Kouoh, who has directed the Cape Town museum since 2019, said it is a “privilege” to “compose an exhibition that I hope will carry meaning for the world we currently live in”

Currently the director of the Paris Fashion Museum-Palais Galliera, she will take over from Juan Ignacio Vidarte in April 2025

The announcement follows a row over the initial appointment of Iwona Blazwick as the curator of the edition

The town of Aci has attracted criticism for wanting to hire a new head for the Civic Museum of the Norman Castle of Svevo, who must be educated to degree level, but will not be paid

The RA chief, who saw the institution through the Covid-19 pandemic, will replace Ian Wardropper next spring

An art historian and journalist has been chosen to replace dentistry teacher Raffaella Docimo, who recently took up the role amid a wave of criticism

Dominique Savelkoul recently served as director of the Mu.Zee museum in Oostende, Belgium

The three curators, Ivet Ćurlin, Nataša Ilić and Sabina Sabolović, were selected by a seven-member committee to lead the 2027 edition, which marks the event’s 50th anniversary

The 82nd edition of the most closely-watched recurring exhibition in the United States will open in spring 2026

Chabi Nouri, who previously led the watch and jewellery company Piaget, replaces Bruno Vinciguerra

The Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Brussels was hit by scandal last year when its longstanding director stood down following allegations of inappropriate behaviour and bad management

Fischer, who resigned after a thefts scandal at the British Museum, has been announced as the founding director of the new institution, which is expected to open in 2026

Ackermann is to take up the post in June 2025 after nine years managing Dresden’s state art collections

Ekner, who was appointed interim director general last year, has 25 years of museum experience in Sweden and New Zealand

Al Qasimi is the president and director of the Sharjah Art Foundation

Former head of Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen takes over at a time of central government cuts to cultural institutions in Paris

Currently director of Bonn’s Kunstverein, Hellberg takes up her new post in October 2025

She was the curator of the museum's blockbuster Edward Hopper and critically acclaimed Ruth Asawa exhibitions

Cullinan, currently the director of the National Portrait Gallery, faces an array of challenges in rebuilding the oldest national museum in the world’s reputation

Devyani Saltzman is new arts director at City of London venue while Nicole Yip replaces Robert Leckie in Bristol

Christophe Leribault’s move ends a controversy around the extended tenure of his predecessor

Cultural figures voice concern about culture ministry’s appointments to run institutions including Florence’s Uffizi Galleries and Milan’s Pinacoteca di Brera

Marie-Anne McQuay previously worked at the city's Bluecoat art centre, and currently holds positions including member of Arts Council Collection’s acquisitions committee

Macron's appointment has taken the culture sector by surprise

The former curator at the Barbican Art Gallery in London hops the pond

Successful candidate will have their work cut out for them to restore the institution's reputation after last year's theft scandal

The decision comes in the aftermath of a controversy surrounding the appointment of the exhibition's curator

College chief faces double challenge of fundraising for renovation and diversifying the student body at the UK’s leading art institute

Turkish arts chief says her decision is not prompted by controversy over curator selection

The 84-year-old—the only candidate in the running— has extended a Palestinian culture season