RICHMOND, Va.—Heather Russell, an art adviser, art historian, and gallerist, is launching Russell Projects, a 1,500-square-foot space in a renovated warehouse, in the city’s Manchester arts district. "I plan to bring a long-overdue infusion of work by emerging and midcareer artists to Virginia," says Russell, who has worked at James Cohan Gallery, in New York, Irvine Contemporary, in D.C., and Sotheby’s New York. The gallery opens on January 22 with paintings by Helena Wurzel. "I’m excited to be in this industrial area," says Russell. "It’s seeing real rehabilitation and historic preservation and ushering in a renaissance in artist lofts and galleries."

LONDONTate Britain has named Penelope Curtis as its new director. Curtis, who has been curator of the Henry Moore Institute since 1999, takes up her new post in April 2010. Simon Baker, an independent curator and chair of the editorial group of the Oxford Art Journal, has been appointed the first curator of photography and international art at the Tate Britain and Tate Modern.

NEW YORKThe Whitney Museum of American Art hired Scott Rothkopf, an independent curator and senior editor at Artforum, as a curator and promoted Dana Miller to the position of curator of the permanent collection.

HONG KONGDealer Ben Brown, who has two spaces in London, is opening a third branch in Hong Kong, to show Western contemporary art.

"Movers & Shakers" originally appeared in the January 2010 issue of Art+Auction. For a complete list of articles from this issue available on ARTINFO, see Art+Auction's January 2010 Table of Contents.