Aug 15, 2008 18:25
When Sir Nicholas Serota took over as head of the Tate Gallery 20 years ago, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin were still at college, the Turner Prize was in its infancy, and the Tate was still called the Tate. Many of the changes in the art world since 1988 – the championing of Brit Art, the rise of conceptualism and the dramatic expansion of the Tate itself – can be laid at Sir Nicholas's door. So it is little wonder that he has been reappointed by the Tate's trustees. One can quibble with the secrecy in which they made thedecision – they knew a month ago but kept quiet, and they have notsaid if there were other candidates. Nevertheless, the decision issurely the correct one.
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