YBA&BEYOND: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection
Opening Curator’s Talk

To celebrate the opening of YBA&BEYOND: British Art in the 90s from the Tate Collection, curators from Tate will host a talk event.
The speakers will be Gregor Muir and Helen Little, co-curators of the exhibition from Tate.

They will introduce the exhibition’s highlights and featured works, the social and cultural context of the time, and the societal challenges the artists confronted, while examining the British art scene of the 1990s from multiple perspectives.

Date: 11 February 2026 (Wednesday, national holiday)
Time: 14:00-15:30 (Door opens at 13:30)
Venue: The National Art Center, Tokyo, 3rd Floor Auditorium
For whom: All
How to participate: Please come directly to the venue (first come, first served).
Capacity: Limited to 240 people
Admission: Free admission for YBA & BEYOND exhibition ticket holders.Please present the ticket (or ticket stub).
Organised by The National Art Center, Tokyo; Tate; Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc.; The Asahi Shimbun; Japan Arts Council; Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Remarks:
*Time and content may change without prior notice.
*English-Japanese simultaneous interpretation available. 
*Recording or photography of this event is not permitted.
*Please note that photo documentation of this event may be published for the purpose of our activity reports and publicity.

Presenters:

Gregor Muir (Director of Collection, Tate)

Gregor Muir is a curator and Director of Collection at Tate, where he leads the development of Tate’s collections of British and international art. In roles at Tate, the ICA, Hauser & Wirth, and Lux Gallery, a space he founded in 1997, Muir has played a key role in British and international contemporary art. During the early to mid-1990s, he curated a number of pioneering video programmes and group shows featuring artists such as Jake & Dinos Chapman, Cerith Wyn Evans, Gary Hume and Sam Taylor-Wood. Muir has a significant and well-documented relationship with the Young British Artist (YBAs), having become a friend and chronicler of the movement in the 1990s. He has written extensively on contemporary art and artists, as well as releasing a book documenting the 90s London art scene.

Helen Little (Curator, Contemporary Art, Tate Britain)

Helen Little is a curator with a special interest in twentieth century and contemporary British art. She is currently Curator, Contemporary Art at Tate Britain and also contributes to Tate’s International programme. Over the course of her career at Tate, Helen has developed critically acclaimed exhibitions from the Turner Prize to a recent survey of photography in 80s Britain and has organised major retrospectives on artists including David Hockney and Chris Ofili. In addition to her curatorial work, Helen has edited and contributed to a number of books and exhibition catalogues on modern and contemporary British art.

Moderator: Yukako Yamada (Curator, the National Art Center, Tokyo)