Tate Modern Names Tarek Atoui for 11th Hyundai Commission in Turbine Hall
Tate and Hyundai Motor Company have selected artist and composer Tarek Atoui to create the next annual Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall. The site-specific work will be open to the public from 13 October 2026 to 11 April 2027 and represents the 11th commission in the series. Atoui, born in Beirut in 1980 and based in Paris, creates multisensory installations featuring custom instruments made in collaboration with other makers and incorporating materials such as glass, water and ceramics. The project is curated by Nabila Abdel Nabi and Dina Akhmadeeva and will be accompanied by a new publication.
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The extended Tate-Hyundai partnership, now running through 2036, has attracted more than 19 million visitors since 2014 and continues to position the Turbine Hall as a platform for large-scale public commissions. Atoui’s focus on collaborative instrument design and tactile-visual listening aligns with institutional interest in cross-disciplinary sound practices that treat architecture and audience interaction as core materials. The commission’s accompanying talks and limited-edition publication on the series’ first decade will supply additional documentation for curators tracking this trajectory.
- Artists: Tarek Atoui
- People: Catherine Wood, DooEun Choi, Nabila Abdel Nabi, Dina Akhmadeeva
- Museums: Tate Modern, Tate
- Locations: London
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