Jessica Morgan named as new director of the Tate

Jessica Morgan has been named the new chief of the Tate, marking her return to the arts organisation after more than a decade.The 57-year-old will succeed Maria Balshaw in the role, who became the first female director of the Tate in 2017.Ms Balshaw has helmed the institution for nine years, and was the force behind a programme of exhibitions that include Steve McQueen’s Year 3, a collective school portrait of 76,000 children aged seven or eight from across London.A view outside the Tate Modern art gallery in south London (Yui Mok/PA)PA ArchiveMs Morgan, who was appointed by former Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, will oversee four galleries in her new post – Tate Modern and Tate Britain in London, as well as Tate Liverpool and Tate St Ives.She previously worked as a curator at the Tate fr