Éric de Chassey, the new Director of Beaux-Arts de Paris, takes up his post on July 1. We wish him a warm welcome!
Professor of art history at the École normale supérieure de Lyon since 2012, Éric de Chassey was director of the Académie de France à Rome - Villa Médicis from 2009 to 2015, before becoming director of the Institut national d'histoire de l'art (INHA) in 2016. He is the author of numerous books, essays and articles on contemporary art and artists, and has curated over fifty exhibitions in France and abroad.
With the support of the French Ministry of Culture, Éric de Chassey's main task will be to lead a major program of building works on the site shared with the École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-Malaquais, which is in urgent need of renovation, particularly around the Palais des études.
This ambitious program will give him the opportunity to find new site synergies, rethink the preservation and use of the exceptional heritage of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, and build on his partnership with PSL University to make this establishment the benchmark school of the 21st century in its field, nationally and internationally, as well as a veritable laboratory of the future.
Photo credit: Jack Shear
