Months after Greg Tate's unexpected death, friends, family and the arts community spent an evening toasting the veteran writer and musician during a tribute concert at Lincoln Center. “He is one of those pillars of what New York is to me.'
NYC artists, poets and musicians gathered at Lincoln Center in late July to celebrate the late Greg Tate.NYC artists, poets and musicians gathered at Lincoln Center in late July to celebrate the late Greg Tate.in December sent a ripple through New York City’s art scene. Last Sunday at Lincoln Center, friends, family and some dedicated fans arrived at Damrosch Park ready to celebrate his life and work.
Lincoln Center collaborated with the Tate family — including his daughter, Chinara, and brother, Brian — to assemble the tribute as part of its “Summer for the City” series. The celebration, titledwas one of several programs assembled by a handful of NYC institutions to elevate Tate’s work this summer.
On the grounds of Damrosch Park, a pop-up exhibition organized by the family with Lincoln Center and Photoville occupied the front half of the area, in displays constructed like a cube with one side open. Many artists presented favorite pieces of their work, like a painting or a series of photos, along with messages describing fond memories of Tate.
Speaking before the event, Brian Tate said that curating the show had helped him understand just how massive and diverse his brother’s network was. “One of the things early on that really stood out for me was coming to understand just how many major and incredible artists Greg was in community with,'' he said.
“Where we grew up was filled with arts and culture and people, politics, and Greg's vision of the world was very much informed by that,” Brian Tate said of their childhood in Dayton, Ohio. “And it just infuses all of his writing, and all of the stuff that he created, and the people that he surrounded himself with.
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