Appointments & departures

V&A appoints medieval collector as chair

Paul Ruddock accepted the position after Sir John Tusa changed his mind

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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

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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

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New MoMA head of publications

Christopher Hudson follows up Michael Maegraith

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.

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New director for the Warburg Institute

Charles Hope is to succeed Nicholas Mann

Coins and medals expert appointed to Victoria & Albert Museum

Mark Jones comes from directing the National Museum of Scotland

Antiquities dealer Shelby White included in US Cultural Property Advisory Committee: A fox among doves?

Anger at appointment of collector who imports the very objects the committee tries to keep out

V&A looking for new director

Alan Borg's contract extended until next year

New chief Klaus-Dieter Lehmann wants more autonomy for Berlin’s State Museums

The incoming chair of the Preussischer Kulturbesitz thinks change is needed, but collector Heinz Berggruen defends outgoing museum director’s record

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Tate Modern's first director is Lars Nittve

The Swede comes straight from heading Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Julia Peyton-Jones steps up as new director for the Serpentine Gallery

She intends to look to global contemporary art while maintaining the importance of home-grown artists