Appointments & departures
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
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
Jack Persekian steps down as director of new Palestinian Museum
Institution is due to open near Jerusalem next year
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
Dia foundation names James Meyer as deputy director and chief curator
Scholar and curator will take up new post in January
London's Art16 fair names new director
Nathan Clements-Gillespie appointed following former head Kate Bryan's surprise exit after just ten months
British Museum trustees look to Dresden to find new director
German-born Hartwig Fischer’s formal appointment expected by British Prime Minister
Franklin Sirmans reveals his priorities as new director of Pérez Art Museum Miami
Lacma curator wastes no time getting to know institution and city
Artist to lead France's most prestigious art school after summer of discontent
Culture minister's appointment of Jean-Marc Bustamante follows controversial removal of leading curator at Ecole des Beaux-Arts
Italy appoints 20 new museum directors
Major institutions including the Uffizi will be led by foreigners for the first time in country’s history
Azeri non-profit Yarat gets a new artistic director
Bjorn Geldhof will continue to run programmes at Kiev’s Pinchuk Art Centre until the end of the year
Tate Britain gets a new director
The appointment of Alex Farquharson, director of Nottingham Contemporary, is welcomed by artists and critics
Beleaguered Barcelona museum gets a new director
Macba contemporary art space appoints Ferran Barenblit after censorship row
Art Basel hires New York's Armory Show head in bid to grow Americas network
Noah Horowitz, who starts new job in August, will run Art Basel Miami Beach
Italian ministry of culture announces shortlist of directors for Italy’s top state museums
Many prominent foreign museum professionals have made the cut
UBS names art writer and advisor to oversee corporate art collection
UBS names art writer and advisor to oversee corporate art collection
High Line co-founder to lead World Monuments Fund
Joshua David will replace long-time president Bonnie Burnham in November
As a generation of directors reaches retirement, fresh faces prepare to take over US museums
The competition to find the right director grows as US museum boards look beyond the usual suspects