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Balshaw, Maria

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Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingBalshaw, Maria
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Associated countryGreat Britain
Associated placeManchester (England)
LocatedLondon (England)
Birth date1970-01-24
Place of birthBirmingham (England)
Field of activityArt museums Feminism Culture--Study and teaching English literature
AffiliationTate Modern (Gallery)
Whitworth Art Gallery
Manchester City Galleries
University of Liverpool
University of Sussex
Arts Council England
Profession or occupationArt museum directors
Found inUrban space and representation, 2000: CIP t.p. (Maria Balshaw)
Tate, via WWW, March 22, 2019 (Maria Balshaw; Director of Tate, a role she has held since June 2017; previously, she was Director of the Whitworth, University of Manchester and Manchester City Galleries; Maria holds a BA in English Literature and Cultural Studies from the University of Liverpool, and an MA in Critical Theory and a DPhil in African American Visual and Literary Culture from the University of Sussex; she is a Board Member of Arts Council England, the Clore Leadership Programme and Manchester International Festival; she was awarded a CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the arts in June 2015)
   <https://www.tate.org.uk/about-us/director>
Wikipedia website, viewed April 10, 2019 (Maria Jane Balshaw was born 24 January 1970 in Birmingham, England. She is director of the Tate art museums and galleries. The appointment was confirmed by the UK Prime Minister on 16 January 2017, making her the first female director of the Tate)
Associated languageeng