Nicholas Serota
Sir Nicholas Serota | |
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Serota in 2006 | |
| 8th Director of the Tate | |
| In office 1988–2017 | |
| Preceded by | Alan Bowness |
| Succeeded by | Maria Balshaw |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Nicholas Andrew Serota 27 April 1946 Hampstead, London, England |
| Spouse(s) | Angela Beveridge (m. 1973; div. 1995); Teresa Gleadowe (m. 1997), now Lady Serota |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent | The Baroness Serota |
| Education | Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School, Elstree |
| Alma mater | Christ's College, Cambridge; Courtauld Institute of Art |
| Awards | Knight Bachelor (1999) Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (2013) |
Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota CH (born 27 April 1946) is a British art historian and curator. He has been chairman of Arts Council England since February 2017.
Serota was director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, then director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, and then director of the Tate from 1988 to 2017. He was also chairman of the Turner Prize jury until 2007.