Museum directors
Director of South Korea’s MMCA museums resigns amid allegations of mishandled acquisitions
Youn Bum-mo's priorities believed to be out of step with the new right-wing administration
Pro-Putin Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky speaks out again in support of war in Ukraine
The veteran Russian museum chief tells Kremlin newspaper that war is “a means of cultural exchange”
‘No one can interfere with our offensive’: Hermitage director Mikhail Piotrovsky compares Russian export of culture to country’s ‘operation’ in Ukraine
St. Petersburg museum also announces “a one-year moratorium on exhibitions in Europe and the US”
‘A shock to the community worldwide’: directors of Tate, Guggenheim and MoMA condemn ousting of Polish museum head
Critics say the sudden dismissal of Jarosław Suchan is the latest attempt by Poland's right-wing government at exercising greater control over cultural institutions
Baltimore Museum of Art director Christopher Bedford will leave to lead SFMoMA
Bedford, like his SFMoMA predecessor Neal Benezra, very publicly ran afoul of industry conventions around deaccessioning and selling works from museum collections
New Mass MoCA director pledges to ‘honour the past and build from there’
Kristy Edmunds replaces Joseph C. Thompson after lengthy period of layoffs and new staff union over pandemic
Geneva museum director fights attempt to oust him
Around 100 scholars have signed a petition to the city’s mayor arguing that Marc-Olivier Wahler is not the right person to run the Musée d’Art et d’Histoire
'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
Centre Pompidou in Paris names new president as Brussels branch backtracks over ‘sexist’ appointment
The Kanal-Centre Pompidou in Belgium has responded to outcry over decision to make Bernard Blistène a co-director alongside Kasia Redzisz
Laurence des Cars will be the first woman to lead the Louvre in its history
A seasoned director with an emphasis on the social role of museums, she replaces Jean-Luc Martinez as the Louvre's president-director on 1 September
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
Succession: critics take aim at Louvre chief Jean-Luc Martinez as he seeks reappointment
French president Emmanuel Macron will decide whether to renew or replace the museum's director in the coming weeks
MOCA in Los Angeles will redefine its director’s duties and hire a new executive to oversee operations
Klaus Biesenbach will serve as artistic director once a financial leader is in place
Museum revolution: 100 French directors call for 'essential' reopening
Petition urges culture minister to lift coronavirus restrictions on museums and galleries so they can "take care of visitors now"
Adversity forces reinvention: Matthew Teitelbaum on turbulent times at the MFA, Boston
After charges of racism levelled at his museum in 2019, Teitelbaum had to deal with the fallout from the coronavirus pandemic. And then there was the Guston controversy
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
A new kind of museum is emerging—here's what the future holds
International museum leaders are confronting manifold challenges in the wake of Covid-19 and innovating in six principal ways, writes András Szántó
Uffizi director Eike Schmidt has contracted coronavirus
Museum chief is asymptomatic and says he will continue working in quarantine
Montreal Museum of Fine Arts appoints new director
Stéphane Aquin faces the challenge of restoring stability after Nathalie Bondil’s disputed removal
Visionary leaders, big business and the digital boom: 30 years that changed museums
On The Art Newspaper’s anniversary, Donatien Grau reflects on the radical expansion of museums' financial, political and cultural influence
Lacma has put its director’s spacious $6.57m home on the market
A more modest Los Angeles dwelling seems to be lined up for Michael Govan
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
Employees at Montreal Museum of Fine Arts argue that director’s ouster was justified
In a letter, more than 100 current and former staff members say Nathalie Bondil's tenure was marked by chaos, harassment and intimidation
'I am not too worried by crowd problems': Louvre director predicts visitor numbers will drop by 80%
Jean-Luc Martinez believes that capitalising on the museum's permanent collection will be key to recovery
Kaywin Feldman on how America's National Gallery of Art will 'attract the nation and reflect it, too'
The Washington museum's first female director is breaking down old silos and diversifying the staff, collection and exhibitions
Udo Kittelmann will leave Berlin Nationalgalerie next year
The museum director, who manages five Berlin museums in his current role, will not renew his contract which expires in October 2020
Young collectors collaborate for MoCA
The Director’s Council comprises 25 to 30 names from the fashion, entertainment and finance industries.
Tate’s director criticises government report on Nazi loot
Nicholas Serota says the document, which recommends the restitution of a Constable from the gallery’s collection, contains multiple inaccuracies
Tate Modern is our model, says director of Pushkin museum
Maria Loshak seeks industrial space for Modern and contemporary art satellite in Moscow