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Chris Dercon leaves the Grand Palais for the Fondation Cartier

2022-10-06T16:21:23.789Z


Appointed since January 2019, the president of the RMN-Grand Palais is leaving his monument in the midst of work to join the private sector. New controversy in sight.


Definitely, autumn capsizes everything in the public service whose mission is a priori to see far, in peace, whose collective responsibilities go beyond the career of an individual.

After the leaks that agitated the world of museums this morning, the news was confirmed in extremis by a brief press release from the Fondation Cartier, at 4:31 p.m. this Friday, October 6.

Chris Dercon has been appointed Director General of the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art, which he will join on December 19, 2022.

A week after the thunderclap aroused by the announcement of the departure of Sylvie Patry, N°2 of the Musée d'Orsay, for the Kamel Mennour gallery, there is once again amazement and tremors.

Because the situation is more than unprecedented!

The Belgian Chris Dercon has only been the president of the RMN-Grand Palais since January 1, 2019. With his arrival, everything has changed quite suddenly: the architects and the design of the works which must transform the historic monument for the 2024 Olympics. …

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Source: lefigaro

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