Career Moves

Istanbul entered the new year with the unexpected resignation of Christine Tohmé, curator of the 18th Istanbul Biennial, bringing the edition to an abrupt end. Originally conceived as a three-part project unfolding from 2025 to 2027, the biennial concluded after its widely attended first chapter held from September to November 2025, with the 19th edition now scheduled for 2027. 

In India, Mumbai-based artist Bose Krishnamachari, cofounder of the Kochi Biennale Foundation which oversees the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, resigned as president citing “pressing family reasons” for his departure.

Jerusalem saw the appointment of architect and scholar Yasha Grobman as the new director general of the Israel Museum, succeeding interim director Suzanne Landau and ending a prolonged period of leadership instability following James Snyder’s departure in 2016.