Appointments & departures
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
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



























