The position had been vacant since the departure to Versailles of Christophe Leribault, appointed in February. According to our information, it should be filled today with the appointment of Sylvain Amic as director of the Public Establishment of the Orsay and Orangerie Museums. Received last week by Emmanuel Macron, among the other candidates, Sylvian Amic, 56, defended a project to open the great national museum dedicated to the 19th century which was able to attract both the Élysée and Rachida Dati.
General heritage curator who worked at the Fabre Museum in the early 2000s, former director of the Réunion des musées métropolitains de Rouen-Normandie until 2022, then advisor in charge of museums in the cabinet of Rima Abdul Malak, until last January , Sylvain Amic has curated several exhibitions, including several devoted to Romanticism and Impressionism.
Charged by the former Minister of Culture, Françoise Nyssen, with the “Catalogue of Desires” mission in 2018, a reflection carried out in favor of the circulation of national collections in the territory, Sylvain Amic will once again carry this ambition dear to Emmanuel Macron. From Orsay, he will be one of the links in the policy in favor of rurality implemented by Rachida Dati.