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'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
Stefan Kalmár steps down as director of ICA London after five years
Contemporary art venue has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic
Jean-Luc Martinez stays in post as Louvre director—for now
Museum chief is named "interim" director while President Macron decides if he should continue as head of the Paris institution
Walter Benjamin, Voltaire and Mozart: art historian Arturo Galansino on his cultural influences
The director of Florence's Palazzo Strozzi tells us about his favourite books, artists and why he likes RAI TV
Uffizi director Eike Schmidt has contracted coronavirus
Museum chief is asymptomatic and says he will continue working in quarantine
Six women, one foreigner: Italy appoints 13 new museum and heritage directors
Culture minister Dario Franceschini reverses trend for appointing foreign leaders for its leading institutions
Joseph Thompson to step down after 32 years as director of Mass MoCA
Having led the contemporary art institution since its founding, he will serve as a special counsel to the board of trustees
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit director dismissed amid accusations of a toxic work atmosphere
Museum says inquiry showed that Elysia Borowy-Reeder fell short on diversity and on promoting a healthy environment
What has the art world been reading during the coronavirus lockdown? Part two
Curators, directors and art historians tell us about the books they have been reading and revisiting
Museums too: what should institutions do when artists are accused of abuse?
As the #MeToo movement grows, US museums find themselves embroiled in ethical dilemmas
Sydney’s flagship museum is entirely focused on building a costly extension. Why?
Unless the Art Gallery of New South Wales begins to focus more on exhibitions, there is every reason to believe that Sydney Modern will be a gigantic and costly flop
Interview: Why Mike Leigh turned to art
The British director on his acclaimed big-screen portrait of Turner—and the artist’s “box of tricks”
Strife within management at Knoedler over selection of new director after Lawrence Rubin's departure
Fights at the top cast doubt on the venerable gallery's future
Art Basel director Marc Spiegler confirms the fair will stay in Miami
In a meeting with the South Beach ACE, it was concluded that Miami Beach Convention Center's rebuild would not impede the progress of the annual fair
Tate Britain Director defends curatorial changes
Constable and Turner experts may go
Art Basel Miami Beach 2011 makes the art its sole priority
The public programme includes a sculpture park and videos screened on Frank Gehry’s New World Center
The future of Design Miami/Basel: Interview with Marianne Goebl
The new director on her Vitra past and her plans for the fair’s future
Deitch archive will remain on site in Soho
The archive is expected to be available to the public by spring 2011
Victoria Pomery: An expert eye on Frieze
The director of Turner Contemporary chooses her favourite works from the fair—and reveals a very British preoccupation with the weather
Italian to run Warsaw’s Centre for Contemporary Art
Poland appoints first foreign museum director
New director and location for New York's Knoedler engenders personnel overhaul
Building, staff and some artists on the way out
Art Basel Miami Beach undergoes yet another redesign
Fair director insists that there are still shortcomings to be addressed after discussions with dealers
Saving the ephemeral art gallery: The director of Tate Liverpool on preserving institutional history
'History is unpredictable, and we cannot know which obscure artist or minor exhibition may once be regarded as a groundbreaking historical event'
Manuel Borja-Villel: "Reina Sofía can be a 21st-century leader”
Director Borja-Villel is instituting radical changes to Madrid museum
Interview with Art Basel’s new co-directors Marc Spiegler and Annette Schönholzer on keeping it business as usual
The pair plan to expand the Miami edition, but not much else will change
Interview with Sam Keller: “Art Basel is not a shopping mall”
Fair director Sam Keller believes his greatest achievement has been to combine culture with commerce
New Art Basel director announced today
Although Sam Keller's replacement is soon to be revealed, possible contenders for the role remain the subject of speculation
Art Basel director replaced by triumvirate
The three candidates sharing the responsibility are revealed to be Marc Spiegler, Cay Sophie Rabinowitz and Annette Schönholzer
MoMA completes merger with PS1
“It is like another department at the museum,” says MoMA director Glenn Lowry
"It was the world's most important fair before I came, it is now, and it will continue to be after I've left": Interview with Art Basel director Sam Keller
After his intention to step down from Basel goes public, Sam Keller discusses the fair's evolution, his legacy, and pastures new at the Beyeler Foundation