Tate loans painting of Covid frontline staff to Alder Hey hospital

Aliza Nisenbaum’s work depicts staff in range of roles at Liverpool children’s hospital

The Tate has loaned a painting to Alder Hey children’s NHS foundation trust in Liverpool depicting its staff who continued working on the frontlines during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The group portrait, titled Team Time Storytelling, Alder Hey Children’s Hospital Emergency Department, Covid Pandemic, was created by the New York-based artist Aliza Nisenbaum and was one of 20 portraits commissioned by Tate Liverpool and shown at the gallery in 2021.