NEW HAVEN, Conn.—Yale University has named architect Peter Eisenman its first Charles Gwathmey Professor of Architecture, the Yale Daily News reports. Eisenman currently holds the title of Louis I. Kahn Visiting Professor of Architectural Design. He will take on the new position in January. Yale's president Richard Levin stated today that fashion designer Ralph Lauren had decided to endow the professorship in honor of Charles Gwathmey, the renowned architect who passed away in early August of this year.

MERION, Pa.—The Barnes Foundation has named Judith F. Dolkart as its new chief curator. Dolkart is an expert in the art and culture of nineteenth century France and currently serves as associate curator of European art at the Brooklyn Museum, where she has worked since 2000. The Barnes has become the subject of controversy recently as it has continued to develop plans to move to a new home in Philadelphia, a switch that some observers say violates the wishes of the institution’s founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes.

LONDON—The Institute of Visual Arts (Iniva) has announced that Tessa Jackson will be its new chief executive officer. Jackson is the founding artistic director of Artes Mundi, Wales’s international visual art exhibition and prize, a position she has held since 2002. She plans to finish curating Artes Mundi 4 before stepping down from the organization. Iniva says that Jackson will begin part time work for the organization immediately, taking on a full time role once she steps down from her other commitments.

NEW YORK—David Gursky, vice president/group publisher for Louise Blouin Media, publisher of ARTINFO, Art+Auction, Modern Painters, and Gallery Guide, is stepping down after six years with the company to join International Fine Art Expositions and Expoships as executive vice-president of exhibitor relations, partnerships, and marketing, effective Nov. 9. Advertising sales representatives Kate Shanley and Wendy Buckley will step in as publisher and associate publisher of Art+Auction respectively.

ROCKLANE, Me.—The Farnsworth Art Museum has named Christopher J. Brownawell as its new director. He will leave the Academy Art Museum in Easton, Md., where he has served as director since 1993. Brownawell takes the place of Michael K. Komanecky, who has served as the museum’s interim president since Jan. 2009, when then director Lora Urbanelli left to head the Montclair Art Museum. The Farnsworth boasts 20,000 square feet of gallery space, a collection numbering 10,000 works, the nation’s second largest collection of Louise Nevelson pieces, and houses the Wyeth Center, devoted to the study of artists Andrew, N.C., and Jamie Wyeth.

BUFFALO, N.Y.—The board of trustees for the Albright-Knox Art Gallery has elected Leslie H. Zemsky as its new president, the Buffalo News reports. Zemsky replaces Charles W. Banta, who held the position since 2002, overseeing the controversial deaccessioning of much of the museum’s collection of antiques in a sale that netted $71 million for the museum’s endowment. Zemsky, who has been a member of the board since 2005, has announced new visiting hours that extend access from four to six days a week.

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam—Sàn Art, one of Vietnam’s first nonprofit, independently run art spaces, has appointed Zoe Butt as curator and director of programs and development. Butt has been involved with the Ho Chi Minh City organization since its opening in 2007, as a member of its advisory board and curator. Her plans at Sàn Art include ensuring the organization’s ongoing growth and development, as well as working closely with Sàn Art’s founders to foster local and international exhibitions and cultural exchanges. Prior to accepting her new position, Butt served as director of international programs and deputy director at the Long March Project in Beijing, China.

LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) has named three new members to its board of trustees: songwriter Carole Bayer Sager, philanthropist Ghada Irani, and medical researcher Richard Merkin. LACMA director Michael Govan was jubilant about the news, saying, “Even during a trying time economically, eight new trustees have joined LACMA’s board in the last year.”