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• Iris Müller-Westermann Named Director of Moderna Museet Malmö Starting 2017 institutional

  Iris Müller-Westermann will take over as the director of Moderna Museet Malmö on January 1, 2017, following John Peter Nilsson's tenure. She is currently a senior curator at…

• Fionn Meade Steps Down as Walker Art Center Artistic Director institutional

  Fionn Meade has resigned from his position as artistic director at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. The Star Tribune reported the departure, which the institution attributes…

• Paul Schimmel Departs Hauser Wirth & Schimmel Gallery in Los Angeles institutional

  Paul Schimmel has exited his roles as director, partner, and vice president at Hauser Wirth & Schimmel, the Los Angeles branch of Hauser & Wirth. This departure occurred on…

• Beatrix Ruf Appointed Director of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum institutional

  Beatrix Ruf, currently leading the Kunsthalle Zürich, will become the new Director of Amsterdam's Stedelijk Museum. She begins her duties immediately, with a full-time start date…

• Pablo León de la Barra Appointed Director of Rio's Casa França Brasil Cultural Centre institutional

  Pablo León de la Barra, a Mexican-born curator, will assume leadership of Rio de Janeiro's Casa França Brasil cultural centre in January 2015. His appointment was reported by…

• RaeberVonStenglin Gallery in Zurich Announces Closure After Seven Years institutional

  RaeberVonStenglin gallery will cease operations in Zurich following seven years at its current location. Founders Beat Raeber and Matthias Von Stenglin revealed their decision to…

• Hemma Schmutz Named Director of Lentos Kunstmuseum and Nordico City Museum in Linz institutional

  Hemma Schmutz will lead Linz's Lentos Kunstmuseum and Nordico City Museum starting 1 May. She takes over from Stella Rollig, who departed in October 2016 to become artistic…

• Princess Eugenie Appointed Associate Director at Hauser & Wirth institutional

  As reported by Hello! magazine, Princess Eugenie has accepted the role of associate director at Hauser & Wirth. The 25-year-old, who graduated from Newcastle University with a…

• Max Schumann named executive director of Printed Matter as organization prepares for September relocation institutional

  Max Schumann has been appointed executive director of Printed Matter, the New York-based nonprofit focused on artists' books. Schumann brings twenty-six years of experience with…

• Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation donates $2 million to Whitney Museum education programs institutional

  A $2 million donation from the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation will support education initiatives at the Whitney Museum of American Art for five years. Established in 2001,…

• Ali Roche appointed director of LUX institutional

  Ali Roche, currently chief curator at Nottingham Contemporary and formerly head of commissions at Spike Island in Bristol, has been appointed director of LUX. LUX, which traces…

• Billy Tang appointed artistic director of Yan Du Project in London institutional

  Billy Tang has been named the artistic director of Yan Du Project, a newly established nonprofit venue in London created by collector Yan Du. Before this role, Tang spent three…

• Seventeen Gallery expands to Manhattan's Bowery district with new space institutional

  Seventeen Gallery, based in London, will open its first New York location at 214 Bowery in Manhattan's Bowery district. The gallery's expansion follows the area's growing…

• Galerie Eva Presenhuber Announces New York Expansion with Tobias Pils Solo Show institutional

  Galerie Eva Presenhuber will launch a New York location at 39 Great Jones Street in NoHo, expanding beyond its two existing Zürich galleries. The inaugural exhibition on 5 May…

• Mariane Ibrahim expands gallery network with Mexico City location opening February 2023 institutional

  Mariane Ibrahim will launch a third gallery location in Mexico City during February 2023, continuing a rapid expansion that began with a Paris opening in late 2021. The Mexico…

• Diana Baldon Named Director of Malmö Konsthall, Succeeding Jacob Fabricius institutional

  Diana Baldon will assume leadership of Malmö Konsthall on June 2, 2014, taking over from Jacob Fabricius, who served as director from 2008 to 2013. An Italian art historian,…

• M+ Museum Director Lars Nittve Announces Departure Ahead of Hong Kong Opening institutional

  Lars Nittve will leave his position as Executive Director of M+ in January 2016, according to an announcement from the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority. He has led the…

• CalArts President Steven D. Lavigne to Step Down in 2017 institutional

  In May 2017, Steven D. Lavigne will resign from his position as president of the California Institute of the Arts, concluding a 29-year tenure. Under his leadership, the annual…

• Axel Wieder to Lead Berlin Biennale Starting August 2024 institutional

  Axel Wieder, currently director of Bergen Kunsthall, has been appointed director of the Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art, effective 1 August 2024. He will oversee operations…

• Gavin Delahunty appointed Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at Dallas Museum of Art institutional

  Gavin Delahunty will depart Tate Liverpool, where he served as Head of Exhibitions and Displays, to assume the role of Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the…

• Laurent Le Bon Appointed President of Musée Picasso Paris Amid Renovation Delays institutional

  Laurent Le Bon, currently director of Centre Pompidou-Metz, has been appointed president of Musée Picasso in Paris by the French Culture Ministry. The museum, which houses the…

• Neon and New Museum announce open call for IdeasCity Athens residency program institutional

  An open call has been launched for the IdeasCity Athens residency program, scheduled to run from 19 to 24 September 2016. The initiative is a collaboration between Neon and the…

• Tiffany & Co. commits $5 million as lead sponsor for three upcoming Whitney Biennials institutional

  Tiffany & Co. will serve as the Whitney Biennial's principal sponsor through a $5 million donation covering the 2017, 2019, and 2021 editions. This sponsorship arrangement was…

• Rijksmuseum Director Wim Pijbes Announces Departure for New Museum Project institutional

  Wim Pijbes will leave his role as director of the Rijksmuseum on August 1, 2016, after eight years leading the Amsterdam institution. His departure follows the completion of a…

• James Knox Named Director of Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation institutional

  James Knox will assume leadership of the Fleming-Wyfold Art Foundation in May 2015. He previously served as managing director of The Art Newspaper and operated his own arts…

• Emmanuel Perrotin to Open Seoul Showroom Next Month institutional

  French dealer Emmanuel Perrotin, who already operates two galleries in Paris and outposts in Hong Kong and New York, is expanding in Asia with a new 'office showroom' in Seoul.…

• Christopher Bedford Appointed Director of Baltimore Museum of Art institutional

  Christopher Bedford will assume leadership of the Baltimore Museum of Art on 15 August 2016, taking over from Doreen Bolger who retired the previous year after a 17-year tenure.…

• Morgan Quaintance Named Cubitt Curatorial Fellow for 2015/2016 institutional

  Morgan Quaintance will begin his role as the Cubitt Curatorial Fellow in July 2015, succeeding Fatima Hellberg. This marks the tenth iteration of the program, which offers an…

• White Cube to shutter São Paulo gallery in August after three-year lease ends institutional

  White Cube will close its São Paulo gallery in August when its three-year lease expires. The final exhibition features Brazilian-born artist Christian Ros. Located in a relatively…

• Met Museum Lays Off 81 Staff, Executives Take Pay Cuts institutional

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art has laid off 81 employees, primarily in customer service and retail, following a revised budget shortfall of $150 million. President Daniel H. Weiss…

• Gasworks director Alessio Antoniolli departs after 25-year tenure institutional

  Alessio Antoniolli, director of London non-profit Gasworks for 25 years, is stepping down to focus on The Triangle Network, a global coalition of over 90 artist-run spaces across…

• Tate Director Maria Balshaw to Step Down in 2026 institutional

  Maria Balshaw, director of Tate since 2017, will step down next spring. During her nine-year tenure, she diversified the artist roster, improved gender and geographic balance in…

• The Showroom and Imperial Health Charity announce artist residency at St Mary's Hospital Paediatric Services institutional

  Artists are invited to submit proposals for a collaborative residency at St Mary's Hospital Paediatric Services near Paddington. The six-month project, running from February 2018,…

• Tim Marlow Appointed Royal Academy Director of Artistic Programmes institutional

  Tim Marlow will begin as Director of Artistic Programmes at the Royal Academy on 28 April 2014. He takes over from Kathleen Soriano, who previously managed the institution's…

• Kader Attia closes La Colonie, seeks funding for new venue institutional

  Kader Attia has permanently closed La Colonie, his multidisciplinary art space in Paris, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 2016 with restaurateur Zico Selloum, the venue…

• Emmanuel Perrotin to launch Tokyo gallery designed by André Fu in spring 2017 institutional

  A new gallery in Tokyo's Roppongi district will open next spring, designed by Hong Kong architect André Fu. Parisian art dealer Emmanuel Perrotin announced the 130sqm space,…

• Patrick Sun's Sunpride Foundation Expands LGBTQI+ Art Collection Across Asia with Seoul Exhibition Planned for 2026 institutional

  In 2014, Patrick Sun, a property developer from Hong Kong, established the Sunpride Foundation to gather and showcase LGBTQI+ art, currently housing approximately 300 works by…

• Krist Gruijthuijsen Named Director of Berlin's KW Institute for Contemporary Art institutional

  Krist Gruijthuijsen will become the director of KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin, starting July 1. He succeeds Gabriele Horn, who served as director, and Ellen…

• Bose Krishnamachari resigns from Kochi Biennale Foundation institutional

  Artist and cofounder of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Bose Krishnamachari, has resigned as president and board member of the Kochi Biennale Foundation (KBF). The resignation was…

• Andrea Lissoni Named Tate Modern's Film and International Art Curator institutional

  Andrea Lissoni will begin as Tate Modern's Film and International Art Curator in March 2014. He has led Pirelli HangarBicocca since 2011 and will retain that position. At the…