Appointments & departures

Guy Cogeval will continue as the Musée d’Orsay’s director for another year

Contract renewed despite staff challenges to his leadership and ability to continue in the role

Marc-Olivier Wahler announced as the next director of Broad MSU

The role has been empty since the death of founding director Michael Rush last year

Who will lead the Musée d’Orsay?

Some staff question president Guy Cogeval's fitness to keep the post

Bonhams fires eight in Hong Kong including deputy chairman for Asia, Magnus Renfrew

The former Art Basel Hong Kong director says he was 'surprised and disappointed' by the decision

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Israel Museum’s longstanding and well-connected director to step aside

In new role US-born James Snyder will continue to foster Jerusalem institution’s global relationships<br>

US academic takes the helm of London’s Soane museum

Bruce Boucher taught at UCL for 24 years before becoming director of Fralin Museum in Virginia

Audrey Azoulay replaces Fleur Pellerin as France’s culture minister

In a surprise cabinet reshuffle, President Hollande’s cultural advisor takes the top government spot

Marc Quinn and White Cube part company after more than 20 years

The British artist is the first that London dealer Jay Jopling ever worked with in 1991

Long-time curator James Rondeau named director of Art Institute of Chicago

Last year, he secured the much sought-after collection of local patrons Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson for the museum

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Tate Modern names Frances Morris as new director

Chris Dercon to depart after opening of new extension

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Louvre-Lens director Xavier Dectot steps down after five years, and heads for Edinburgh

Medieval expert will head the department of art and design at the National Museum of Scotland

Susie Lingham steps down as director of the Singapore Art Museum after only two years

Management is in discussions with the UK-educated academic about her role in the 2016 Singapore Biennale <p> </p>

Nancy Spector appointed deputy director and chief curator of Brooklyn Museum

She served at the Guggenheim Museum for almost 30 years, and says she thought she'd never leave

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Neil MacGregor announces last acquisitions before retiring from the British Museum

Outgoing director’s portrait by Wolfgang Tillmans and a Lampedusa Cross among works added to collection

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Benjamin Genocchio, editor-in-chief of Artnet News, appointed executive director of Armory Show

A change in date for the New York fair might be on the cards under new directorship

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Jack Persekian steps down as director of new Palestinian Museum

Institution is due to open near Jerusalem next year

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Korean artists protest appointment of former Barcelona museum director due to censorship concerns

Bartomeu Marí—the new director of MMCA in Seoul—stepped down earlier this year over controversial sculpture exhibit

Meet the new guard: Nicholas Cullinan to bring contemporary flair to London’s National Portrait Gallery

The former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks to merge best practices from US and UK museums

Meet the new guard: How the Uffizi’s first foreign director plans to modernise the museum

Eike Schmidt has big plans for Italy's most-visited museum, from high-tech ticketing software to new tax breaks

Over 35s not allowed: Moscow Biennale for Young Art turns to emerging curators

Curator Nadim Samman will choose participating artists through a “transparent” selection procedure

Musée d’Orsay chief curator trades Paris for Philly to take up post at Barnes Foundation

The institution has named Sylvie Patry as its new chief curator and deputy director for collections and exhibitions

New home, new blood: Whitney appoints young curators for 2017 biennial

Thirty-somethings Christopher Y Lew and Mia Locks will lead a curatorial team that looks beyond the New York scene and institutional shows

Julia Peyton-Jones to step down from Serpentine Galleries in 2016

During 25 years at the helm she transformed pavilion in London park into venue for international art and architecture

Nottingham Contemporary gets a new director

Sam Thorne takes the reins after joining Tate St Ives only last year

London's Art16 fair names new director

Nathan Clements-Gillespie appointed following former head Kate Bryan's surprise exit after just ten months