‘Beyond excited’: Head of Norway’s National Museum named new Tate Modern director
by Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6B8AW)
Karin Hindsbo vows to continue the magnificent work being done' at the landmark London venue as she prepares to replace Frances Morris in September
The head of Norway's National Museum has been named as the new director of Tate Modern in London. Karin Hindsbo, who oversaw the consolidation of four Norwegian art institutions into the National Museum in Oslo, will take up her new post in September.
She will succeed Frances Morris, the first female director of Tate Modern who announced last year that she was stepping down. Morris joined Tate as a curator in 1987.
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