Nicholas Serota
The Hon. Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota, CH (born 27 April 1946), is a British art historian and curator.
Sir Nicholas Serota | |
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Serota in 2006 | |
| Senior Independent Director of the BBC | |
| Assumed office 2017 | |
| 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) Companion of Honour (2013) |
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.
Serota was previously Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, and Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London, before becoming Director of the Tate in 1988. He was also Chairman of the Turner Prize jury until 2007.
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