Máret Ánne Sara to create the next Hyundai Commission for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, as Hyundai Motor extends partnership until 2036

Tate and Hyundai Motor announce that Maret Anne Sara will create the next annual Hyundai Commission. Maret Anne Sara is a Northern Sami artist and author known for her work exploring global ecological issues through the lens of her lived experience within the Sami community. Open to the public from 14 October 2025 – 6 April 2026, her new site-specific work for Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall will be the 10th in the series of commissions supported by Hyundai Motor. Today, Tate and Hyundai Motor also announce a decade-long extension of this significant partnership, which encompasses support of both the Hyundai Commission and the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, until 2036.

Máret Ánne Sara was born in 1983 to a Sámi reindeer herding family in Guovdageaidnu in the Norwegian part of Sápmi, the traditional territory of the Sámi people which is today divided between the nation states of Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Russia, where she continues to work today. Through her multidisciplinary practice, Sara highlights the impact of Nordic colonialism on Sámi ways of life, exploring the importance of preserving Sámi ancestral knowledge and values to protect the environment for future generations. Often using materials and methodologies derived from reindeer herding, Sara creates powerful sculptures and installations which uphold the reciprocal relationship between animals, lands, waters, and humans.

Karin Hindsbo, Director of Tate Modern said: “Máret Ánne Sara is among a prolific group of Sámi artists who have received widespread international attention in recent years for making visible the issues facing Sápmi and Sámi people. By addressing the major social, ecological and political concerns of her community, Sara hopes not only to increase interest and awareness, but also to effect real change. I’m thrilled she will be creating her first work in the UK here at Tate Modern and I look forward to seeing how she will transform the Turbine Hall. I’m sure it will be both challenging and full of wonder.”

Hyundai Commission: Máret Ánne Sara is made possible by the partnership between Tate and Hyundai Motor. The partnership was founded in 2014 with the longest initial commitment from a corporate partner in Tate’s history, and has now been extended for another decade until 2036. Attracting over 18 million visitors since it began, the Hyundai Commission gives artists the chance to interpret the vast industrial space of the Turbine Hall, producing some of the most bold and memorable artworks of the past decade – from Kara Walker’s spectacular fountain to Anicka Yi’s floating artificial lifeforms. Hyundai Motor will additionally continue their support of the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational, established in 2019 to develop new perspectives on global art histories. The Centre has transformed how Tate develops and shares art historical knowledge around the world. Its research contributes to exhibitions, displays, acquisitions and events across Tate’s four galleries as well as with a wide network of local and international collaborators.

Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate, said: “Hyundai Motor’s remarkable and longstanding commitment to Tate has proved pivotal in our mission to diversify our collection, displays and programme. The Hyundai Commission reaches an audience of millions each year, while the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational has deepened Tate’s commitment to reframing art histories for the 21st century. As we look ahead to the next decade of our phenomenal partnership with Hyundai, we are incredibly thankful that our collaboration will continue to foster innovative and creative ideas from around the world, inspiring new ways of thinking.”

Euisun Chung, Executive Chair of Hyundai Motor Group, said: “Over the past decade, our partnership with Tate has cultivated a space for dialogue through the arts that reflects our time, transcending generational, geographical, and disciplinary boundaries. We believe in enhancing this collaboration, reaffirming our shared commitment to future generations.”

Over the last 5 years, the Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational has challenged Eurocentric narratives of Surrealism, reconsidered contemporary British art from Caribbean perspectives, and most recently explored the global network of artists working at the intersection of art and technology, as showcased in Tate Modern’s current exhibition Electric Dreams. Various adjunct curatorial roles in the fields of indigeneity, ecology, Africa and the Caribbean diaspora have also been established by the Centre.

Throughout 2025 and beyond, Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational’s work will continue to expand Tate’s commitment to telling new art histories, driving research behind Europe’s first major Emily Kam Kngwarray exhibition, opening at Tate Modern on 10 July. On 22 April the Centre is also organising The Salt March, a performance combining experimental poetry and music as part of Hylozoic/Desires’ Art Now exhibition at Tate Britain. Further events this year will include Together We Emerge: Indigenous Futures, which will speak to themes of time, environment and rematriation, and Rights of Nature, which will consider connections between species and between land and water, as well as a symposium on the themes of matrilineage and ancestral knowledge.

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Hyundai Commission: Máret Ánne Sara is in partnership with Hyundai Motor. Supported by Máret Ánne Sara Supporters with additional support from the Máret Ánne Sara Supporters Circle. The commission is curated by Helen O’Malley, Curator, International Art (Community and Participation). It will be accompanied by a new book from Tate Publishing.

Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational is in partnership with Hyundai Motor. For more information, visit tate.org.uk/transnational

Listings Information

Hyundai Commission: Máret Ánne Sara
14 October 2025 – 6 April 2026
Tate Modern, Bankside, SE1 9TG
Open daily 10.00–18.00
Admission free
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Electric Dreams: Art & Technology Before the Internet
Tate Modern, open now until 1 June 2025
Electric Dreams is presented in the Eyal Ofer Galleries. In Partnership with Gucci. Supported by Anthropic. With additional support from The Electric Dreams Exhibition Supporters Circle, Tate Americas Foundation, Tate International Council and Tate Patrons. Research supported by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor.

Art Now: Hylozoic/Desires
Tate Britain, open now until 26 August 2025
Art Now: Hylozoic/Desires is supported by the Bukhman Foundation. With additional support from the Art Now Supporters Circle and Tate Americas Foundation.

Emily Kam Kngwarray
Tate Modern, 10 July 2025 – 11 January 2026
Emily Kam Kngwarray is presented in The Eyal Ofer Galleries. In partnership with the National Gallery of Australia and Wesfarmers Arts. Further lead support from Fondation Opale. With additional support from Bloomberg Philanthropies. Also supported by the Emily Kam Kngwarray Exhibition Supporters Circle, Tate International Council, Tate Patrons, Tate Americas Foundation, National Gallery of Australia Foundation and Tate Members. Research supported by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor.

Rights of Nature: From the Mouth of the River to the Bottom of the Sea
Part 1: Love our Ouse, Lewes, 31 May 2025
Part 2: Tate Modern, 6 September 2025
Organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor.

Together We Emerge: Indigenous Futures
Tate Modern, 23-24 October 2025
Organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor.

Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational Annual Symposium
Tate Modern, 14-16 November 2025
Organised by Hyundai Tate Research Centre: Transnational in partnership with Hyundai Motor.

About Máret Ánne Sara
Máret Ánne Sara is an artist and author based in Kautokeino, Northern Norway. Her work has featured in several solo and group exhibitions including presentations at Sámi Centre for Contemporary Art, Karasjok, Norway (2024); Emerson Dorsch, Miami, USA (2023); the 59th Biennale di Venezia, Venice (2022) and Documenta 14, Kassel (2017). Recent commissions include Gapmu (2024), scene carpet for the Sámi National Theatre Beaivváš. She was nominated for the Nordic Council’s Children’s and Young Literature Prize for her debut book “Ilmmid gaskkas” in 2014. She is the founder of the Dáiddadállu Artist Collective, a network for Sámi artists in Guovdageaidnu.

About Hyundai Motor Company
Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Company is present in over 200 countries with more than 120,000 employees dedicated to tackling real-world mobility challenges around the globe. Based on the brand vision ‘Progress for Humanity,’ Hyundai Motor is accelerating its transformation into a Smart Mobility Solution Provider. The company invests in advanced technologies such as robotics and Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) to bring about revolutionary mobility solutions while pursuing open innovation to introduce future mobility services. In pursuit of sustainable future for the world, Hyundai will continue its efforts to introduce zero emission vehicles equipped with industry-leading hydrogen fuel cell and EV technologies. More information about Hyundai Motor and its products can be found at hyundai.com/worldwide/en/ or Newsroom: Media Hub by Hyundai

About Hyundai Motor’s Art Projects
For over a decade, Hyundai Motor Company has deepened its partnerships with global museums and cultural organizations, including the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea (MMCA), Tate, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Korean Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Most recently, Hyundai Motor announced Hyundai Translocal Series, a new partnership initiative that roots itself in fostering dialogues and exchanges among art institutions in Korea and across the globe. Hyundai Motor’s own art initiatives include open-call programs such as the VH AWARD, the Hyundai Blue Prize, and Artlab Editorial, a digital platform dedicated to art writing by transnational voices. Our ongoing collaborations embrace the complexities of the cultural landscape by exploring new ideas and perspectives within and beyond the art ecosystem. Visit artlab.hyundai.com or follow @hyundai.artlab #HyundaiArtlab to learn more about our partnerships and programs.

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Suodji mis jus sajáidagáimet dovdat (We´ll have shelter for as long as we know our place). Máret Ánne Sara (1983-) with her artwork at the exhibition “Environmental Injustice – Indigenous Peoples’ Alternatives” (2021-2022) at Musée d’ethnographie de Genève (MEG), Switzerland 2021 MEG Inv. ETHPH  90345 © Photo Johnathan Watts, MEG