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title: "4 Nicholas Serota Quotes - Famous Art historian"
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# Nicholas Serota

(1946)   Art Historian

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Nicholas Serota is an art historian.

## Quick Facts About Nicholas Serota

Born April 27, 1946

Profession Art Historian

## About Nicholas Serota

British curator... \| Sir Nicholas Andrew Serota is a British art historian and curator. He has been chairman of Arts Council England since February 2017.

##  Quotes by Nicholas Serota

> [Damien Hirst's Mother and Child Divided (1993) is a work which can at first glance be read as nothing more than two…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-serota/damien-hirst-s-mother-and-child-divided-1993-is-a-work-which-can-at/)

Nicholas Serota

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b96/nicholas-serota-69959_art_damien-hirst-s-mother-and-child-divided_99637.jpg)

> [UBS have been important supporters of Tate Modern since 2000 and we are delighted to announce this exciting and unique partnership](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-serota/ubs-have-been-important-supporters-of-tate-modern-since-2000-and-we/)

Nicholas Serota

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e48/nicholas-serota-69959_delighted_ubs-have-been-important-supporters-of-ta_258408.jpg)

> [Much modern art is, at first sight, unnerving... in the contemporary world, we have come to expect instant response and immediate understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-serota/much-modern-art-is-at-first-sight-unnerving-in-the-contemporary-world/)

Nicholas Serota

[Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ae/nicholas-serota-69959_art_much-modern-art-is-at-first-sight-unnerv_1497306.jpg)

> [We care too much about what happens to be there as a result of history. I worry even more that we care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-serota/we-care-too-much-about-what-happens-to-be-there-as-a-result-of/)

Nicholas Serota

[Care](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/care/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b08/nicholas-serota-69959_care_we-care-too-much-about-what-happens-to-b_2193262.jpg)

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