Appointments & departures
Gagosian’s chief operating officer Andrew Fabricant leaves gallery
Fabricant’s wife Laura Paulson, a former Christie's rainmaker who helped launch Gagosian Art Advisory, has also left
Hammer Museum gala draws artists, celebrities and a faculty protest
Ann Philbin’s last pre-retirement bash also set a record for attendance and fundraising
Leadership shuffles show auction houses and mega-galleries rethinking the trade
In a stubbornly stagnant market, the big players are searching for new ideas that will bring sustained growth
Executive director Nicole Berry leaving The Armory Show for senior development role at Los Angeles's Hammer Museum
Frieze's search to replace Berry, who has led The Armory Show since 2017, is already underway
Italy’s embattled junior culture minister resigns amid scandals
The critic, curator and commentator Vittorio Sgarbi was being pressured to resign amid multiple investigations into his conduct
Second curator of Indigenous art departs the Art Gallery of Ontario amid ongoing scandal
Taqralik Partridge, an associate curator of Indigenous art since 2022, has stepped down while the Toronto institution is still reeling from the sudden ouster of Wanda Nanibush
Iwona Blazwick stands down as Istanbul Biennial curator—event postponed until 2025
A row erupted last summer over transparency issues concerning her appointment
Friends of the Louvre chair forced to step down
Louis-Antoine Prat, a French art historian and Old Master drawings collector, has been accused of slandering a respected art dealer with antisemitic stereotypes in his new book
Phillips chief executive Stephen Brooks steps down after two years
Brooks, who joined the company in 2021, has left for personal reasons
There is no end to the museum exodus
Higher salaries are a major reason why mid-level museum workers are leaving for commercial gallery jobs, but instability caused by the Covid pandemic is also a factor
Italian museums undergo mass leadership reshuffle with Eike Schmidt out at the Uffizi
The Florence museum chief has been named director of Naples's Capodimonte with new leaders also appointed in Milan and Rome as part of right-wing government strategy
Five curators join Whitney Biennial team for the 2024 edition
The additional staff will programme sound art, film and performance events
Gasworks contemporary art centre in London appoints Robert Leckie as new director
Former Turner Prize judge replaces Alessio Antoniolli who has been in post for 18 years
UK's Royal College of Art appoints Christoph Lindner as vice-chancellor
The new president's previous roles have included a focus on the climate crisis
Director of Restore Trust, campaign group putting pressure on National Trust, steps down from role
Zewditu Gebreyohanes said she had made the decision six months ago, and that it was not connected to members rejecting the group's councillors and resolutions at the weekend's general meeting
International outcry at dismissal of prominent Polish museum director
Leaders of foreign museums have joined Polish colleagues in condemning the removal of Joanna Wasilewska from her role at Warsaw’s Asia and Pacific Museum
Shanay Jhaveri—the Barbican Centre’s first non-British head of visual arts—reveals his plans for the London institution
The Indian curator, appointed a year after a racism dispute at the centre, hopes to diversify audiences and expand the presence of art across the Brutalist complex
Curator chosen for next Istanbul Biennial was told it is ‘not the right time’ for her to organise the show
Defne Ayas has spoken to the online Turkish newspaper T24 about being rejected in favour of Iwona Blazwick
Barrister Hannatu Musawa is appointed Nigeria's culture minister
The lawyer and activist may play a key role in negotiating the return of Benin bronzes
Art dealer chosen to curate Turkish pavilion at next Venice Biennale resigns
Esra Sarigedik Öktem’s Istanbul gallery represents the artist exhibiting in Venice in 2024
Curator Eva Respini joins Vancouver Art Gallery at transformative moment for the institution
Respini, previously the chief curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, comes to the Vancouver museum as it plans a major building project
Art Basel names new director for Miami Beach fair
Bridget Finn, a partner at a Detroit-based gallery and co-founder of one of Brooklyn's legendary DIY spaces, will oversee North America's most important art fair
American Women’s History Museum founding director Nancy Yao withdraws from role
Yao, who was picked to lead the new Smithsonian museum through design and construction, said she needs to prioritise her family
Elena Filipovic announced as the new director of the Kunstmuseum Basel
Filipovic joins from the Kunsthalle Basel and will replace Josef Helfenstein
Reina Sofía Museum and Whitworth Gallery appoint new directors
The art historian Manuel Segade will join the Madrid institution while Tate international art curator Sook-Kyung Lee takes the reins in Manchester
Castello di Rivoli Museum says director Christov-Bakargiev will leave at the end of 2023
The museum is seeking a new director to start in January 2024
French curator Nicolas Bourriaud appointed artistic director of 15th Gwangju Biennale
The South Korean exhibition has come under fire for its Park Seo-Bo art prize which has now been abolished
MoMA PS1 hires Hammer Museum curator Connie Butler as its next director
Butler made a similar cross-country move in 2006, when she left the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles for a job at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African Art is looking for a new director—again
Ngaire Blankenberg quietly left the institution at the end of March
Tate Modern announces new director as Oslo museum chief Karin Hindsbo
Pressing challenges include maintaining visitor numbers and developing the institution's climate response