Appointments

Ruth Mackenzie to reportedly oversee museums, libraries and relationship with Arts Council England for UK culture ministry

Mackenzie, who was made a peer in July, previously led various performing arts festivals and theatres in the UK and abroad, and was most recently director of arts at the British Council

AMTD appoints Benjamin Sutton as Global Editor-in-Chief of The Art Newspaper

Since its launch in 1990, The Art Newspaper has developed into a multi-platform brand that has upheld its reputation as the ‘journal of record’ for the art world

‘You can’t be burdened by a legacy’: James Taylor-Foster on his vision for Hong Kong's Para Site as it turns 30

The new executive director says Hong Kong’s longest-running independent art space must widen access while rethinking what an independent institution can do in a transformed cultural landscape

Camden Art Centre director Martin Clark to step down and lead Towner Eastbourne

The museum director will move from London to the East Sussex institution ahead of the development of its new outpost in the South Downs National Park

Elvira Dyangani Ose appointed artistic director of Cape Town's Zeitz MoCAA

The former director of the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona will follow in the footsteps of the late Koyo Kouoh when she takes up her new role in October

V&A deputy director Tim Reeve appointed to lead English Heritage

Reeve will become chief executive officer of the organisation at which he started his career

Valerie Hillings appointed inaugural director of Guggenheim Abu Dhabi

Currently the director of the North Carolina Museum of Art, Hillings worked on the Abu Dhabi project from 2009 to 2018

Low Kee Hong chosen to curate Biennale of Sydney's next edition

Low, who is the creative director of Factory International in Manchester, will lead the artistic team for the prominent Australian biennial’s 26th edition

Buffalo AKG Art Museum will split leadership duties in two and promote internally for new directors

Chief curator Cathleen Chaffee and deputy director Jillian Jones will serve as artistic director and executive director, respectively

Jessica Morgan named new Tate director

Currently the director of Dia Art Foundation in New York, Morgan will succeed Maria Balshaw as director of the UK museum network from January 2027

Dawn Airey announced as new chair of Arts Council England

The television veteran will replace Nicholas Serota, known for his Tate directorship, on 1 August for a term of four years

Museumsanalysis

The Louvre’s new director is inheriting a troubled, traumatised museum—can he repair the damage?

Christophe Leribault, the former director of the Château de Versailles, faces a “derelict” infrastructure at the Paris museum and the fallout from last year’s devastating theft

Helen Legg appointed artistic director of London's Royal Academy of Arts

Currently director of Tate Liverpool, Legg will be responsible for the RA’s exhibitions, collection and public programme

UK’s Hepworth Wakefield announces new co-directors

Hepworth insiders Laura Smith and Olivia Colling have been appointed into new roles as the gallery celebrates its 15th anniversary this year

London’s National Gallery appoints Patrick Elliott as curator of Modern paintings

Hire of former National Galleries of Scotland curator is part of museum's expansion of its collection into the 20th and 21st centuries

Louvre Abu Dhabi director Manuel Rabaté leaves to head India’s largest private art museum

French civil servant joins the Kiran Nadar Museum of Art in New Delhi as it prepares to move to a vast new complex

Joe Hill appointed director of Yorkshire Sculpture Park

For eight years Hill has led the Towner Gallery in Eastbourne, which jointly won Art Fund Museum of the Year and hosted the Turner Prize under his tenure

The Getty hires Justine Ludwig of Creative Time to run PST Art

She assumes a newly created position, signalling the Getty’s long-term commitment to project

Dallas Museum of Art picks director wrapping up another institutional expansion to guide it through campus overhaul

Brian Ferriso will inaugurate the expansion of the Portland Art Museum on 20 November and start his new job in Dallas on 1 December

Introducing Julia Day, the Frick’s new chief conservator

The Frick veteran is particularly excited about all the new conservation spaces, created as part of the museum’s recent Selldorf-designed expansion

National Museum of Korea names new director as part of post-election reshuffle

President Lee Jae Myung’s victory in June has been followed by homecomings for two high-profile arts figures in the country, while the Busan Biennale has also announced its curators for 2026

Ford Foundation taps dean of Yale Law School as next president

The constitutional law scholar Heather K. Gerken will oversee the Ford Foundation, a $16bn philanthropic entity with an eye towards social justice

Conservative journalist and publisher chosen as Germany's new culture minister

Commentators have criticised the choice of Wolfram Weimer to succeed the Green party minister Claudia Roth because he lacks a background in the arts

Pierre Terjanian named next director of MFA Boston

The longtime curator of arms and armour has served as the museum’s chief of curatorial affairs and conservation since January 2024

Julia Michalska appointed as Global Editor-in-Chief and Benjamin Sutton as Editor-in-Chief, Americas of The Art Newspaper

Since its inception 35 years ago, The Art Newspaper has developed into a multi-platform brand that has upheld its reputation as the ‘journal of record’ for the art world

Bernd Ebert named head of Dresden State Art Collections—one of Germany’s biggest museum roles

Currently in charge of Dutch and German baroque painting at the Bavarian State Painting Collections, Ebert succeeds Marion Ackermann in May

Wanted! Italy seeks new directors for top museums

Candidates have until 6 March to apply to take the reins at some of the country's most prestigious institutions, including the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence and the Colosseum archaeological park

Sara Raza to lead revamped Centre for Contemporary Art in Tashkent

The London-born curator, who has previously organised shows at events such as the Venice Biennale, has been appointed as the artistic director and chief curator of the museum in Uzbekistan’s capital