For him, culture is a serious subject.
At 43, this curator at the Louvre Museum watches over a collection of Chinese and Japanese vases from the 18th century, as a precise and conscientious historian.
His latest exhibition on gaming machines, at the Monnaie de Paris, however, reveals another side: in front of pinball machines, he reveals himself to be facetious:
“I dream of putting together an exhibition on the Care Bears phenomenon, but I have not yet found "of an institution where to mount it"
, he explains in all seriousness.
But when we talk about the activists who throw soup on the paintings, his gaze is icy:
“My primary mission is to preserve art objects for future generations.
I protest against these practices.
These people are endangering the works
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In Paris, culture is omnipresent, to the point that we sometimes no longer know which way to approach it.
Jean-Baptiste Clais
Jean-Baptiste Clais was born in Amiens, but it was in Dieppe, by the sea, that he grew up and where his roots are located.
As proof, a miniature windsurf board, which sits discreetly on his desk today.
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