Appointments & departures
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá's director departs amid accusations she harassed staff
Martha Ortiz is out only two months after the sudden dismissal of artistic director Eugenio Viola
Director of the Buffalo AKG Art Museum to depart in October
During Janne Sirén’s tenure at the Western New York institution, its global influence and physical footprint expanded significantly
Two Brazilian curators selected to organise 2027 Bienal de São Paulo
Amanda Carneiro and Raphael Fonseca will organise the biennial’s 37th edition
Vancouver Biennale names senior curator for 2027-29 edition
This marks a return to Vancouver for the Brazilian curator Marcello Dantas, who organised a Vik Muniz project in the city as part of the biennale’s 2013-15 edition
Melissa Chiu leaving Hirshhorn to take over New York’s Guggenheim Museum
The longtime director of the Smithsonian museum in Washington, DC, will return to the Big Apple after 12 years away
Guillaume Cerutti departs Christie's and other positions in Pinault’s companies
The news follows his sudden departure as president of the Pinault Collection
Guillaume Cerutti departs as president of the Pinault Collection after 13 months
The former chief executive officer of Christie’s moved to Paris to focus on the collection and its museums in 2025
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
Influential collection of Indigenous art hires former Whitney curator, will open exhibition space in New York
The Gochman Family Collection has hired Laura Phipps as its director and will open a venue in Katonah, New York, this autumn
Royal Ontario Museum picks new leader
Nicholas R. Bell, who previously led museums in Washington, DC, Calgary and Connecticut, will take the helm of Canada's most-visited museum
France appoints Catherine Pégard as culture minister as Dati departs
Pégard, a former advisor to the French president Emmanuel Macron, enters a ministry struggling with budgetary cuts and badly shaken by the stunning Louvre heist
Louvre director Laurence des Cars resigns in wake of heist and ticketing scandal
Des Cars had pursued a costly renovation and expansion plan even as staff went on strike to advocate for tackling more urgent issues
John Akomfrah and Jasleen Kaur among 200 signatories of letter denouncing Barbican’s decision to remove arts head
The letter's signatories have criticised the Barbican's communication around Devyani Saltzman's departure
French diplomat to replace Jack Lang as head of Paris’s Arab World Institute
Anne-Claire Legendre comes to the role after ex-culture minister Jack Lang resigned over links to Jeffrey Epstein
Barbican arts head Devyani Saltzman leaves role after 18 months
Saltzman’s departure caps a turbulent time for the London institution
Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá dismisses longtime artistic director
The Italian curator and critic Eugenio Viola, who has led the museum since 2019, says he was let go after raising concerns about working conditions at the institution
See you, Searle: Guardian chief art critic bows out after 30 years
Adrian Searle has described writing for the paper as “an exhilarating ride”
Queens Museum picks Debra Wimpfheimer as next executive director
Wimpfheimer has worked at the institution since 2002, most recently as deputy director to Sally Tallant, who is London-bound
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
Artistic director of Malba steps down after one year in role
Following Rodrigo Moura’s departure, the Buenos Aires museum will create a new chief executive position
Sally Tallant, director of New York’s Queens Museum, to lead London’s Hayward Gallery
Tallant will also direct visual art at the Southbank Centre
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
Kochi Biennale co-founder Bose Krishnamachari steps down as president
The artist and curator has resigned from his position at the Kochi Biennale Foundation citing “pressing family reasons”
Philip Tinari appointed as deputy director and head of art at Hong Kong’s Tai Kwun cultural complex
Tinari departs from UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in Beijing after more than 15 years
Tefaf director Dominique Savelkoul has left her post over 'differing views' with the organisation
The Belgian museum expert was appointed in September last year
Maria Balshaw to step down as Tate director
Balshaw will see out her nine-year tenure by co-curating the largest-ever survey of the artist Tracey Emin in spring 2026
Philadelphia Art Museum accuses fired director of ‘theft’ in court filing
In a petition in response to Sasha Suda’s lawsuit claiming unfair treatment, abuse and more, the museum claims "misappropriated funds”
Philadelphia Art Museum taps former Metropolitan Museum leader after firing previous director
Daniel H. Weiss, who led the Met from 2015 to 2023, will succeed Sasha Suda, who is suing the Philadelphia Art Museum over the circumstances of her firing
Fired director sues Philadelphia Art Museum
Sasha Suda claims in a lawsuit that she was terminated after she “clashed with a small, corrupt and unethical faction” of the museum’s board of trustees





























