew previously worked at the National Portrait Gallery, London; the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice; and was a board member of the Art Association of Australia and New Zealand Executive Committee.