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Don’t blame Maria Balshaw for Tate’s failings. Its lack of ambition goes much deeper

Tate stresses its departing director has ‘diversified’ the collection, but it has hidden its treasures and let its galleries slide into insulting incoherence – and visitors have voted with their absence

The Guardian - UK

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.

Evening Standard

Maria Balshaw to step down as director of Tate after nine years

Balshaw, who joined in 2017, helped steer organisation through Covid-19 and fluctuating attendance

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National Gallery accused of risking ‘bad blood’ with Tate over 20th-century art

Sources say decision to collect ‘modern’ art could have two galleries ‘at each others’ throats’ – but others welcome move

The Guardian - UK

Tate director blames Brexit and Covid for slump in visitors

Maria Balshaw says upheaval has kept young Europeans away from London sites, contributing to a 27% attendance drop since 2019

The Guardian - UK

Tate raises £43m from donations as it launches ‘ambitious’ endowment fund

Campaign aims to raise £150m by 2030 to help support Tate’s exhibition programme and research in perpetuity

The Guardian - UK

Tate Modern stages star-studded gala as it launches £150m endowment fund to ensure galleries can 'thrive'

Princess Eugenie, Daniel Craig and Reese Witherspoon joined hundreds of leading artists and philanthropists at the launch of the Tate Future Fund

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Tate launches endowment fund to ensure galleries can ‘thrive’ in future

There are four Tate galleries in the UK and they are funded through different revenue streams, including a foundation of Government funding.

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Tate Modern given Joan Mitchell work in biggest donation since 1969

Miami billionaire couple part with triptych by late abstract expressionist that previously hung in their bedroom

The Guardian - UK

Miami philanthropists donate an American masterpiece to Britain's Tate Modern

Britain’s Tate Modern art museum has unveiled one of the most significant gifts it has received in years

The Independent UK

Tate director urges British art collectors to be more philanthropic as US tycoon gifts masterpiece

Gallery unveiled new multi-million pound painting donated by Miami businessman

The Independent UK

Tate Britain to return painting ‘looted by Nazis from Jewish art collector’

The heirs and great-grandchildren of Samuel Hartveld will receive the work.

Evening Standard

Tate director Maria Balshaw: ‘I still come into work feeling terrified’

The art gallery boss on the role of museums today, the politics of sponsorship and how Cornelia Parker influenced her decision-making

The Guardian - UK

The Tories’ poisonous anti-culture politics has crushed the arts. Bring on election night

Museums have closed and festivals lost funding – but Labour will restore Britain’s creative superpower status, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee

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International Women's Day: 20 of London's change-makers on progress for women in 2024

Are there enough female leaders? How do we solve the childcare crisis? Will we ever close the gender confidence gap? From Angela Rayner to Emma Barnett, our capital’s most influential women weigh in

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The 40 best dressed Londoners of 2024 (and the 20 worst)

London has always punched above its weight when it comes to style and creative talent, but who are the purveyors of the very best looks? To mark LFW’s 40th year our fashion editors pick their 40 favourites... and those who miss the mark

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Imperial War Museum missing 500 objects ‘shouldn’t cause alarm’ – minister

Conservative MP Jane Stevenson grilled the industry and Government about the missing items during a session of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee.

The Guardian - UK

‘They moved to silence and erase’: artists who sued Tate speak out

Exclusive: Tate agreed to pay a six-figure settlement after claim of discrimination, victimisation and harassment

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Prince Charles says he is ‘inspired’ by JMW Turner at Tate Britain

The royal couple were welcomed to the gallery by Maria Balshaw, Director of Tate

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