Since November 1, this doctor of history (ancient Iran) and heritage curator has succeeded Sophie Makariou at the head of the National Museum of Asian Arts-Guimet, the latter taking the scientific direction of the French Agency for the development of the site. Archaeological Site of al-Ula, Saudi Arabia.
Born in 1964, Yannick Lintz began her career as a classics teacher.
Then she joined the world of museums, starting with that of art and history in Geneva and that of Agen.
Adviser to Jack Lang for museums and heritage from 2000 to 2004 when the latter was Minister of National Education, she joined the Louvre as head of the department of ancient deposits.
In 2013, she took the reins of the Islamic arts department of this institution while curating numerous exhibitions.
In 2021, it also successfully carried out the “Arts of Islam.
A past for a present” (18 simultaneous exhibitions of Islamic art…
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