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I work here at Tate Modern
as the curator of access and special projects which means that
my job here is to create events that engage diverse audiences with the Tate collection.
in old master painting and art from pre 20th century
but coming here to Tate Modern has
totally opened my eyes to work which perhaps before
I would have paid much attention to.
Tate Modern really has got something for everybody
and don't worry if you don't know anything at all about modern art.
You know paint on canvas is actually a really simple thing.
It's just a bit material and a bit of pigment mixed with oil.
And what's so special about that is in the hands of an artist
it transforms sort of magically into something that can
express one human emotion to another human being.
I remember one particular occasion when I was
telling a group of visitors is all about some of the pieces we have on the wall
by Mark Rothko and at the end of my talk
a young woman came up to me and she said hello I just want to let you know that
"I am Mark Rothko's niece". Well I was so surprised I thought
what have I just said about your uncle? And so I did a quick rewind rewind
but luckily she said to me that she was so pleased and impressed
with what I said and she was quite glad that I'd honered
her uncle with this kind of talk about his work.
We're directly opposite St Pauls with the Millennium Bridge.
We get five million visitors per year and sometimes it feels
not just like an art gallery but more like the United Nations
with all the visitors from
every corner the world here.