Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota, CH (born 27 April 1946) is Director of the Tate art museums and galleries. He was director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and The Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, before becoming in 1988 director of the Tate, the United Kingdom's national gallery of modern and British art. He has been the chairman of the Turner Prize jury.Serota was knighted in the 1999 New Year Honours and appointed Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to art.
[September 2016] He announced that he is leaving his post at the Tate to become the next chairman of Arts Council England. He oversaw the opening of Tate Modern in 2000 and Tate St Ives in 1993. During his tenure, the Tate's collection grew in breadth, depth and diversity, including more works by artists beyond Europe and North America, and integrating performance art and photography.
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London, England: Tate Director [June 2013]
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He was awarded the Member of the Order of the Companion of Honour (CH) in the 2013 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to Art. He is the Director of the Tate Art Museum in London, England.
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He was awarded Knighthood of the British Empire in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to art.
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Curator, and Director of the Tate gallery since 1988