Laurent Le Bon

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Laurent Le Bon

Laurent Le Bon (born 2 April 1969) is a French art historian who is the director of the Musée Picasso.[1]

Career[]

An expert in the history of garden art,[2] Le Bon notably curated a major Paris exhibition of garden gnomes in 2000, featuring 2,000 of the creatures, from ancient Egyptian forerunners to works by Jeff Koons.[3]

That same year, Le Bon joined the Centre Pompidou as a curator, and in 2005 staged “Dada,” a landmark show that traced the art movement’s ongoing influence. He also organized an exhibition dedicated to Jeff Koons at the Palace of Versailles in 2008.[4] He later oversaw the 2010 opening of Centre Pompidou-Metz, its first outpost, and became the museum's director.[5] In the following years, he was a candidate for the director posts of the Louvre[6] and Centre Pompidou.[7]

In 2014, Le Bon eventually left to take took over at the Musée Picasso,[8][9] where he oversaw the museum's re-opening after years of construction work.[10]

In 2021, Le Bon was appointed as president of the Centre Pompidou, replacing .[11]

References[]

  1. ^ Nightmare at the Picasso Museum. Jonathan Jones, The Guardian, 16 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2016.
  2. ^ Scott Sayare (June 4, 2014), Musée Picasso in Paris Names New President New York Times.
  3. ^ Alex Marshall (June 25, 2021), The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader New York Times.
  4. ^ Gareth Harris (June 25, 2021), Centre Pompidou in Paris names new president as Brussels branch backtracks over ‘sexist’ appointment The Art Newspaper.
  5. ^ Alex Marshall (June 25, 2021), The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader New York Times.
  6. ^ David Jolly (April 3, 2013), New Boss at the Louvre International Herald Tribune.
  7. ^ Scott Sayare (June 4, 2014), Musée Picasso in Paris Names New President New York Times.
  8. ^ Scott Sayare (June 4, 2014), Musée Picasso in Paris Names New President New York Times.
  9. ^ Alex Marshall (June 25, 2021), The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader New York Times.
  10. ^ Doreen Carvajal (September 3, 2014), Picasso Museum to Reopen at Last, With New Leader New York Times.
  11. ^ Alex Marshall (June 25, 2021), The Pompidou Center Gets a New Leader New York Times.



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