The Tate has found its next leader. The board of trustees announced this week that Jessica Morgan, the current director of the Dia Art Foundation, will become the tenth director in the museum’s storied history. She will succeed Maria Balshaw on January 1, 2027.
For Morgan, this appointment represents a professional homecoming. She previously spent over a decade at Tate, serving as a curator from 2002 to 2010 before becoming the Daskalopoulos Curator, International Art, from 2010 to 2014. During that tenure, she helped shape the museum’s international collection and organized high-profile Turbine Hall commissions.
Morgan has spent the last decade leading Dia in New York, where she is credited with transforming the multi-sited organization into a more dynamic and accessible institution. During her tenure, she expanded free admission programs and led significant capital improvements across Dia’s sites in the United States and Germany.
She arrives at a pivotal juncture for the Tate. The institution is currently preparing for the highly anticipated 2027 reopening of Tate Liverpool following an extensive architectural transformation. With her deep institutional knowledge and recent experience navigating the complexities of a multi-sited organization, Morgan is widely seen as a steady hand for the museum’s next chapter.
Karin Hindsbo, currently serving as the Deputy Director of Tate and Director of Tate Modern, will continue to act as interim director until Morgan’s official start date.