Q FM Africa's Modern Radio
Tate director Sir Nicholas Serota has been named the most powerful figure in the art world.
Sir Nicholas topped ArtReview magazine’s annual Power 100 list for helping Tate “punch above its weight in the global network of influence”.
He has been the Tate’s director since 1988 and oversaw the opening of Tate Modern in 2000.
The gallery, in a former power station on London’s Southbank, is the world’s most visited contemporary art museum.
Sir Nicholas, 68, who has appeared in the top 10 of every list since it launched in 2002, is the first representative of a public museum to reach the top spot.
ArtReview said that he was ranked number one this year “on account of the way in which Tate has, since the launch of Tate Modern, consistently deployed an international – rather than a national – perspective on art production”.
It added: “Tate has come to epitomise almost all the elements of the current ‘global’ art world, where the distribution of art is arguably now more important than its production.”