Three of the region’s leading galleries, Golden Thread Gallery,the MAC, both in Belfast and the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) Derry-Londonderry, have been chosen by Tate to join Plus Tate, the contemporary visual arts network, which is expanding by sixteen institutions.
They join the original cohort of eighteen partners, plus the four Tate galleries, to double the size of the group. In 2010, Plus Tate was launched with the objective to share collections and expertise and build a network which would use Tate’s resources to strengthen the contemporary visual arts ecology in the UK. The expansion comes in the wake of the Warwick Commission Report which highlighted the importance of building strong arts organisations outside of London.