Philippe Vergne
Philippe Vergne (born 1966) is a French curator and director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA). He previously was the director of the Dia Art Foundation, New York from 2008 to 2014 and the deputy director and Chief Curator of the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis from 2005 to 2008.
Education
Philippe Vergne was born in Troyes, France in 1966. He received a BA in law from Panthéon-Assas University, Paris in 1988, a BA in archeology and the history of modern art from Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris where he also got a MA in 1991 and a MAS in 1992.[1]
Career
He became director of the newly created [mac] (Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille) in 1994 until 1997. He then was hired by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis as a senior curator from 1997 to 2005. Francois Pinault then hired him to head the François Pinault Foundation for Contemporary Art. He came back to the Walker in 2005 as a deputy director and was the co-curator in 2006 of the Whitney Biennial. He became in 2008 the director of the Dia Art Foundation, New York until 2014. The MOCA appointed him as a director in January 2014.[2]
Honours
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour[3] in 2014
- Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[4] in 2004
References
- ↑ "The MOCA Board of Trustees names Philippe Vergne as Museum Director". Sites.moca.org. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ↑ "Los Angeles Museum Names a New Director". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ↑ "L.A. MOCA's Philippe Vergne Awarded French Legion of Honor". Observer.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.
- ↑ "Walker Curator Is Named Chevalier des Arts et Lettres". Artforum.com. Retrieved 5 May 2015.