£12m Tate cash boost

MILLIONS of pounds of government cash is to form part of a major investment package into the redevelopment of Tate Liverpool.

- By DAVID HUMPHREYS

The art gallery said it has received a significant injection of cash from the Department of Culture, Media and Sport for its renewal programme on Royal Albert Dock.

The Public Bodies Infrastructure Fund will provide £12m, alongside generous philanthropic donations from the Garfield Weston Foundation, and The Ross Warburton Charitable Trust.

The project is now entering the final phase of fundraising ahead of the gallery's reopening in 2027.

The transformation will allow the gallery to meet the scale and ambition of the scene’s most exciting artists and to welcome visitors into a brand-new museum environment.

The designs include a new public Art Hall on the ground floor of the site, which first opened in 1988.