Our exhibition programme has again produced major popular and critical successes. Matisse Picasso at Tate Modern combined scholarly research with sensitive presentation and was the most visited exhibition in Tate's history. At Tate Britain, Turner and Venice drew on our special knowledge of Turner, as well as the rich holdings of the Turner Bequest, while at the same time we celebrated the twentieth year of the Turner Prize. Shopping, the most ambitious exhibition ever mounted at Tate Liverpool, was a major public success and affirmed Tate Liverpool's status as an international gallery. Tate St Ives celebrated its tenth birthday with steadily increasing visitor numbers and its most popular exhibition to date, a centenary display of the work of Barbara Hepworth

Over the past two years we have sought to add variety to our programmes and to explore fusions between different art forms. Tate & Egg Live was an innovative series of live performances which invited artists from different disciplines to work together. The results were remarkable, and it has given us the knowledge and confidence to continue to explore new areas of artistic practice. At Tate St Ives we are running a flourishing artist residency scheme, and Tate Liverpool plays a major role in the Liverpool Biennial.

We have sought to explore fusions between different art forms