Overview
- Tate announced Jessica Morgan as its new director, which was announced Wednesday, and she will take up the post on January 1, 2027 with deputy director Karin Hindsbo serving as interim until then.
- Morgan returns from more than a decade leading the Dia Art Foundation and from earlier curatorial roles at Tate; she will oversee Tate Modern, Tate Britain, Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.
- At Dia she broadened the collection’s scope, substantially raised funds and increased representation of women and artists of color while overseeing a major Chelsea renovation and negotiating recognition of a staff union.
- Reports say Morgan is accepting a significant pay cut to move from Dia to Tate, where the network has faced a roughly 27 percent drop in attendance since 2019, an operating loss and recent staff cuts and strikes.
- Her early priorities are likely to include stabilising finances through fundraising and the new endowment drive, repairing staff relations after strikes and preparing for Tate Liverpool’s planned reopening and upcoming exhibition programme.