Nicholas Serota

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Sir Nicholas Serota (1946) studied Economics at the University of Cambridge and art history at Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London. 1973 he became Director of the Museum Modern Art, Oxford. 1976 he was made Director of the Whitechapel Gallery, London and 1988 Director of the Tate Gallery, London (now Tate Britain). He managed the expansion of the Tate Gallery and the conversion of the former Bankside Power Station to create Tate Modern.

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05. Jun 24. Oct
Bruce Nauman Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

18. Oct 27. Jan 2013
William Klein / Daido Moriyama Tate Modern, London
28. Jun 14. Oct
Edvard Munch. The Modern Eye Tate Modern, London
04. Apr 09. Sep
Damien Hirst Tate Modern, London

11. Oct 11. Mar 2012
The Unilever Series: Tacita Dean Tate Modern, London
06. Oct 08. Jan 2012
Gerhard Richter. Panorama Tate Modern, London
15. Sep 08. Jan
Level 2 Gallery. Rosa Barba Tate Modern, London
29. Jul 16. Oct
Level 2 Gallery. Contested Terrains Tate Modern, London
08. Jun 12. Jun
Tate Live: Michael Clark Company. Part II Tate Modern, London
06. Jun 04. Sep
Tate Movie Project Exhibition Tate Modern, London
25. May 02. Jan 2012
Taryn Simon Tate Modern, London
25. May 21. Jul
After we arrive, before we leave… Tate Modern, London
16. May 31. Mar 2012
Diane Arbus. ARTIST ROOMS Tate Modern, London
06. May 10. Jul
Level 2 Gallery: Burke + Norfolk. Photographs From The War In Afghanistan Tate Modern, London
01. May 31. Mar 2012
Photography. New Documentary Forms Tate Modern, London
14. Apr 11. Sep
Joan Miró: The Ladder of Escape Tate Modern, London
14. Apr 11. Sep
Miró Tate Modern, London
11. Feb 17. Apr
Level 2 Gallery. Out of Place Tate Modern, London
19. Jan 25. Apr
Gabriel Orozco Tate Modern, London

12. Oct 02. May 2011
The Unilever Series: Ai Weiwei Tate Modern, London
30. Sep 16. Jan 2011
Gauguin: Maker of Myth Tate Modern, London
10. Jul 31. Oct
Level 2 Gallery: Alejandro Cesarco. Present Memory Tate Modern, London
15. Jun 05. Sep
Francis Alÿs Tate Modern, London
29. May 30. Aug
Level 2 Gallery. Haris Epaminonda, VOL. VI Tate Modern, London
28. May 03. Oct
EXPOSED - Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870 Tate Modern, London
03. Mar 31. Dec
Martin Karlsson. London - An Imagery Tate Modern, London
26. Feb 28. Feb
Trembling Time: Recent Video From Israel Tate Modern, London
10. Feb 03. May
Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective Tate Modern, London
04. Feb 16. May
Van Doesburg. Constructing a New World Tate Modern, London
22. Jan 03. May
Michael Rakowitz. The worst condition Tate Modern, London

13. Nov 06. Dec
Harun Farocki. 22 Films 1968-2009 Tate Modern, London
13. Oct 05. Apr 2010
The Unilever Series: Miroslaw Balka Tate Modern, London
13. Oct 10. Jan 2010
John Baldessari: Pure Beauty Tate Modern, London
01. Oct 17. Jan 2010
Pop Life: Art in a Material World Tate Modern, London
10. Sep 03. Jan 2010
Jill Magid Tate Modern, London
17. Jun 13. Sep
Per Kirkeby Tate Modern, London
12. Jun 20. Sep
Futurism Tate Modern, London
22. May 24. Sep
Robert Morris - Bodyspacemotionthings Tate Modern, London
23. Apr 16. Aug
Stutter Tate Modern, London
05. Mar 24. May
Cy Twombly La Galleria Nazionale, Rome °
25. Feb 25. May
Roni Horn aka Roni Horn Tate Modern, London
20. Feb 21. Feb
UBS Openings: Characters, Figures and Signs Tate Modern, London
12. Feb 17. May
Rodchenko & Popova: Defining Constructivism Tate Modern, London

09. Dec 29. Mar 2009
Nicholas Hlobo: Uhambo Tate Modern, London
12. Nov 13. Apr 2009
UBS Openings: Paintings from the 1980s Tate Modern, London
14. Oct 13. Apr 2009
The Unilever Series: Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster Tate Modern, London
14. Oct 11. Jan 2009
Cildo Meireles Tate Modern, London
26. Sep 01. Feb 2009
Mark Rothko Tate Modern, London
19. Sep 23. Nov
Latifa Echakhch Tate Modern, London
03. Jul 17. Aug
H BOX Tate Modern, London
19. Jun 14. Sep
Cy Twombly: Cycles and Seasons Tate Modern, London
13. Jun 25. Aug
9 Scripts from a Nation at War Tate Modern, London
13. Jun 15. Jun
Tony Conrad Tate Modern, London
23. May 25. Aug
Street Art Tate Modern, London
22. May 31. Aug
Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography Tate Modern, London
05. May 26. Oct
Sign and Texture Tate Modern, London
14. Mar 02. May
Paradise Now! Essential French Tate Modern, London
14. Mar 26. May
Here We Dance Tate Modern, London
21. Feb 26. May
Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia Tate Modern, London
05. Feb 13. Apr
Jean Prouvé. Maison tropicale for design museum Tate Modern, London
26. Jan 27. Jan
The Living Currency Tate Modern, London
24. Jan 27. Apr
Juan Muñoz: A Retrospective Tate Modern, London

14. Dec 24. Feb 2008
Illuminations Tate Modern, London
24. Oct 01. Jan 2008
The World as a Stage Tate Modern, London
10. Oct 20. Jan 2008
Louise Bourgeois Tate Modern, London
09. Oct 06. Apr 2008
Doris Salcedo: Shibboleth Tate Modern, London
21. Sep 24. Sep
Art Summer University Tate Modern, London
20. Sep 25. Nov
The Irresistible Force Tate Modern, London
08. Sep 09. Sep
Artist Platform. Matei Bejeranu Tate Modern, London
18. Aug 18. Aug 2009
James Aldridge - Cold Mouth Prayer Tate Modern, London
20. Jul 02. Mar 2008
Claire Harvey: Easily-removable Tate Modern, London
30. Jun 30. Jun
UBS Openings: Guy de Cointet, Performance Tate Modern, London
20. Jun 27. Aug
Global Cities Tate Modern, London
19. Jun 02. Sep
Learn to Read Tate Modern, London
06. Jun 23. Sep
Hélio Oiticica. The Body of Colour Tate Modern, London
01. Jun 09. Sep
Dalí & Film Tate Modern, London
01. Jun 09. Sep
Dalí at Tate Modern Tate Modern, London
04. May 13. Jul
In Focus Tate Modern, London
04. May 04. Nov
UBS Openings: Drawings Tate Modern, London
02. Mar 04. Jun
The Artist´s Dining Room Tate Modern, London
28. Feb 22. Apr
Amrita Sher-Gil Tate Modern, London
15. Feb 07. May
Gilbert & George Tate Modern, London

16. Dec 22. Apr 2007
Carsten Höller. Sliding Doors Tate Modern, London
15. Dec 11. Feb 2007
Media Burn Tate Modern, London
03. Dec 10. Dec
Swiss Video Tate Modern, London
20. Nov 28. Feb 2007
Maverick Arts Project Tate Modern, London
17. Nov 22. Nov
Charles Atlas. Hail The New Puritan Tate Modern, London
11. Nov 28. Jan 2007
In Focus - Living History Tate Modern, London
01. Nov 21. Jan 2007
David Smith: A Centennial Tate Modern, London
18. Oct 31. Dec
Howard Hodgkin Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid '
12. Oct 14. Jan 2007
Peter Fischli & David Weiss. A Retrospective Tate Modern, London
11. Oct 14. Jan 2007
Fischli & Weiss. Flowers & Questions - A Retrospective Tate Modern, London
10. Oct 09. Apr
The Unilever Series: Carsten Höller Tate Modern, London
29. Jul 17. Sep
Roman Ondák Tate Modern, London
05. Jul 17. Sep
Pierre Huyghe. Celebration Park Tate Modern, London
22. Jun 01. Oct
Kandinsky Tate Modern, London
16. Jun 28. Aug
Bill Fontana: Harmonic Bridge Tate Modern, London
14. Jun 10. Sep
Howard Hodgkin Tate Britain, London
10. Jun 28. Aug
Domestic Incidents Tate Modern, London
23. May 26. Nov
Photography from the UBS Art Collection Tate Modern, London
20. May 09. Jul
Brian Jungen Tate Modern, London
25. Mar 23. Jun
Dan Perjovschi. The Room Drawing 2006 Tate Modern, London
18. Mar 07. May
Simryn Gill. fourth in a series Tate Modern, London
09. Mar 04. Jun
Albers and Moholy-Nagy. From the Bauhaus to the New World Tate Modern, London
22. Feb 07. May
Howard Hodgkin Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
08. Feb 07. May
Martin Kippenberger Tate Modern, London

21. Dec 21. Dec
The Wrong Gallery: orgasm box Tate Modern, London
25. Nov 30. Nov
Elsebeth Jørgensen and Pia Rönicke Tate Modern, London
19. Nov 05. Mar 2006
Catherine Sullivan: The Chittendens Tate Modern, London
21. Oct 08. Jan 2006
Jeff Wall: Photographs 1978-2004 Tate Modern, London
11. Oct 02. Apr 2006
The Unilever Series: Rachel Whiteread Tate Modern, London
09. Sep 12. Nov
Jan De Cock. DENKMAL 1 Tate Modern, London
19. Jul 30. Sep
Raised Awareness Tate Modern, London
10. Jul 10. Jul
Tate Scavengers Exhibition Tate Modern, London
25. Jun 21. Aug
Meschac Gaba Tate Modern, London
09. Jun 09. Oct
Frida Kahlo Tate Modern, London
01. Jun 29. Aug
Open Systems Tate Modern, London
01. Jun 29. Aug
Herzog & de Meuron Tate Modern, London
23. Apr 12. Jun
Untitled: Damian Ortega Tate Modern, London
19. Feb 10. Apr
Untitled: Simparch Tate Modern, London
17. Feb 15. May
August Strindberg: Painter, Photographer, Writer Tate Modern, London
04. Feb 02. May
Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments Tate Modern, London

10. Dec 18. Dec
Christian Marclay: The Sounds of Christmas Tate Modern, London
04. Dec 30. Jan 2005
Untitled Pin Up Tate Modern, London
18. Nov 09. Mar 2005
Shrinking Childhoods Tate Modern, London
28. Oct 30. Jan 2005
Robert Frank: Storylines Tate Modern, London
12. Oct 28. Mar 2005
The Unilever Series: Bruce Nauman Tate Modern, London
06. Oct 02. Jan 2005
Time Zones: Recent Film and Video Tate Modern, London
02. Oct 21. Nov
Untitled: Mohamed Camara Tate Modern, London
02. Oct 09. Jan 2005
Donald Judd - Retrospektive Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst
23. Jul 19. Sep
Untitled. Julia Loktev, Cui Xiuwen, Julika Rudelius Tate Modern, London
23. Jun 26. Sep
Luc Tuymans Tate Modern, London
19. Jun 05. Sep
Donald Judd - Retrospektive K20/K21 - Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen '
30. May 30. Aug
Head to Head Tate Modern, London
27. May 05. Sep
Edward Hopper Retrospektive Tate Modern, London
12. May 04. Jul
Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset Tate Modern, London
05. Feb 25. Apr
Donald Judd Retrospective Tate Modern, London
05. Feb 25. Apr
Donald Judd Tate Modern, London
29. Jan 23. May
Constantin Brancusi Tate Modern, London

01. Dec 19. Dec
Out of Time Tate Modern, London
22. Oct 28. Dec
Common Wealth Tate Modern, London
16. Oct 21. Mar 2004
The Unilever Series: Olafur Eliasson Tate Modern, London
02. Oct 04. Jan 2004
Sigmar Polke - History of Everything Tate Modern, London
26. Sep 28. Mar 2004
The Stage of Drawing - Gesture and Act Tate Modern, London
05. Jun 07. Sep
Cruel and Tender Tate Modern, London
19. May 26. Oct
Paul McCarthy Tate Modern, London
19. May 25. Aug
Henry Moore Tate Modern, London
27. Mar 30. Mar
Live Culture Tate Modern, London
13. Feb 05. May
Max Beckmann. Retrospective Tate Modern, London

12. Nov 09. Mar 2003
Eva Hesse Tate Modern, London
09. Oct 06. Apr 2003
The Unilever Series: Anish Kapoor Tate Modern, London
20. Sep 05. Jan 2003
Barnett Newman Tate Modern, London
11. May 20. Aug
Matisse Picasso Tate Modern, London
30. Apr 28. Jul
Eija-Liisa Ahtila Tate Modern, London
07. Feb 01. Apr
Warhol Tate Modern, London

20. Sep 01. Jan 2002
Surrealism - Desire Unbound Tate Modern, London
07. Sep 09. Dec
Katharina Fritsch Tate Modern, London
12. Jun 10. Mar 2002
The Unilever Series: Juan Muñoz Tate Modern, London
31. May 19. Aug
Zero to Infinity - Arte Povera 1962-1972 Tate Modern, London
22. May 12. Aug
Giorgio Morandi Tate Modern, London
11. May 31. Oct
Contemporary Intervention. Capital Tate Modern, London
11. May 31. Aug
Marysia Lewandowska & Neil Cummings Tate Modern, London
01. Feb 29. Apr
Century City. Art and Culture in the Modern Metropolis Tate Modern, London

01. Oct 01. Nov
Performing Bodies Tate Modern, London
12. May 03. Dec
Between Cinema and a Hard Place Tate Modern, London
12. May 30. Nov
The Unilever Series: Louise Bourgeois Tate Modern, London

31. Aug 31. Aug
Late Picasso Tate Modern, London

26. Mar 12. Apr
Antony Gormley Whitechapel Gallery, London
15. Jan 18. Mar
A New Spirit in Painting Royal Academy of Arts, London

14. Mar 22. Apr
Gerhard Richter. Abstract Paintings Whitechapel Gallery, London
04. Mar 17. Jun
Eva Hesse. Sculpture Whitechapel Gallery, London

17. Mar 23. Apr
Carl Andre. Sculpture, 1959-78 Whitechapel Gallery, London

07. Apr 12. May
Joseph Beuys. The secret block for a secret person in Ireland Modern Art Oxford °

artist / curator

Nicholas Serota

short biography