Maria Balshaw starts as overall Tate director

Maria Balshaw started work yesterday (1 June) as director of Tate, taking over from Nick Serota, who had held the post for 29 years. She began by greeting most of the London-based staff who gathered at Tate Britain, before going on to meet groups from different departments and ending with a reception for selected journalists.Balshaw, who was director of Manchester Art Gallery and the Whitworth Art Gallery, is getting to know staff at the UKs largest museum, in terms of employees. Already it is