Penelope Curtis is Director of Tate Britain. Previously she was Exhibitions Curator at Tate Liverpool and, from 1994, Curator at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds where she was responsible for a programme of historical and contemporary sculpture exhibitions, collections building in sculpture and archives, and research activity including events, fellowships and publications. She has written widely on 20th-century British sculpture, on European art and architecture of the inter-war years, and on many contemporary sculptors.

Penelope Curtis is Director of Tate Britain.