Tate Director Maria Balshaw to Step Down From Role in Spring 2026

Tate director Maria Balshaw to step down from role in spring 2026

Her final project will be an exhibition at Tate Modern celebrating the work of Dame Tracey Emin.

Maria Balshaw to Depart as Director of London’s Tate

Maria Balshaw, who has led London’s Tate group of museums since 2017, has announced that she will step down as director in spring 2026. Balshaw, who previously served as director of the Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth Art Gallery, was the first woman to lead the organization, succeeding Nicholas Serota, who helmed Tate for nearly three decades. […]

Tate Director Maria Balshaw to Step Down in 2026

Tate Director Maria Balshaw to step down in 2026 after a transformative nine-year leadership. Discover her achievements.

Tate Director Maria Balshaw to Step Down After Nearly a Decade at the Helm

Maria Balshaw, the director of London’s Tate, has announced that she will step down from her role in spring 2026. She joined the museum in 2017 after directing the Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Her predecessor was Nicholas Serota, who led Tate for almost 30 years. “It has been an absolute privilege to serve as director of Tate over this last decade and to work with such talented colleagues and artists,” Balshaw said in …

Tate director Maria Balshaw to step down

Maria Balshaw. Photo: Erdem Moralioglu Maria Balshaw, who has helmed Tate since 2017, will step down from her role next spring, the museum has announced.  ‘It has been an absolute privilege to serve as Director of Tate over this last decade and to work with such talented colleagues and artists,’ Balshaw said in a statement. ‘With a growing and increasingly diverse audience, and with a brilliant forward plan in place, I feel now is the right time…

Maria Balshaw, director of Tate since 2017, to step down

Balshaw will see out her tenure by co-curating the largest-ever survey of the artist Tracey Emin in spring 2026