Emmanuel Kasarhérou, new boss for the Quai Branly

Born in Noumea in 1960, of a Kanak father and a metropolitan mother specialized in the Houailou language still spoken in the center of the long island, archaeologist and art historian, graduate in Oceanian languages ​​and civilizations, curator in Heritage chief, Emmanuel Kasarhérou directed for ten years the Museum of New Caledonia in Noumea. In 1994 he joined the new Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Center dedicated to Kanak culture.

Then, from 2006 to 2011, he piloted this institution with forms evoking the traditional common house, designed by the architect Renzo Piano. Then he joined the Quai Branly Museum where - it has been official since Wednesday - succeeding Stéphane Martin, he takes the reins of this Parisian temple of distant arts, flagship of the cultural achievements left by Jacques Chirac. His first challenge? Reopen the building to the public with all health precautions. Probably at the end of June, the first curious, even if they are regulars, will feel

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