Proposal Rasheed Araeen rejected at Tate Modern
Rasheed Araeen says British museums are failing to tell full story of ‘multiracial’ country. Tate rejected artist’s project detailing “most inclusive history of art in post-war Britain”.
“Persistent institutional racism” has meant that UK institutions including the Tate have shunned Rasheed Araeen’s 16-year project that tells “the most inclusive history of art in post-war Britain”, the artist says.
The Karachi-born artist, writer and curator began working on the project, The Whole Story: Art in Postwar Britain, in 2001 in a bid to challenge what he describes as the “prevailing mainstream Modern art histories [that] recognise, legitimise and celebrate only—and exclusively—the achievements of white artists”, he says.
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