LONDON.- Tate and its family of galleries have had one of the most successful years ever, and have managed to maintain their independent income in the face of recession and government cuts. At its annual press conference today, Tate announced total visitor figures of 7.4 million to its four galleries between 1 April 2010 and 31 March 2011 and 19 million unique users to its award-winning website. This makes Tate the most popular arts organisation in the world after the Louvre in Paris. These figures are given in detail in Tate’s Annual Report 2010-11 which is published today. 287 works were acquired for the Tate Collection via purchase or bequest. During this period Tate extended the geographical reach of its Collection with major acquisitions of contemporary and modern art from the Middle East, Latin America and the Asia-Pacific region. Tate’s Photography Acquisition Committee was launched in May 2010 and has