Nicholas Serota

Sir Nicholas Serota (born 1946) is a curator, and is currently Director of Tate, the United Kingdom's national gallery of modern and British art.

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1946 - Curator - Tate

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The son of a Labour education minister, Serota grew up in North London and attended the Haberdashers' Aske's School. He then studied Economics at the University of Cambridge, before switching to History of Art. He completed a Masters degree at the Courtauld Institute of Art under the supervision of Anthony Blunt; his thesis was on the work of J. M. W. Turner.

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Labour - Haberdashers' Aske's School - University of Cambridge - History of Art - Courtauld Institute of Art - Anthony Blunt - J. M. W. Turner

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While still at the Courtauld he assisted David Sylvester in organising his Renoir exhibition for the Hayward Gallery. In 1970 he joined the Arts Council of Great Britain's Visual Arts Department as a regional exhibitions officer, and in 1973 he was made Director of the Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. There he organised an important early exhibition of work by Joseph Beuys and formed an important working relationship with Alexander "Sandy" Nairne - the son of one of the Museum's trustees - who would work with Serota at various points in the following years.

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David Sylvester - Renoir - Hayward Gallery - Arts Council of Great Britain - Museum of Modern Art, Oxford - Joseph Beuys - Alexander "Sandy" Nairne

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