- Nicholas Serota is Chair of Arts Council England, a post he took up in February 2017. Previously he spent almost 30 years as Director of Tate. During his directorship, Tate opened Tate St Ives (1993) and Tate Modern (2000, expanded in 2016), redefining the Millbank building as Tate Britain (2000). Tate also broadened its field of interest and created the Plus Tate network of 35 institutions across the UK.
Previously Director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery and of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, Nicholas curated exhibitions at Tate Modern on Cy Twombly and Gerhard Richter, and co-curated Henri Matisse: the Cut Outs in 2014.
Nicholas Serota has been a member of the Visual Arts Advisory Committee of the British Council, a Trustee of the Architecture Foundation and a commissioner on the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment. He was a member of the Olympic Delivery Authority which was responsible for building the Olympic Park in East London for 2012. Nicholas Serota was knighted in 1999 and appointed a Companion of Honour in 2013.- IMDb Mini Biography By: BBC Oficial site Bio
- Curator, and Director of the Tate gallery since 1988
- He was awarded Knighthood of the British Empire in the 1999 Queen's New Years Honors List for his services to art.
- 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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- [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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