Laurent Le Bon

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

Laurent Le Bon

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 Serge Lasvignes.[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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