Symposium 2024
Museum acquisition policies in France and the USA
Friday, November 22 from 10 am to 6 pm
At the auditorium of the Grand Palais
Organized in collaboration with the magazine Connaissance des Arts, this symposium consists of 6 one-hour lectures based on a dialogue between two curators (one from a French museum and one from an American museum) who present their respective collections and comment on their methods of acquiring works.
Moderator: Guy Boyer, editor-in-chief of Connaissance des Arts.
Free access for FAB Paris visitors, subject to availability.
Reservation recommended.
This symposium is over.
Guy Boyer
©️ Manolo Mylonas
Expected speakers
Colin B. Bailey
Director of the Morgan Library & Museum,
New-York
Sylvain Cordier
Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond
George Shackelford
Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
Gary Tinterow
Director of the Museum of Fine Arts,
Houston
Mathieu Deldicque
Director of the Musée Condé,
Chantilly
Anne-Lise Desmas
Senior Curator and Head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum,
Los Angeles
Edouard Kopp
John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator at Menil Drawing Institute
Annick Lemoine
Director of the Musée du Petit Palais,
Paris
Séverine Lepape
Director of the Musée de Cluny,
Paris
Sophie Lévy
Director and Curator of
the Musée d’arts de Nantes
Xavier Rey
Director of the Musée national d’art moderne, Paris
Olivia Voisin
Director of the musées d’Orléans
Gary Tinterow ©️ F. Carter Smith
Mathieu Deldicque ©️Musée Condé
Anne-Lise Desmas © Agnès Chareton
Annick Lemoine : ©Marc Riou
Séverine Lepape : Elisa Haberer © Musée de Cluny
Xavier Rey : © Centre Pompidou
Program
Introduction
by Guy Boyer and Christelle Creff, cheffe du Service des Musées de France (Direction générale des Patrimoines et de l’Architecture, Ministère de la Culture), co-president of FRAME In France
From 10 am to 11 am
– George Shackelford
Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth
– Olivia Voisin
Directrice des musées d’Orléans
From 11 am to noon
– Gary Tinterow
Director and Margaret Alkek Williams Chair of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
– Sophie Lévy
Directrice-conservatrice du Musée d’Arts de Nantes
Noon
Conclusion of the morning session by Mrs. Marie-Christine Labourdette, présidente du château de Fontainebleau et de FRAME Développement.
From 2 pm to 3 pm
– Anne-Lise Desmas
Senior Curator of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
– Annick Lemoine
Directrice du Petit Palais
From 3 pm to 4 pm
– Colin Bailey
Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, New York
– Séverine Lepape
Directrice du musée de Cluny
From 4.20 pm to 5.20 pm
– Edouard Kopp
John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator of the Menil Drawing Institute, The Menil Collection, Houston
– Xavier Rey
Directeur du Musée National d’Art moderne
From 5.20 pm to 6.20 pm
– Sylvain Cordier
Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
– Mathieu Deldicque
Directeur du musée Condé, Château de Chantilly
Partners
FRAME
A consortium of 32 museums in France and North America that encourages cultural exchanges through cooperation between museums
For 25 years, FRAME (FRench American Museum Exchange) has played the role of a cultural bridge between France and North America (the United States and Canada). This non-profit organization (501(c)(3)) promotes dialogue between these countries through the collaboration of around thirty major museums in France and North America. This unique international network serves as a hub of intellectual resources on both sides of the Atlantic.
As a platform for cultural exchange, FRAME operates as a meeting point of common interests and fosters enduring partnerships among its members within a structured, supportive, and professional framework. FRAME also serves as a catalyst for the development of exhibitions, innovative educational programs, research missions, and the exchange of professional practices. Since its creation, FRAME has facilitated and supported the implementation of thirty-five exhibitions, ten online programs, and fourteen education and outreach projects.
In compliance with its mission of enriching museum practices through transatlantic dialogue, FRAME is delighted to partner with Fine Arts Paris La Biennale at the Grand Palais be a partner in the context of the symposium devoted to the acquisition policies of American and French museums. FRAME is grateful to the members of its network for their contribution to this series of dialogues involving museum professionals.
