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• MCA Australia Director Elizabeth Ann Macgregor Announces Departure After 22 Years institutional

  Elizabeth Ann Macgregor will leave her position as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia later this year. Her tenure, which began in 1999, transformed the…

• Former staff allege racism and toxic conditions at Sydney's Museum of Contemporary Art institutional

  The Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney faces allegations of a toxic workplace and institutional racism from former employees. Lily Lai, a Chinese-Australian ex-gallery…

• Berlin's Schwules Museum Targeted by Gunfire Attack, Damaging Artwork and Building institutional

  On 24 February, employees at Berlin's Schwules Museum discovered gunfire damage to the institution's building, including two window panes, the illuminated museum sign, and an…

• Tate Britain's First Collection Rehang in a Decade Emphasizes Social History Over Aesthetic Value institutional

  Tate Britain has unveiled its first collection rehang in ten years, sparking criticism for prioritizing contemporary social and political themes over artistic merit. The new…

• Hauser & Wirth Establishes Non-Profit Institute for Artist Archives and Research institutional

  Hauser & Wirth has launched a non-profit institute focused on preserving artists' archives and advancing art-historical scholarship. Executive director Jennifer Gross, previously…

• Over 460 artists protest Trump's NEA diversity funding restrictions institutional

  Over 460 poets, dancers, and visual artists have expressed their dissent through a letter addressed to the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) regarding recent policy shifts.…

• Philippe Vergne Appointed Director of Museu Serralves Following Controversial Tenure at MOCA institutional

  Philippe Vergne, the French curator, has been named director of the Museu Serralves in Porto, Portugal, after a contentious four-year period leading the Museum of Contemporary Art…

• Galleria Continua to open São Paulo branch in controversial Pacaembu Stadium privatization institutional

  Galleria Continua is set to open a new venue at the Pacaembu Stadium in São Paulo, which is currently being privatized. Originally constructed in 1940, the stadium's capacity will…

• Austrian Culture Minister Ulrike Lunacek Resigns Amid Pandemic Criticism institutional

  Ulrike Lunacek, the Austrian culture minister, has stepped down after only four and a half months in her role, amid backlash regarding her department's response to the COVID-19…

• Meg Onli Appointed Director of LA's Underground Museum; Sandra Mujinga Wins Preis der Nationalgalerie institutional

  Meg Onli, previously associate curator at the Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia, has been named curator and director of Los Angeles's Underground Museum. She will lead…

• Christopher Bedford Appointed Director of SFMOMA, Bringing Progressive Leadership from Baltimore Museum of Art institutional

  Christopher Bedford will assume leadership of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in June 2022, replacing Neal Benezra who announced his departure in February 2021. Bedford…

• South Korean Artists Petition Against Bartomeu Marí's MMCA Director Appointment Following Censorship Controversy institutional

  Over 800 South Korean artists, curators, and cultural figures have signed a petition opposing Bartomeu Marí's potential appointment as director of Seoul's Museum of Modern and…

• Renan Laru-an to lead SAVVY Contemporary as artistic director institutional

  Renan Laru-an has been appointed artistic director of SAVVY Contemporary, starting January. He succeeds founder Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, who will lead Haus der Kulturen der…

• M+ Hong Kong Forges Global Partnerships and Expands Programming Under Raffel and Chong institutional

  M+ in Hong Kong, led by director Suhanya Raffel and chief curator Doryun Chong, has secured over 20 international collaboration agreements, including a recent partnership with New…

• ICOM's proposed museum definition faces backlash from national branches ahead of Kyoto vote institutional

  The International Committee of Museums (ICOM) announced in July 2019 a vote on a new museum definition, scheduled for its 25th General Conference in Kyoto from September 1–7,…

• Alexia Fabre becomes first female director of Paris's 400-year-old École des Beaux-Arts institutional

  Alexia Fabre has been appointed director of École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, marking the first time a woman leads the institution in its four-century history. She…

• Documenta 16 adopts IHRA antisemitism definition in new mandatory code of conduct institutional

  Documenta's supervisory board has implemented a mandatory code of conduct for its 16th edition, scheduled for 2027 under artistic director Naomi Beckwith. The code incorporates…

• Istanbul Biennial Director Bige Örer Resigns Amid Transparency Controversy institutional

  Bige Örer will leave her position as director of the Istanbul Biennial on January 15, 2024, departing from roles she has held at the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts since…

• Rhizome board member Seth Stolbun resigns over New Museum leadership concerns institutional

  Seth Stolbun has resigned from Rhizome's board of directors, citing the digital arts organization's affiliation with the New Museum. His resignation letter, posted on Instagram,…

• Christopher Y. Lew departs Whitney Museum to lead Horizon foundation in Los Angeles institutional

  Christopher Y. Lew, who recently left his position at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York after seven years, has been appointed to lead the newly established nonprofit…

• Tate Modern's Evolution from 2000 to 2016: Exhibitions, Performances, and Critical Essays institutional

  Tate Modern opened in 2000, marking a significant institutional milestone. The museum's programming from 2000 to 2016 included major exhibitions like Century City, Warhol, Cruel +…

• Zeitz MOCAA Receives Major Donation and Announces Christie's Benefit Auction for Cape Town Museum institutional

  The Centre for Photography at Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town's inaugural museum dedicated to contemporary African art, is set to open in September 2017, thanks to a substantial financial…

• Olivia Colling and Laura Smith appointed co-directors at The Hepworth Wakefield institutional

  Olivia Colling and Laura Smith have been named co-directors of The Hepworth Wakefield, with Colling as executive director and Smith as artistic director. Both had been serving in…

• Arts Council England faces backlash over updated guidelines on political expression for funded organizations institutional

  Arts Council England updated its Relationship Framework policies on January 25, adding a new section titled 'Considering reputational risk' that outlines steps for National…

• Collectors and artists withdraw works from Barbican textile exhibition over cancelled lecture series institutional

  On February 28, collectors Lorenzo Legarda Leviste and Fahad Mayet took two quilts by Loretta Pettway, a Gee's Bend artist, from the Barbican's exhibition titled Unravel: The…

• V&A National Art Library faces massive job cuts amid museum restructuring institutional

  The Victoria and Albert Museum's National Art Library is undergoing severe staff reductions, with 30 librarians set to be cut to just 10 positions, eliminating two-thirds of its…

• Woodmere Art Museum Sues Trump Administration Over Canceled $750,000 Conservation Grant institutional

  The Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia has filed a legal complaint against the Trump Administration following the termination of a $750,000 Save America's Treasures grant. This…

• Monash University Museum of Art postpones Khaled Sabsabi exhibition after Venice Biennale controversy institutional

  Monash University Museum of Art in Melbourne has indefinitely postponed an exhibition featuring Khaled Sabsabi, marking the first cancellation in the institution's fifty-year…

• Namhee Park Appointed Director of Nam June Paik Art Center institutional

  Dr. Namhee Park began her tenure as director of the Nam June Paik Art Center on September 26, following an open selection process. She aims to transform the institution into a…

• Southbank Centre Announces 400 Job Cuts Amid Financial Crisis institutional

  London's Southbank Centre will eliminate up to 400 positions across its Thameside venues, including the Hayward Gallery, Royal Festival Hall, and Queen Elizabeth Hall. The…

• Louvre staff stage surprise strike over overcrowding and working conditions institutional

  On Monday, staff at the Louvre Museum in Paris unexpectedly halted work, resulting in the museum's closure for over four hours, reopening at 2:30 PM local time. This stoppage…

• M+ Museum Receives Major Hong Kong Art Donation from William and Lavina Lim institutional

  Hong Kong's M+ museum has secured a significant donation of 90 artworks from architect William Lim and his wife Lavina Lim. The collection features pieces by 53 artists, with 26…

• Artangel Names Mariam Zulfiqar Director; Christopher Lew Leaves Whitney; Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory Wins Sobey Award institutional

  Starting January 2022, Mariam Zulfiqar will take over as the director of Artangel, following the departure of co-directors James Lingwood and Michael Morris, who spent 30 years in…

• Barbican arts director Devyani Saltzman to leave amid £191m renovation institutional

  Devyani Saltzman, who has been serving as the director of arts and participation at the Barbican Centre in London, is set to leave her position. According to The Stage, her…

• Philadelphia Museum and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Launch Time-Based Media Commissioning Program institutional

  Rachel Rose has received the inaugural Future Fields Commission in Time-Based Media, a collaborative initiative between the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fondazione Sandretto Re…

• Sotheby's India Managing Director Suspended Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations institutional

  Gaurav Bhatia, who serves as the managing director of Sotheby's India, has been placed on indefinite leave while an investigation into sexual harassment claims is conducted. The…

• Montreal Museum of Fine Arts fires director Nathalie Bondil over toxic workplace allegations institutional

  Nathalie Bondil has been dismissed as director and chief curator of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts following accusations of fostering a toxic work environment. The museum's…

• Metropolitan Museum of Art director defends deaccessioning to address budget crisis and preserve jobs institutional

  Max Hollein, director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, has defended the institution's right to sell artworks from its collection to address a potential $150 million…

• Marie-Josée Kravis appointed MoMA board chair, replacing Leon Black amid Epstein controversy institutional

  Marie-Josée Kravis will assume the board chair position at New York's Museum of Modern Art on July 1, taking over from Leon Black whose term expires then. Black faced mounting…

• Suzanne Cotter Appointed Director of Museum of Contemporary Art Australia institutional

  Suzanne Cotter will become director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Australia in January 2022, succeeding Elizabeth Ann Macgregor. Currently leading Luxembourg's Musée d’Art…