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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lanre Bakare Arts and culture correspondent

Tate at a turning point: new director must confront unwieldy ‘beast’ of an art institution

A crowd of people holding signs and placards.
The gallery’s staff strike outside Tate Britain in London, 27 November 2025. Photograph: Alicia Canter/The Guardian

Roland Rudd, the chair of Tate, is in a bullish mood when we meet at his offices in the Adelphi Building, which sits on the Thames between the art institution’s two London sites. “Things have never been better,” he says.

It’s a rebuff to any suggestion that the organisation is in flux – and, as if he were expecting the question to arise, Rudd produces a piece of paper from his suit pocket with notes to prove his point. The recent wins, he says, are so numerous that he has written them down so as not to forget any.

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