Shrinking audiences, a cash crisis and rivals on the rise: whats gone wrong at Tate?

The museum group is struggling with its identity - while the National Gallery is not only thriving but expanding into modern artWhen a national institution starts to sound like Spnal Tap, you know its in trouble. Recently, Tate channelled the mythic rock bands claim that its audience was not shrinking, just becoming more selective. In response to a decline in visitor numbers and a cash crisis leading to redundancies, the museum group emphasised record numbers of young visitors to Tate Modern (wh...