The former curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks to merge best practices from US and UK museums

Eike Schmidt has big plans for Italy's most-visited museum, from high-tech ticketing software to new tax breaks

Curator Nadim Samman will choose participating artists through a “transparent” selection procedure

The institution has named Sylvie Patry as its new chief curator and deputy director for collections and exhibitions

Thirty-somethings Christopher Y Lew and Mia Locks will lead a curatorial team that looks beyond the New York scene and institutional shows

During 25 years at the helm she transformed pavilion in London park into venue for international art and architecture

Sam Thorne takes the reins after joining Tate St Ives only last year

Scholar and curator will take up new post in January

Nathan Clements-Gillespie appointed following former head Kate Bryan's surprise exit after just ten months

German-born Hartwig Fischer’s formal appointment expected by British Prime Minister

Lacma curator wastes no time getting to know institution and city

Culture minister's appointment of Jean-Marc Bustamante follows controversial removal of leading curator ‎at Ecole des Beaux-Arts

Major institutions including the Uffizi will be led by foreigners for the first time in country’s history

Bjorn Geldhof will continue to run programmes at Kiev’s Pinchuk Art Centre until the end of the year

The appointment of Alex Farquharson, director of Nottingham Contemporary, is welcomed by artists and critics

Macba contemporary art space appoints Ferran Barenblit after censorship row

Noah Horowitz, who starts new job in August, will run Art Basel Miami Beach

Many prominent foreign museum professionals have made the cut

UBS names art writer and advisor to oversee corporate art collection

Joshua David will replace long-time president Bonnie Burnham in November

The competition to find the right director grows as US museum boards look beyond the usual suspects

The newly appointed museum director plans to promote site-specific and politically engaged projects

Matthew Teitelbaum—who starts his new job as the director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston in August—on what it takes to run an encyclopaedic museum today

The longtime leader of the public arts non-profit Creative Time will succeed outgoing director Arnold Lehman

He will work with newly appointed culture secretary John Whittingdale

British Museum seeks Neil MacGregor’s successor: scholar, diplomat and virtuoso fundraiser required