Tate to commission artistic response to racist mural

Tate Britain will keep a mural featuring racist imagery in its restaurant and commission an artistic response to the art work.

The decision arises following "deep disagreements" in consultations about what to do with the 1927 Rex Whistler mural, which depicts an enslaved Black child among other distressing images.

In 2020, the institution stopped describing its restaurant as "the most amusing room in Europe" amid complaints.

However, the mural is still a work of art and forms part of the eatery's Grade I listed interior, so it can't be removed.

The commissioned artist will be announced in the next few months. Their work will be "exhibited alongside and in dialogue with the mural, reframing the way the space is experienced" and accompanied by interpretative materials.