Frances Morris to Step Down as Tate Modern Director in April 2023

Frances Morris will leave her position as Director of Tate Modern at the end of April 2023. She first joined Tate in 1987 as a curator, having previously worked at Bristol's Arnolfini gallery after studying at Cambridge and the Courtauld. Over more than three decades at the institution, Morris held roles including head of displays at Tate Modern in 2000 and director of collection in International Art in 2006. In 2016, she became Tate Modern's director, succeeding Chris Dercon and making history as both the first British person and first woman to lead the gallery. Her tenure included curating major retrospectives such as those for Louise Bourgeois in 2007, Yayoi Kusama in 2012, and Agnes Martin in 2015. In a 2017 interview with ArtReview, Morris emphasized that museums should function as welcoming public spaces and community centers, describing her childhood view of museums as playgrounds that institutions should continue to embody.