Michal Raz-Russo, a photography curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, will oversee new grants, fellowships, exhibitions and publications

Stéphane Aquin is taking over after Nathalie Bondil’s controversial dismissal

Stéphane Aquin faces the challenge of restoring stability after Nathalie Bondil’s disputed removal

Kevin Young, director of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, will succeed Lonnie G. Bunch III

Culture minister Dario Franceschini reverses trend for appointing foreign leaders for its leading institutions

Appointment follows an agreement with the Massachusetts attorney general to embrace diversity and adopt an anti-harassment policy

Newly appointed executive director sees potential for a wealth of new initiatives

Conservative MP Chris Grayling has been named a trustee of the museum

"Museums have always been controversial. Who should be allowed in? And on what terms?" asks the celebrated classicist

Politically minded figure left helm of Queens Museum amid tensions with its board

The Conservative MP for Hertsmere in Hertfordshire replaces Nicky Morgan

Emilie Gordenker, from the Mauritshuis, will move from the Golden Age to the birth of Modernism when she takes up her role next week

The incoming director was headhunted for museum posts in Europe and the US but steered clear of the UK "for obvious reasons"

He will be overseeing the Italian city's art biennial as well as film, dance, theatre and music festivals

But Vladimir Medinsky, who has been replaced by Olga Lyubimova, will 'not be left without work' in culture, the Russian President says

Hall will leave his top media job in the summer to take up the unpaid position at the museum

Hire of French art historian Emmanuelle Polack suggests a more proactive stance on Nazi-era provenance research at Paris museum

The High Line and Art Basel Cities curator is the first Italian woman to hold the position

Conservative government wants £120m event to “celebrate all four nations’ offer to the world”

The printmaker replaces Christopher Le Brun who stepped down after eight years in the post

Los Angeles art veteran takes the reins at the London institution in its 50th anniversary year

The British cultural historian will take up his role at the Victoria and Albert Museum’s new branch in the spring

Royal Academy’s artistic director is an unexpected choice

Challenges include financial problems and a major planned renovation

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

Sylvain Bellenger is reappointed in Capodimonte, Cristiana Collu remains at Rome Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna

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

Announcement of RA artistic director's new appointment comes after Deyan Sudjic and Alice Black stepped down as co-directors

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

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