Nicholas Serota
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The Hon. Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota CH (born 27 April 1946) is a British art historian and curator.
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Sir Nicholas Serota | |
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Senior Independent Director of the BBC | |
Assumed office 2017 | |
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Born | Nicholas Andrew Serota (1946-04-27) 27 April 1946 (age 78)[1] Hampstead, London, England[2] |
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) |
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Director of the Tate from 1988 to 2017, Serota is currently Chairman of Arts Council England, a role which he has held since February 2017.[3][4][5]
Serota was previously Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, and Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London,[6] before becoming Director of the Tate in 1988. He was also Chairman of the Turner Prize jury until 2007.[7]