Appointments & departures
Road to the Met: how Max Hollein rose to become its next director
A gifted manager and fundraiser, he inherits a museum dogged by financial troubles and discontent
Top Italian museum director faces trial over gym visits
The director of the Galleria Borghese in Rome has been suspended without pay for leaving the office
Tate drops ticket prices for young people and seeks trustee to represent 16-25s
New appointee should be “a cultural entrepreneur and digital native”
Max Hollein is the next director of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art
The current director of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has both the experience needed to lead the encyclopaedic museum and “real integrity”, says the Met’s president Dan Weiss
Louvre director Jean-Luc Martinez’s contract extended for three more years
Paris museum chief must focus on partnerships with Asia and sustained attendance, culture minister says
Hartmut Dorgerloh nominated to head Berlin’s Humboldt Forum
If appointed, Dorgerloh, who currently manages the Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation, will replace the three founding directors
Museums have a duty to be political
Activist curators and directors can make truly democratic spaces, but they need brave boards to support them
Helen Molesworth is out as LA MoCA's chief curator
The director Philippe Vergne reportedly fired her as the two clashed over the museum's programming
Controversial new director plans to turn Rome museum into art ‘asylum’
Critics objected to selection of Giorgio de Finis for role at Museo d’Arte Contemporanea Roma without an open recruitment process
Tate's first photography curator Simon Baker named new director of Maison Européenne de la Photographie
Parisian photography centre's programme will show a "strong commitment to women and emerging artists"
Mali Wu and Francesco Manacorda named co-curators of next Taipei Biennale
Exhibition opening in November will explore grassroots communities
Architectural historian appointed director of The Queen’s art collection
Tim Knox, currently director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, is a keen connoisseur of works of art
Ralph Rugoff named artistic director of the 2019 Venice Biennale
Director of London’s Hayward Gallery will organise 58th International Art Exhibition
Journalist and senior art consultant Alison Cole appointed editor of The Art Newspaper
Former editor of Art Quarterly joins the publication in February
Benjamin Genocchio removed as director of Armory Show after reports of harassment
The New York Times reports that multiple women who worked with him said he made sexual comments and touched them inappropriately
Rusty Powell, director of Washington’s National Gallery of Art, to retire in 2019
The museum’s fourth and longest-serving leader says his greatest achievements are building for the future
New chief executive joins The Art Newspaper
Julie Sherborn brings extensive experience of developing titles and brands in Asia
Uffizi director Eike Schmidt to lead Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Museum
German-born sculpture specialist was first non-Italian to lead prestigious Florentine institution
India Art Fair gets new director for tenth edition
Jagdip Jagpal to take the helm from Neha Kirpal, who remains founder and co-owner
Warburg Institute appoints the V&A’s Bill Sherman as director
Scholar says the library founded by Aby Warburg “badly needs some profile raising”
Julia Peyton-Jones to join Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
The former head of the Serpentine will take over as senior global director of the commercial gallery in September
Italy’s five suspended museum directors return to work
But top administrative court postpones final decision on the case until October
Raft of appointments mark ‘beginning of new era’ for Institute of Contemporary Arts
German artist Wolfgang Tillmans among those elected to the London institution’s council
Maria Balshaw starts as overall Tate director
Former Manchester director will focus on “event-driven” culture, such as performance
Matt Carey-Williams quits Phillips for Blain Southern
Move marks first major departure from auction house under Edward Dolman
Camden Arts Centre gets first new director in almost 30 years
British-born Martin Clark joins the London institution from Bergen Kunsthall
Curator Jarrett Gregory heads to the Hirshhorn
She joins Smithsonian museum’s growing curatorial team just after organising Armory Show Focus sector
Paul Schimmel leaves Hauser & Wirth
The former curator will no longer oversee the Los Angeles mega-gallery
Italian Renaissance specialist Miguel Falomir chosen to head up Prado
Unanimous vote by selection committee still needs approval from trustees and Spanish government