Appointments & departures
Deborah Swallow retires as Courtauld director after 18 years
During her tenure she oversaw a £57m redevelopment of the London university's campus
Christie’s Middle East chairman Michael Jeha is stepping down after 23 years at the end of this month
Jeha began his career at the auction house as an intern in the Impressionism department
Baltimore Museum of Art director Christopher Bedford will leave to lead SFMoMA
Bedford, like his SFMoMA predecessor Neal Benezra, very publicly ran afoul of industry conventions around deaccessioning and selling works from museum collections
Clare Lilley is named Yorkshire Sculpture Park's director—only the second in its 45-year history
Curator is overseeing a major Robert Indiana show due to launch this spring
After two decades as director, Iwona Blazwick leaves London's Whitechapel Gallery
The esteemed East End art gallery doubled in size under her leadership
Right-wing takeover of Poland's museums continues as Museum of Art in Łodz is latest cultural institution facing change of leadership
Jaroslaw Suchan's contract has not been extended by the country's minister of culture
Brooklyn Museum appoints KP Trueblood as its new president and chief operating officer
Trueblood, who will replace David Berliner early next year, has a background in government and public service
Claudia Roth, a former Green party leader and rock band manager, named German culture minister
The women's and gay rights campaigner brings extensive political experience to a position that has gained in stature under the incumbent Monika Grütters
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive staff grows with Christina Yang as new chief curator
The museum’s director Julie Rodrigues Widholm has made several senior-level hires in her first year
'Musée d’Orsay can no longer be a tourist factory': Christophe Leribault named new director of Paris museum
Leribault will oversee a major redevelopment of the Musée d’Orsay over the next decade
Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles names Johanna Burton of the Wexner as its first executive director
Burton will run the museum with Klaus Biesenbach, who has been reassigned as artistic director in a restructuring
Regrouping after pandemic shut down its new home, International Center of Photography in New York names its next director
David E. Little, who heads Amherst College’s museum, has experience in fund-raising, educating and curating at multiple US institutions
Stefan Kalmár steps down as director of ICA London after five years
Contemporary art venue has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic
A year after a racially tinged controversy, Moca Cleveland revises structure of its board of directors
Three co-presidents rather than one will oversee the institution, which has also recruited a more diverse array of board members
Timothy Rub to step down as director of Philadelphia Museum of Art
Leader oversaw an ambitious series of construction projects but has also contended with reports of midlevel management abuses and equity issues
French culture ministry names 39-year-old Xavier Rey director of Centre Pompidou’s national museum of modern art
Current director of Marseille museums will take up coveted post under newly appointed Pompidou president Laurent Le Bon on 1 October
Macba in Barcelona dismisses key curatorial staff shortly after appointing new director Elvira Dyangani Ose
Museum's move to sack Tanya Barson and Pablo Martínez prompts art world backlash on social media
Why are top jobs in Chinese museums going to white men?
Local professionals continue to be overlooked for highly paid leading roles
James Cuno will retire as mastermind of the Getty Trust’s art endeavours
President and chief executive has led the institution for a decade, bolstering its reputation
Centre Pompidou in Paris names new president as Brussels branch backtracks over ‘sexist’ appointment
The Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Belgium has responded to outcry over decision to make Bernard Blistène a co-director alongside Kasia Redzisz
Appointment of former UK Chancellor George Osborne as new British Museum chairman draws criticism
Ex-politician, who presided over austerity cuts to culture, takes up the position on 4 October
A departure, a side move, and a new appointment: Centre Pompidou in flux as leadership shuffle causes controversy
Belgian art world outraged after curator Kasia Redzisz, who won a vote to be appointed director of Brussels outpost, will have to share the job with current director in Paris, Bernard Blistène
Too woke? National Trust chair Tim Parker steps down
Rebel group of members planned to depose heritage chief following row over controversial research into charity’s historic ties to slavery
Laurence des Cars will be the first woman to lead the Louvre in its history
A seasoned director with an emphasis on the social role of museums, she replaces Jean-Luc Martinez as the Louvre's president-director on 1 September
Culture professionals react to Tony Hall quitting as National Gallery chair amid BBC Princess Diana scandal
John Kingman, the London museum's deputy chair, will temporarily step into the role
Katerina Gregos will lead the National Museum of Contemporary Art in Athens as artistic director
The museum looks to a “new era” after a difficult history, including long delays in the opening its new home and the termination of two of its directors by the Culture Ministry
Philanthropist Marie-Josée Kravis will replace the embattled Leon Black as MoMA’s board chairman
Appointment follows controversy over Black's ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein
Senior curator and human resources director resign from MOCA in Los Angeles
Curator cites management resistance to diversity effort, and personnel manager describes a “hostile environment”
Jean-Luc Martinez stays in post as Louvre director—for now
Museum chief is named "interim" director while President Macron decides if he should continue as head of the Paris institution
Pompeii's new director Gabriel Zuchtriegel: how archaeology moves beyond the 'elitist male gaze' of history
The German-born archaeologist tells us about his fascination with the ancient world and the need to involve visitors in the discovery process