Appointments & departures
Alistair Hudson appointed head of Germany’s Zentrums für Kunst und Medien
Whitworth Art Gallery chief stays in post until end of 2022 following exhibition controversy last year
Documenta's director steps down over antisemitism scandal
Sabine Schormann's decision to resign as head of the Kassel exhibition was supported by a number of leading German politicians
Longtime Guggenheim director Richard Armstrong stepping down
Armstrong, who led the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation for nearly 15 years filled with triumphs and turbulence, will leave in spring 2023
Orlando Museum of Art director fired after FBI raids Basquiat exhibition
The museum’s board removed Aaron De Groft amid a widening scandal over issues of authenticity and reports of ‘inappropriate correspondence’
From Whitechapel to Saudi Arabia: Iwona Blazwick takes up a new post as AlUla public art supremo
Drive to rebrand Middle Eastern country as a cultural destination underpinned by human rights concerns
American Museum of Natural History president Ellen V. Futter steps down after almost 30 years in the post
Futter, who became the first woman to lead a major New York museum when she took the role in 1993, oversaw a period of enormous growth at the institution
Gilane Tawadros appointed director of the Whitechapel Gallery in London
The head of artist copyright society Dacs will replace Iwona Blazwick, who served as head of the East London institution for 20 years
Museum ethics body blasts dismissal of Polish museum director
Jaroslaw Suchan will be replaced at Łodz Museum of Art by the artist Andrzej Biernacki
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