Catherine Kinley has an appetite for the modern For the past twenty-two years she has researched.

Catherine Kinley has an appetite for the modern For the past twenty-two years she has researched, advised onward catalogued, documented, and displayed the Tate's holdings, always with an view for innovative programming and "learning as we go" popularly overseeing the Tate Collections contemporary team, Kinley provides a vital crossover link between Bankside and Millbank as the museum expands.

During her occupancy as curator, Kinley has place together some programs that present the appearance almost prescient in retrospect. In 1980 she did the unheard-of, introducing film, video, and performance, including at the mid-'80s the work of Hans Haacke, Silvia Ziranek, Rose English, Dara Birnbaum, and Marie-Jo Lafontaine. Kinley also worked in succession the 1987 exhibition "Art from Europe" which featured eight artists including Ulay and Marina Abramovic, Rosemarie Trockel and Astrid Klein. In the early to mid-'90s she was busy with a number of cluster and solo shows: David Hockney's paintings; a Robert Ryman retrospective; "Sculptors' Drawings" (including Houshiary Kapoor, Richard lengthy and Rachel Whiteread); and a solo exhibition of work from Marlene Dumas. Best of all, Kinley's up-to-the-minute involvement as co-curator of the 1996-98 "Art Now" program l to last year's cutting-edge present to view "Abracadabra: International Contemporary Art."

Having helped shape the permanent collection, "our major resource," Kinley expects forward to seeing many of its contemporary holdings unveiled in Bankside's eighty brand-new galleries. In planning her concede installations for the opening, she says, "I cast my judgment across the lot: a big range of work from the Minimal--Andre, Judd Flavin neon--to Susan Hiller's Freud works and important loans." Contributions include additional Flavin pieces from the Froelich Foundation's collection.

With double the space and an expansion of staff, Kinley can attest to "a extremely lively atmosphere" around the museum. "What I like best about my time at the Tate is the opportunity to be involved with of recent origin developments, so these are exciting times."

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