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Welcome to Outset
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The Outset Production Fund was launched by a group of Outset supporters seeking deeper engagement with the process of production and institutional collecting. The fund facilitates the creation of new works by emerging and mid-career artists with a view towards institutional donation in the UK and abroad.
Projects are selected on an application basis and reviewed in consultation with Outset's broad network of international advisors. To date the Production Fund has helped realise ambitious projects by leading artists including Francis Alys, Yael Bartana, Candice Breitz and Steve McQueen and donated works to public collections in Europe, Israel, Russia and the US.
Production Fund Partners attend our supporters’ programme of events, international trips and project review mornings with artists and curators.
Isabelle Hotimsky is chair of the Production Fund.
The commitment of Outset patrons allows the organisation to fulfil its remit of supporting new art. Since 2003, the patrons’ passion and engagement has allowed significant funds to be directed towards the development of artistic and institutional practices.
Outset patrons have supported a range of organisations and initiatives that includes exhibition and education programmes as well as publications, residencies and symposia. Outset patrons have supported London’s leading visual arts organisations as well as a number of institutions throughout the UK and abroad. Projects are selected by Outset directors and their advisors and funded through the donations of patrons and corporate partners.
Outset patrons attend our supporters’ programme of events, including curator-led tours of museums and galleries, studio visits, research events and international trips.
In March 2011 the Outset Design Fund was launched by Outset co-founder Yana Peel, Ben Evans, director of London Design Festival and designer Francis Sultana. Furthering Outset’s commitment to supporting major public collections, the fund is focused on enabling the acquisition of leading design works for the V&A collection.
The inaugural Design Fund facilitated the largest donation to date given for the acquisition of design at the V&A. A panel of design experts led by Christopher Wilk, Keeper of Furniture, Fashion and Textiles at the V&A, selected works by Fredrikson Stallard, Nendo, BCXSY, Platform and Satyendra Pakhalé.
Outset Design patrons attend a series of exhibition tours, receptions and international trips, focusing on leading design events and in particular the programme of the V&A.
Outset Family was founded in 2010 by Outset Production Fund Partner Micaela Boas. It is aimed at families with children between the ages of 2-8 and focuses on funding innovative art education programmes.
Since its inception Outset Family has supported the creation of The Art Room,at the Robert Blair Primary School, as well as Get The Message at Camden Arts Centre, London.
Outset Family members have the opportunity to introduce their children to London’s vibrant visual arts community whilst supporting art education programmes for under-privileged communities. Outset families are offered a range of activities including private tours of exhibitions at London’s leading museums and galleries alongside workshops and visits to artists’ studios.
The Outset Associates are comprised of a group of dynamic young professionals with a keen interest in the arts.
Since 2008 Outset Associates have been collaborating with Modern Art Oxford, one of the leading venues for the presentation of international contemporary art in the UK. The initiative brings vital additional funds to the gallery by sponsoring two major annual productions, thus directly supporting the exhibition programme.
Outset’s involvement with Modern Art Oxford allows Associates to receive all of the gallery's benefits of patronage as well as a special programme designed to suit their schedule. Events include private tours of London exhibitions, artist studio visits and the opportunity to engage with the international art community.
Since its inception Outset has worked with a range of corporate partners.
Responding to their desire to have an impact in the arts, whilst creating meaningful relationships within the artistic community, our partners are deeply committed to Outset's remit of supporting new art.
Our corporate partners engagement is directed towards specific areas of the Fund's activities allowing for a focused relationship with the organistations we support and the publics we engage. Previous corporate partners include Tiffany & Co., McLaren and Laurent Perrier.
Outset is delighted to currently partner with Le Méridien Hotels & Resorts and Northern Trust
CANDIDA GERTLER
Director and Trustee
Candida Gertler co-founded Outset Contemporary Art Fund with Yana Peel in June 2003. Candida studied law and journalism in Frankfurt/Main, Hamburg and Geneva. Since leaving Spiegel TV, Germany in 1992 Candida studied contemporary art at Sotheby's Institute. Candida initiated the contemporary art events as a board member of the British Friends of the Arts Museums of Israel and is Chair of the organization's "Women in the Arts Lunch". She co-funded Artprojx and developed its philantropic arm resulting in the creation of Outset Contemporary Art Fund. In 2010, Candida was the recipient of the 2010 Mont Blanc Award for Arts Patronage. Candida is executive member of the of Tate International Council (London).
YANA PEEL
Co-Founder and Trustee
Yana Peel co-founded Outset Contemporary Art Fund with Candida Gertler in June 2003. Since leaving Goldman Sachs in 2003, Yana has founded Intelligence Squared Asia and taken on various board positions which include: Tate International Council (London), Para/Site Art Space (Hong Kong), Victoria Foundation (Moscow) and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). In 2010, Yana was the recipient of the Mont Blanc Award for Arts Patronage. She is also author of best-selling children’s book ‘Art for Baby’ and was recently honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.
NICK AIKENS
Associate Director
Nick Aikens joined Outset in May 2009. He graduated form the Courtauld Institute of Art, London in 2004 and was gallery director at Allsopp Contemporary from 2005 - 08. In 2010 he gained an MA in the History of Art at the Courtauld Institute. Nick has curated independent exhibitions and contributed to a number of publications on emerging artists. He is a regular contributor to frieze.
ANNA FELTEN
Development Director
Anna Felten joined Outset in May 2011. She received an MA in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich and an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art from Christie's Education, New York. She has previously worked as a project assistant at the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany and as gallery director for Martos Gallery, New York.
REMCO DE BLAAIJ
Programme Director
Remco de Blaaij joined Outset in September 2011. Previously, Remco has worked for the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven, the Netherlands where he curated projects Picasso in Palestine in 2011 and Double Infinity in Shanghai, China in 2010. Currently he is part of the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths University, London conducting spatial research in the former Dutch colony of Suriname, South America.