John Murdoch to retire from the Huntington Library

John Murdoch is retiring from his position as art collections director at the Huntington Library Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, effective 30 June 2012. Over his nine years at the library, he has helped expand the library’s collection…
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Philipp Demandt to direct the Alte Nationalgalerie

Art historian Philipp Demandt will be the new director of Berlin’s Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery) starting in early 2012. Prior to the appointment, he was a departmental head at the Kulturstiftung der Länder, an arts foundation…
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Wadsworth Atheneum names new curator

The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art has selected Robin Jaffee Frank to be its chief curator and curator of American painting and sculpture. She will arrive shortly before the 2014 reopening of the museum, which is currently renovating of all…
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Philip Tinari elected director of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art

American-born Philip Tinari will replace Jérôme Sans as the director of the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art in Bejing, effective 1 December. Tinari is a contributing editor of Artforum and founder of the bilingual art magazine Leap. Sans,…
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Australian curator resigns over stalled indigenous gallery

Sydney. One of Australia’s most influential indigenous art curators, Hetti Perkins, has resigned in “frustration” from the Art Gallery of New South Wales (AGNSW) and will now strive to fulfil her vision for a national indigenous cultural centre in…
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