She will take over the German institution following the controversial departure of Peter Schäfer last June

The Rome-born curator will oversee the gallery’s tenth anniversary programme and events

Challenges include financial problems and a major planned renovation

Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black will leave in January

Uffizi director says he is able to pursue reforms at Florence museum under Italy's new centre-left government

She comes to Minnesota from the San Antonio Museum of Art, where she grew the collections of African American and Aboriginal artists, and expanded programmes for underserved youth

Move comes just one month before the German art historian was due to take the reins of the prestigious museum

The move marks the institution's return to an artist-led board

His company Safariland has been criticised for manufacturing tear gas canisters that have been used on asylum seekers along the US-Mexico border

Director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz would be first woman to hold the position

Former Roerich Museum director Tigran Mkrtychev wins international competition to head up the famed Russian avant-garde collection long embroiled in controversy

Prominent Egyptian-born writer cites the institution's BP sponsorship, treatment of workers and its silence over restitution as key issues

Critics say the move by Italy's populist coalition government will compromise the autonomy of museums

Kate Fowle, known as a champion of artists and curatorial innovation, succeeds Klaus Biesenbach

After organising popular shows like a Warhol retrospective, she resigns to “pursue other interests’’

She was in the post for three years

Germany’s Council of Jews said Peter Schäfer “lost the trust of the Jewish community”

The leader has been both generous and controversial

The director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture is the first African American, and first historian, to lead the organisation

Opera expert Sylvain Fort will oversee the billionaire’s museums in Venice and Paris

Antonin Stanek’s sudden firing of National Gallery director Jiri Fajt sparked international protests and a petition

Initiative aims to boost Russian expertise in rapidly developing field of preserving contemporary art

Museum seeks fourth director in as many years amid claims its renowned avant-garde collection is being “mistreated”

The Ontario native is just the fourth woman to take the post, and the youngest in more than a century

During her first week on the job, the new director reveals her aspirations for the museum

During her two-decade tenure, the Terra closed its Chicago museum and turned its attention to grant-making and collaborations

Koyo Kouoh, who founded RAW Material Company in Dakar, replaces Mark Coetzee who was accused of misconduct

The Turkish curator has worked on Art Night and was recently named director of the Draf project

Commission is to support curators until successor to Okwui Enwezor is found

Unusual press release is latest twist in long-running dispute between Amsterdam institution and its former director