Marian Goodman Gallery in New York has hired the curator Ebony L. Haynes as senior director and global head of curatorial affairs, in a move that forms part of a wider shake-up of the gallery's leadership.

Haynes, who joins the gallery in late November, will be the first person to hold the newly created role. She arrives from David Zwirner, where she is global head of curatorial projects, and her appointment signals an ambition to put curatorial thinking at the centre of the gallery's programme.

In 2020, Zwirner asked Haynes to create and run 52 Walker, its Tribeca outpost. Under her direction the space, run by an all-Black staff, became one of the most closely watched small galleries in New York, known for focused solo presentations by artists including Kandis Williams and Tiona Nekkia McClodden.

Her departure is a notable loss for Zwirner, where she helped shape the gallery's curatorial identity over six years. For Marian Goodman, a gallery long associated with artists such as Gerhard Richter and William Kentridge, the hire brings in a curator with a strong record of championing younger and under-recognised voices.

The appointment comes alongside other leadership changes at the gallery, as it positions itself for a new chapter. Haynes's brief will span the gallery's programme across its spaces, giving her a central role in deciding which artists it shows and how.

The move is the latest in a series of high-profile switches between New York's major galleries, as dealers compete for curators who can shape a programme and attract artists. For Haynes, the new role offers a broader canvas than a single outpost: oversight of curatorial affairs across a gallery with spaces in New York, Paris and Los Angeles.