leadership

Continuing its series of appointments, Brooklyn Museum in New York has selected Adjoa Jones de Almeida and Carolyn Royston for two new positions. Adjoa Jones de Almeida will be the deputy director for learning and social impact at the…

Musée d’Orsay curator Claire Bernardi has been selected as the new head of the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. The Musée de l’Orangerie, established in 1852, is famed for its collection of 19th and 20th-century art history. It is most…

Teresa Iarocci Mavica, director-general of the Moscow-based V-A-C Foundation for a decade, has stepped down from his post to focus on their Venice outpost. Mavica’s stepping down has raised eyebrows due to its critical timing. The V-A-C…

The Zachęta National Gallery of Art, the top art museum in Poland, is rocked by controversy over the selection of its new director who has no prior leadership experience. The museum has selected Janusz Janowski to be its new director…

Lihua Tung has joined the mega-gallery David Zwirner as the director of its Hong Kong location. Lihua Tung has served as a contemporary art specialist for Christie’s at their Hong Kong and Taiwan locations for over a decade. In February…

Nora Lawrence has been appointed the chief curator of the Storm King Art Center in New York. She will also hold the newly-created artistic director position. The Storm King Art Center is a sculpture park located in New Windsor, New York,…

In a leadership shuffle, Alice Walton has stepped down from her leadership role at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art and will be replaced by Olivia Walton. Alice Walton is the daughter of Walmart-founder Sam Walton. In 2005,…

Anthony Meier, the founder of the San Francisco-based Anthony Meier Fine Art gallery, is named the president of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA). Apart from Meier, ADAA also named four new directors for its board in a major…

In an unusual move, acclaimed writer Roxane Gay was named as the board president at the New York-based alternative art center Performance Space. Acclaimed Writer Roxane Gay is a critically-acclaimed writer who first shot to fame…

Ahead of the anticipated Venice Biennale, artist Simone Leigh has departed from the mega-gallery Hauser & Wirth. Leigh had joined the famous gallery, which has 15 worldwide locations, in 2020. It is unusual for artists to leave…