Head of Collection Committees @tate. Trustee for Opera Company @spectraens. London-based art historian, writer and curator. Dreamer, seeker, ponderer.
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Joined November 2011
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Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Wow. Incredible 'Don't Judge Me' by @FKAtwigs & @HeadieOne, a powerful new release filmed in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall, centering around Kara Walker's 'Fons Americanus'. ⛲
📽️ Full music vid here: bit.ly/3qVq5Bk
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
"A portraitist like no other”. A major mid-career survey of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye finally opens at @Tate Britain this week ow.ly/Z5wy50CxTpQ @JackShainman
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
✨ You’re not dreaming... ✨ #YayoiKusama’s year-long exhibition lands at Tate Modern in March 2021! bit.ly/3llb08M
🟠 Tickets will be released soon. ⚪ Keep an eye on our feeds... 🟠
In partnership with @BofA_Business
ALT A dark room, lit orange, filled with lights and mirrors that reflect coloured lights endlessly
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
We have lost a titan, RIP Aldo Tambellini @AldoTambellini (1930-2020) 🖤💔
Incredibly powerful, hauntingly beautiful and vitally important “Zanele Muholi” show at Tate Modern ✨🖤 @Tate #ZaneleMuholi
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
COMING UP *TODAY* AT 16:00 (GMT): En Plein Air + Q&A with @DanielAndClara & @AdamScovell
EN PLEIN AIR is a series of eight moments captured over a single day in Mayfield (the village where the Slow Film Festival usually takes place)
slowfilmfestival.com #SlowCinema
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
We're saddened to hear that Moroccan artist Mohammed Melehi has died aged 84. Crowned 'the king of colour', Melehi transformed the art scene in Morocco with his vibrant, visionary paintings.
Mohammed Melehi, Casa 1970, on display @tateliverpool. bit.ly/3oGi42y
ALT A painting on wood of an abstracted cityscape
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Assuage lockdown lows @Slow_Film_Fest this weekend! (If opera vs. film is time expanded vs. time compressed... is slow film opera's unlikely offspring? Help @Nanneman?)
Slow Film Festival streams online 31st Oct - 1st Nov 2020! Feat. Kevin Jerome Everson, Ben Rivers, newly commissioned films, live panels, and fresh shorts from established & emerging filmmakers @Slow_Film_Fest #SlowCinema
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
The work of Pakistani artist Lala Rukh (1947-2017) crosses art and activism and spans drawing, photography & sound. Join us (online) on 2 Oct for a conversation on the artist's life & continuing influence on contemporary art.
Book your spot here: bit.ly/2FNeen0
ALT Portrait of artist Lala Rukh in her studio
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Join us online to hear @ORAsingers live from Tate Modern's Turbine Hall! 'Spem in Alium' will be performed live at 8pm on Wednesday to mark the 450th anniversary of the iconic work by Thomas Tallis. 🎶
🏠 Tune in here: bit.ly/3iyNhBu
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Did you know that La traviata was given 861 productions across the world in 2017-18...? 🤯
This month on our podcast, we are talking to @jonathancross about the operatic canon and how not to be constrained by it. Listen here 👇👇🏾👇🏿 open.spotify.com/episode/0m9…
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
"My idea of the sacred is not rooted in any specific culture. To me it is a feeling that I may get in a church, mosque, temple, or forest. The countryside is filled with places where divinity dwells."
—#MrinaliniMukherjee
#MetBreuerMemories
ALT Five upright fiber sculptures in a variety of colors, each evoking shapes of trees, humans, and other natural forms.
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Over a month on from the murder of George Floyd, and the deaths of many black people at the hands of the police are still going without proper investigation in the USA. (1/5)
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
COVID-19 has put paid to our plans for a production this summer, but we are trying to find ways to stay engaged with our audience. We've launched a podcast called Performance in Progress where @CeciliaStinton, @JessieAnand and guests discuss what goes into making opera today.
😭🥳🍾🥂💘 @Tate
📢 We're excited to share that all four Tate galleries will open on 27 July!
We're working hard to welcome you back safely, with some changes around the galleries to make this happen. While we prepare for your visit, explore our opening programme here: bit.ly/2NJyENQ
ALT A painted portrait of a man on a yellow background
ALT The artist lies on a bed looking in a mirror in this self-portrait
ALT A sculpture of a torso by Naum Gabo
ALT A boy runs in this black and white photograph by Don McCullin
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Tate's commitment to race equality: bit.ly/37n5Y6o
Our commitment to this plan—& real change at Tate—will never end. We will listen, learn, act & above all, support our colleagues, members, artists, visitors & followers. 🖤
John Akomfrah CBE, The Unfinished Conversation
ALT A three-screen video installation shown in a dark room
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
Finding inspiration today in the work of Turkish artist #FahrelnissaZeid (1901–1991), best known for her vibrant, kaleidoscopic paintings. Here she is in her studio in Paris, where she painted by tacking canvases across the walls. bit.ly/379e4Q2
ALT A kaleidoscopic, abstract green and black painting
ALT The artist painting in her studio
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
#WorkoftheWeek by Ibrahim El-Salahi captures the fleeting moments when memories and dreams, past and present, collide. 💭 Hear more from the artist here: bit.ly/2zaC9JI
ALT An abstract painting by Sudanese artist Ibrahim El-Salahi
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter” Martin Luther King Jr.
In heartfelt solidarity. Black Lives Matter, police brutality, prejudice and injustice must end now. ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿 #BlackLivesMatter #JusticeforGeorgesFloyd
Giulia Sartori Conte retweeted
📢 Announced today: Tate Britain will be awarding one-off bursaries of £10,000 to 10 artists in place of this year’s #TurnerPrize to help support a greater selection of artists through this challenging time: bit.ly/3gnkYFx
ALT The outside of Tate Britain