Speculation grows that Tate’s next director will be Maria Balshaw

Maria Balshaw, the director of the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester and Manchester City Galleries, is set to become the new director of Tate, according to a report in The Times newspaper after speculation yesterday in the Evening Standard newspaper. Balshaw will replace Nicholas Serota who announced he was stepping down last September after 28 years in charge, and would be the first woman to hold the post.
 
But a Tate spokeswoman says that the process is ongoing; Balshaw declined to co