Tate Britain boss ‘gets her feet under desk’
The new director of Tate Britain took up her post today, becoming the most important woman in British museums and galleries.
Penelope Curtis, 48 — who was introduced to the media at the gallery on Millbank this morning — replaces Stephen Deuchar, who occupied the post for 11 years.
Ms Curtis has so far refused to give interviews since it was announced in November that she would be taking over. The museum said she was waiting to "get her feet under her desk" before talking about her new role.
Ms Curtis is a renowned scholar who has spent the past decade developing the programme of exhibitions at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds.
She took a PhD at the Courtauld Institute of Art after studying modern history at Oxford and has written books, particularly on 20th-century British art and sculpture.
