Appointments
BBC head Tony Hall joins London's National Gallery to lead board of trustees
Hall will leave his top media job in the summer to take up the unpaid position at the museum
Nazi loot expert joins Louvre to investigate its wartime acquisitions
Hire of French art historian Emmanuelle Polack suggests a more proactive stance on Nazi-era provenance research at Paris museum
Cecilia Alemani appointed artistic director of the 2021 Venice Biennale
The High Line and Art Basel Cities curator is the first Italian woman to hold the position
Olympic games supremo Martin Green to lead 2022 post-Brexit UK festival
Conservative government wants £120m event to “celebrate all four nations’ offer to the world”
Rebecca Salter elected president of London’s Royal Academy—the first woman in its 251-year history
The printmaker replaces Christopher Le Brun who stepped down after eight years in the post
Frieze LA director Bettina Korek appointed chief executive of Serpentine Galleries
Los Angeles art veteran takes the reins at the London institution in its 50th anniversary year
Gus Casely-Hayford, director of Smithsonian’s African art museum, to lead V&A East
The British cultural historian will take up his role at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new branch in the spring
‘I won’t be bringing in a load of artists’: Tim Marlow on leading the Design Museum
Royal Academy’s artistic director is an unexpected choice
Tate’s Andrea Lissoni to lead Munich’s troubled Haus der Kunst
Challenges include financial problems and a major planned renovation
Emilie Gordenker appointed new general director of Amsterdam's Van Gogh Museum
The current director of the Mauritshuis in The Hague is taking over from Axel Rüger who now leads the Royal Academy of Arts in London
Italy extends Eike Schmidt’s leadership of Uffizi for four years
Sylvain Bellenger is reappointed in Capodimonte, Cristiana Collu remains at Rome Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna
The media industry 'has changed beyond all recognition': Magnum's new CEO on adapting to the digital landscape
Caitlin Hughes has also promised to “bring the voices of its members together” as the photo agency targets a "more nimble" approach to client partnerships
Tim Marlow leaves Royal Academy of Arts to head London’s Design Museum
Announcement of RA artistic director's new appointment comes after Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black stepped down as co-directors
Uffizi's Eike Schmidt reveals why he cancelled move to Kunsthistorisches Museum at the eleventh hour
Uffizi director says he is able to pursue reforms at Florence museum under Italy's new centre-left government
Uffizi’s Eike Schmidt cancels move to Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna
Move comes just one month before the German art historian was due to take the reins of the prestigious museum
Pope Francis appoints Vatican Museums' first female director
Barbara Jatta will take up her new role on 1 January
Artist Rashid Johnson joins Guggenheim’s board of trustees
The appointment marks the first time a practicing artist has been on the board since the founding director Hilla von Rebay
Times are a-changing for Italian museums
Deadline passes for ad seeking nine museum directors, but who will get the jobs?
The four major challenges that await the British Museum’s new director
With big boots to fill, Hartwig Fischer has his work cut out at an institution that pulls in nearly seven million visitors each year
Myrna Ayad appointed new director of Art Dubai
She replaces Antonia Carver, who ran the fair for six years
Marion Ackermann named new general director of Dresden State Art Collections
She replaces Hartwig Fischer, who took up his post as director of the British Museum this month
Philanthropist Yana Peel appointed chief executive of London’s Serpentine Galleries
Outset Contemporary Art Fund co-founder succeeds Julia Peyton-Jones after 25 years
Creative Time’s new director Katie Hollander outlines her vision
More ‘dream projects’, educational outreach and maybe a tv show