Maria Balshaw

Director of Tate

Maria Balshaw is a British art curator and director. She was born in 1970 in Birmingham and grew up in Northampton. Maria read English and Cultural Studies at the University of Liverpool and later worked as an academic for several years. She became the director of the Whitworth gallery in Manchester in 2006 and later became the director of Tate in 2017. Maria is known for her work in promoting art and culture, partic...