Department: Tate Modern Curatorial
Host: Simon Baker, Senior Curator, International Art (Photography)
Anne examined how Tate's overall photography acquisition and displays programme reflected the original aims of its photography strategy, which was implemented in 2009.
Through an exploration of Tate’s collection and consultations with colleagues, Anne considered both general and specific aims outlined in the strategy, including the development of specialist areas of focus for the collection. She explored the relationship between acquisitions, displays and exhibitions. Her particular focus was on the geographic remit and representation of women artists within the Tate collection.
Anne’s analysis of Tate’s strategy for photography was presented to a highly engaged audience of Photography Acquisition Committee members.
Susan Meiselas (left) and Anne Ruygt at the opening of Mediations in 2023. (Photo courtesy Fotomuseum, Antwerp.)
Biography
Anne Ruygt is an art historian and curator at Fotomuseum (FOMU) Antwerp. Before moving to Antwerp in 2021, she worked on curatorial and research projects for various museums, including Tate, the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen and Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam. Additionally, she collaborated with photography platforms such as Paradox and Unseen Amsterdam.
In recent years she has curated solo exhibitions featuring artists like Cindy Sherman, Susan Meiselas and Bertien van Manen. She has also organised thematic exhibitions, including Her Voice: Echoes of Chantal Akerman (2023–4) at FOMU, which explored Chantal Akerman’s influence on contemporary artists such as Carmen Winant, Frida Orupabo and Collier Schorr.