Appointments & departures

In her own words: Maria Balshaw, new director of Tate

Incoming director picks the art that impressed her the most in 2016

Politician and historian Tristram Hunt named V&A director

Labour MP makes surprise career change to leave Westminster for top job at South Kensington museum

Sarah McCrory named director of Goldsmiths' new contemporary art gallery

Turner Prize-winners Assemble are designing art school's space, due to open in 2018

Speculation grows that Tate’s next director will be Maria Balshaw

Will director of Manchester’s university and city art galleries be heading to London?

New York-based collector Ronald Lauder joins Getty board of trustees

The billionaire businessman is experienced in museum management, philanthropy and international affairs

Christie’s promotes Guillaume Cerutti to chief executive

While Sotheby’s hires Rauschenberg Foundation’s Christy MacLear to in-house advisory team

Philip Rylands steps down as director of Venice’s Peggy Guggenheim Collection

Long-time leader helped convert the collector’s palazzo on the Grand Canal into the city’s second most visited museum

Christie’s chairman Brett Gorvy leaves auction house to join forces with New York dealer Dominique Lévy

The head of postwar and contemporary art has presided over the category’s explosive growth

Gabi Ngcobo appointed curator of the Berlin Biennale

South African curator will lead the tenth edition of the experimental German event

Jenni Lomax to step down as director of Camden Arts Centre after 26 years

North London institution, which just celebrated its 50th anniversary, is "in good nick", she says

Chiara Parisi to step down after five years as arts director of Monnaie de Paris

She will be replaced by Camille Morineau, whose mission will be to present more French and female artists and expand the audience

Is the curator who resigned in St Louis heading to Miami Beach?

Jeffrey Uslip, who organised a controversial Kelley Walker show, has been hired by the Bass Museum but may not take up the post

Wim Pijbes quits as director of just-opened Museum Voorlinden

Former Rijksmuseum boss packs in “dream job” three weeks after private museum opens its doors

Stefan Kalmár named director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London

German-born curator leaves Artists Space in New York to succeed Gregor Muir

Hamza Walker named the new executive director of LAXART

The curator comes to the LA non-profit from Chicago’s Renaissance Society

Nicholas Serota to leave Tate after three decades in charge

Director to remain in public service as chair of Arts Council England

V&A director Martin Roth to leave in the autumn

Under his leadership, the museum attracted a record number of visitors and was crowned Museum of the Year

Hopes are high for new director of Hong Kong’s M+ museum

Suhanya Raffel will take up the challenging role in November, following the departure of Lars Nittve

New York’s El Museo del Barrio loses another director

Jorge Daniel Veneciano, who organised the museum’s popular Op Art show, leaves at the end of the month

Jens Hoffmann clarifies: ‘I am not leaving the Jewish Museum’

But he is giving up administrative duties to focus more time on exhibitions and writing, at the museum and beyond

Marie Lavandier appointed new director of Louvre-Lens

The former head of Nice museums will run the northern satellite branch on a five-year contract

Sotheby’s to launch Modern and contemporary African art sales in London in 2017

Auction house has hired Hannah O’Leary, formerly of Bonhams, to head up new department

Xavier Bray appointed new director of the Wallace Collection

The specialist in Spanish art organised the acclaimed Goya portraits show at London’s National Gallery last year

Cheyenne Westphal to take up new role as chairman of Phillips

Auction specialist left her position as head of contemporary art at Sotheby’s last month

Mahmoud Hawari appointed new director of long-awaited Palestinian Museum

Archaeologist and cultural heritage expert will take charge of programming and building a collection

Javier Pes appointed new editor of The Art Newspaper

Publication's deputy editor to take over from Jane Morris in June

Gregor Schneider succeeds Tony Cragg as professor of sculpture at Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

The controversial German artist takes the reins at one of Europe’s most influential art schools this summer

Guy Cogeval will continue as the Musée d’Orsay’s director for another year

Contract renewed despite staff challenges to his leadership and ability to continue in the role

Marc-Olivier Wahler announced as the next director of Broad MSU

The role has been empty since the death of founding director Michael Rush last year