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Tate Modern director Vicente Todoli steps down

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Tate Modern's director Vicente Todoli has announced that he has decided to leave London after seven years as director of the modern art gallery at Bankside.

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The Spaniard was appointed in 2002 as Tate Modern's second director, in succession to Lars Nittve who oversaw the gallery's opening in 2000.

"In my earlier career I worked for seven years in Valencia and a further seven years in Porto," says Vicente Todolí.

"It was always my intention to take a pause at that point, but the opportunity to work in London was so compelling that I came directly in 2003.

"Now I feel that the time has arrived to take that pause, though I look forward to working with Tate Modern on future projects, including a major exhibition for 2011 which will be announced this autumn."

Sir Nicholas Serota, director of Tate, said: "Vicente has made an enormous contribution to the success of Tate Modern during his period in London.

"His distinctive vision has shaped the display of the collection, while a series of exhibitions has redefined early modernism, including Kandinsky (2005), Albers and Moholy-Nagy: From the Bauhaus to the New World (2006), Dali and Film (2007), Duchamp, Man Ray, Picabia (2008), Rodchenko & Popova (2009) and the current Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde: Constructing a New World.

"The tenth anniversary of Tate Modern in May will be a celebration of his achievement."

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