Here we publish an account of the memoirs of the late William S. Rubin, director of the paintings and sculpture department of the Museum of Modern Art, New York, for 15 years

“This is the only time in Iran that a cultural manager has been supported by artists like this”, he tells The Art Newspaper

With the view that creative outlet precedes change, Sami-Azar has begun to thaw segregationist policies that bar Iranian artists from international acclaim

Whilst the motivation behind his departure is unexplained, his career, driven by his reformist values, has left its mark on Iranian culture

From Glenn D. Lowry, Director of The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The museum's new director has assembled his curatorial team and is preparing to steer it on a radical new course

The five art museums run by the federal body are now overseen by just one senior manager, Hirshhorn director Ned Rifkin

Serota discusses export laws and what is truly significant to public collections

"I served with all my might", said Alfonso Perez Sanchez

The Art Newspaper speaks to the director of the Metropolitan about the historical significance of the Iraq Museum's plunder and how disasters of its kind can be dealt with

John Debbaut joins Nicholas Serota at Tate

Tate Director Nicholas Serota comments on recent criticism

Should Gainsborough’s House have given way to the Tate over a painting in the current Tate exhibition?

The Spaniard speaks on his 20 years of experience and his visions of the future

A Spaniard for Tate Modern

Mr Benezra comes to the city's Museum of Modern Art from The Art Institute of Chicago

Charles Hope is to succeed Nicholas Mann

V&A in search of global partners

Mark Jones comes from directing the National Museum of Scotland

Meanwhile, Tracey Emin pushes up the bids in Islington, and there are rumblings at the Royal Academy

'I love the passion here'

Decorative arts flagship seeks captain who believes in its contents and curators

Alan Borg's contract extended until next year

The number two position at Tate Modern might satisfy most curators but Blazwick has given it up to direct the Whitechapel Art Gallery

Director Cristina Aschengreen-Piacenti has pioneered the project, refusing to allow the residence of a great Anglo-Florentine collector to fade from memory

Giles Waterfield, former director of the Dulwich Picture Gallery, looks at this witty and non-judgemental enterprise, one of many visual art developments already around the future Tate Gallery of Modern Art

The incoming chair of the Preussischer Kulturbesitz thinks change is needed, but collector Heinz Berggruen defends outgoing museum director’s record

No go for the V&A Libeskind

The Swede comes straight from heading Denmark's Louisiana Museum of Modern Art