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PRESS RELEASE: Tate decline offer of 16.5m wind turbine blade artwork

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Reblogged from Liberate Tate:

For immediate release 15 October 2012

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Tate Trustees have decided not to accept ‘The Gift’, a 16.5m wind turbine blade, as part of its permanent art collection.

‘The Gift’ was installed in Tate Turbine Hall in an unofficial performance on 7 July, involving over 100 members of Liberate Tate, the group that has made headlines for dramatic artworks relating to the relationship of public cultural institutions with oil companies.

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The fine art of provocation

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One Response to “PRESS RELEASE: Tate decline offer of 16.5m wind turbine blade artwork”

  1. PRESS RELEASE: Tate decline offer of 16.5m wind turbine blade artwork « The Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts Says:
    October 19, 2012 at 3:30 pm |

    [...] PRESS RELEASE: Tate decline offer of 16.5m wind turbine blade artwork | October 19th, 2012 | Leave a comment This post comes to you from EcoArtScotland [...]

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