Appointments & departures
Kaywin Feldman shatters the glass ceiling at the National Gallery of Art in Washington
During her first week on the job, the new director reveals her aspirations for the museum
Terra Foundation’s transformational leader Elizabeth Glassman to step down
During her two-decade tenure, the Terra closed its Chicago museum and turned its attention to grant-making and collaborations
Zeitz Mocaa appoints new director following #MeToo scandal
Koyo Kouoh, who founded RAW Material Company in Dakar, replaces Mark Coetzee who was accused of misconduct
Fatos Üstek appointed director of the Liverpool Biennial
The Turkish curator has worked on Art Night and was recently named director of the Draf project
Munich's Haus der Kunst, leaderless since June, appoints expert commission
Commission is to support curators until successor to Okwui Enwezor is found
Stedelijk Museum issues conciliatory statement insisting that feud with Beatrix Ruf is over
Unusual press release is latest twist in long-running dispute between Amsterdam institution and its former director
Marc-Olivier Wahler steps down as director of MSU Broad Art Museum
The Swiss curator is resigning from the Michigan institution for family reasons
'Too conservative' to direct France's arts academy? Jean de Loisy hits back at critics
A petition protesting his appointment at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts has been signed by 60 arts professionals
National Gallery of Art in Washington hires its first female director
Kaywin Feldman, to begin in March, currently leads the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Galleria Borghese director Anna Coliva reinstated after suspension over gym visits
Decision to take case to court prompted a public outcry and an online petition
Sotheby’s Germany chief Philipp von Württemberg resigns
Heinrich von Spreti will serve as interim managing director until a replacement is found
SculptureCenter’s Mary Ceruti named as new executive director of the Walker Art Center
The Minneapolis museum’s former director, Olga Viso, announced her departure a year ago
Former Tate Modern chief Chris Dercon takes the reins at the Grand Palais in Paris
The Belgian curator, who quit the Volksbühne Theatre in April, has been appointed head of the culture body Rmn-GP
Liverpool Biennial chief Sally Tallant named executive director of Queens Museum
She replaces Laura Raicovich who stepped down in January, citing differences with the board of the museum
Director swap: former Met chief Thomas Campbell succeeds Max Hollein at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Hollein took Campbell's old job as director of the Met
Riyas Komu, co-founder of Kerala's Kochi-Muziris Biennale, steps down after #MeToo allegations
Accusations were posted on an Instagram account that claims to uncover abuses of power in the Indian art world
The Met's Luke Syson to head Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
Curator returns to the UK where he organised the blockbuster 2011 Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery in London
Art Dubai appoints new international director Chloe Vaitsou, formerly of Frieze Fairs
Emirati fair says she will work alongside the artistic director in a move away from having a single leader
Wolfgang Tillmans and Tania Bruguera pledge support for censored Serralves Museum director
João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show
Palestinian Museum appoints Adila Laïdi-Hanieh as director after surprise departure of previous head
The writer and academic replaces Mahmoud Hawari who was only in post two years
New York to LA: Klaus Biesenbach to take over MoCA
The board of the West Coast “artists’ museum” welcomes the MoMA PS1 director with open arms
Charles Saumarez Smith to leave Royal Academy of Arts to become senior director of Blain Southern
Secretary and chief executive of the London museum says he wanted to go “at a time of obvious strength and success”
White Cube appoints Warhol expert Eric Shiner artistic director in New York
Is the London-based gallery growing its US team to open an exhibition space there?
Documenta to name new artistic director by early 2019
Quinquennial appoints eight-member search committee for curator of 2022 edition
Brexit reshuffle means Jeremy Wright is seventh UK culture secretary in eight years
Museum admission charges will be on the agenda of MP who cites “James Bond films and playing golf badly” as interests
IRL to VR: Daniel Birnbaum leaves Moderna Museet to head-up virtual reality gallery
Museum director due to take up new role at London's Acute Art early next year
Okwui Enwezor steps down as director of Munich’s Haus der Kunst
Enwezor cites ill health as reason for departure
Philippe Vergne to step down as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles
The announcement that he and the board “mutually elected” not to renew his contract comes on the heels of the chief curator Helen Molesworth’s surprise departure
Zeitz Mocaa director Mark Coetzee embroiled in #MeToo scandal
Curators accuse the Cape Town museum director of inappropriate and abusive behaviour, according to local reports
Mark Coetzee suspended from the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa
An inquiry has been launched into the executive director and chief curator’s professional conduct