Appointments & departures
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
Invitations are in the mail: Anne Pasternak outlines her welcoming vision for Brooklyn
The newly appointed museum director plans to promote site-specific and politically engaged projects
‘If you’re looking for me, you’ll probably find me in the galleries’
Matthew Teitelbaum—who starts his new job as the director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in August—on what it takes to run an encyclopaedic museum today
Anne Pasternak to lead the Brooklyn Museum
The longtime leader of the public arts non-profit Creative Time will succeed outgoing director Arnold Lehman
Edward Vaizey to continue as UK’s culture minister
He will work with newly appointed culture secretary John Whittingdale
Taking over in Bloomsbury will be no easy task
British Museum seeks Neil MacGregor’s successor: scholar, diplomat and virtuoso fundraiser required
Minister hails revamped Egyptian Museum as shining example
Turin-style reforms could take place across Italy as soon as a dozen new directors are appointed
Tate Modern director is heading to Berlin to run prestigious theatre
Chris Dercon will stay in London until summer 2017 as extension approaches completion
Colin Bailey named head of the Morgan Library and Museum
The Renoir scholar comes to the museum after two years in San Francisco
British Museum’s Neil MacGregor will retire on a high
“Extraordinary contribution” praised as director sets sights on Mumbai and Berlin
Pinault appoints curator for first Palazzo Grassi show..
The French billionaire chooses Alison Gingeras from the Guggenheim
Egyptian archaeology is in turmoil after the fall of Zahi Hawass
Revolving door in Cairo as nation’s antiquities left leaderless
Mark Jones to step down as director at V&A
End of an era of modernisation
Suspicions and speculations as Jeffrey Deitch is appointed as MoCA's director
Why is it that a move from the commercial sector to the non-profit is seen as scandalous?
Whitney’s billionaire chairman of trustees steps down
Leonard Lauder’s decision to leave the institution coincides with launch of $680m fundraising campaign
Conveyor belt of directors continues as the world wonders, what is going on at the Ullens Center in Beijing?
Since it opened last November, four out of five senior curators and directors have left and one has apparently been redeployed
V&A appoints medieval collector as chair
Paul Ruddock accepted the position after Sir John Tusa changed his mind
New Art Basel director announced today
Although Sam Keller's replacement is soon to be revealed, possible contenders for the role remain the subject of speculation
MoMA appoints new chief curator of drawings
Cornelia H. Butler, previously at the LA Museum of Contemporary Art, scores the role
Mr Pinault’s director returns to the Walker
Philippe Vergne had been appointed director of François Pinault’s foundation for contemporary art
Pinault Foundation names its first director
Philippe Vergne is senior curator at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Venice Biennale gets two women curators
Appointment of Maria Corral and Rosa Martinez announced
New president for Pollock-Krasner Foundation
Samuel Sachs II replaces long-time president Eugene V. Thaw
Mark Haworth-Booth leaves V&A after 34 years
Achievements include inaugurating the museum's permanent photography gallery
New appointment at the Pontifical Academy, Rome
Letizia Pani Ermini, the specialist in medieval archaeology, has been appointed president of the Pontifical Academy in Rome by the Pope.