Chief Curator- Head of Curatorial Department

Laurence des Cars (born in 1966) was appointed Head of Curatorial Department of Agence France-Muséums in July 2007. She is the Chief Curator.
A graduate of Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, the Ecole du Louvre, and the Ecole nationale du patrimoine, she was a curator at the musée d’Orsay from 1994 to 2007. A specialist in 19th century painting, she organised the following exhibitions and contributed to their accompanying catalogues

• L’Origine du monde, autour d’un chef d’œuvre de Courbet (musée d’Orsay, 1996),

• Jean-Paul Laurens, Peintre d’histoire (musée d’Orsay; Toulouse, musée des Augustins, 1997-1998),

• Edward Burne-Jones (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Birmingham, musée d’Orsay, 1998 -1999),

• Courbet et la Commune (2000, musée d’Orsay),

• Thomas Eakins, un réaliste américain (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Paris, musée d’Orsay, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001-2002),

• Edouard Vuillard (Washington, National Gallery of Art, musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, London, Royal Academy of Art, 2003-2004),

• Gustave Courbet (Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Montpellier, musée Fabre, 2007-2008).

Her published works include Les Préraphaélites. Un modernisme à l’anglaise (Gallimard, 1999), L’art français. Le 19ème siècle (1819-1905) (Flammarion, 2006), under the direction of Henri Loyrette, chairman-director of the musée du Louvre, and in collaboration with Sebastien Allard, curator at the musée du Louvre. She teaches regularly at the Ecole du Louvre. Laurence des Cars holds the rank of chevalier in the ordre national du Mérite [Knight of the National Order of Merit of France].

General Secretary

Manuel Rabaté (born in 1976) joined Agence France-Muséums in September 2008 as Administrative and Financial Officer.
He is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and HEC (2001). Deputy Manager of the Auditorium du Louvre from 2002 to 2005, he was then appointed deputy to the manager in charge of the cultural development and visitors’ policy of the musée du quai Branly from 2005 to 2008, where he was in charge of touring exhibitions. He is president of the association Culture & Management and lectures on the management of cultural production at Université Paris-Dauphine.

Director of Architectural and Technical Affairs

Jean-Valère Arifont (born in 1962) is an architect. He has been Director of Architectural and Technical Affairs in Agence France-Muséums since October 2007.
He received a multidisciplinary training and earned a BA in the philology and comparative study of Latin languages at Madrid University, followed by a diploma in architecture from the Marseille school of architecture.
From 1990 to 1997 he worked as an engineer with Serete in Monaco, in different building sectors including industry, health, tourism and culture. He also worked for several years as project manager for the Bodin & Partenaires firm of architects. From 2000 to 2004 he held the positions of building manager and safety manager at the Centre Pompidou before becoming heritage director at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (2004-2007).

Deputy Head of Curatorial Department

Emmanuel Coquery (born in 1968) is a curator. He joined Agence France-Muséums in January 2008 as Deputy Head of Curatorial Department in charge of modern and contemporary paintings and sculptures (16th to 20th centuries).
A graduate of HEC and the Ecole nationale du patrimoine and a scholarship student of the Villa Médicis, he worked as curator in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, in charge of ancient collections (1995-1997), and in the musée du Louvre, in its department of objets d’art, in charge of tapestries (1997-2004). He served as Director of museums in Troyes, in charge of the Musée d’Art moderne, donation Pierre et Denise Lévy (2004-2007). A specialist in French 17th century art, he publishes studies on early 20th century French art. He is also a chevalier des Arts et Lettres [Knight of the Arts and Literature order].

Visitor services and public programs officer

François Quéré (born in 1978) joined Agence France-Muséums in November 2007 as visitor services and public programs officer.
He graduated from the Institut d’études politiques of Strasbourg and obtained a post-graduate diploma (DESS) in multimedia communication (Université Lille I). From 2004 to 2007 he was the editorial director of the website of the Centre Pompidou, after working as marketing and communication manager for a software publisher and project manager on Internet assignments for several companies and institutions such as the Ministry of Education and the Ecole nationale de l’assurance. He also regularly gives lectures in different institutions (Institut d’études politiques de Paris, Ecole du Louvre, CELSA).

Communications Officer

Louma Salamé (born in 1981) joined Agence France-Muséums in March 2008 as Communications Officer.
She is a graduate of the Ecole nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs and of the Ecole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris. A winner of several scholarships, she went on an exchange assignment to the Central Saint Martin’s School in London in 2003. She worked as a junior policy officer of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin in 2006 in the Department of Islamic Arts and then at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2007, in the Curatorial and Special Events departments. After carrying out research for the Acquisitions Committee of the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain of Luxembourg (MUDAM 2007), she became the assistant of Marie-Claude Beaud, the director of MUDAM (2007 /2008).

Project Executive to the CEO

Ugo Bertoni (born in 1982) joined Agence France-Muséums in September 2008 as Project Executive to the CEO.
He is a graduate of the Ecole normale supérieure and the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and holds diplomas in philosophy, public law and political science. He recently collaborated on setting up the Shere Hite Collection for the Schlesinger Library of Harvard University. Between September 2006 and August 2007, he held the positions of researcher and rapporteur with the Haut Conseil de l’éducation artistique et culturelle [High Council for Arts and Cultural Education] presided over by the Ministers of Education and Culture. In 2005, he worked as a representative on the team led by Iris Broch in preparation for the international Venice Art Biennale.

Chief curator- Head of Curatorial Department

Laurence des Cars (born in 1966) was appointed Head of Curatorial Department of Agence France-Muséums in July 2007. She is the Chief Curator.
A graduate of Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, the Ecole du Louvre, and the Ecole nationale du patrimoine, she was a curator at the musée d’Orsay from 1994 to 2007. A specialist in 19th century painting, she organised the following exhibitions and contributed to their accompanying catalogues

• L’Origine du monde, autour d’un chef d’œuvre de Courbet (musée d’Orsay, 1996),

• Jean-Paul Laurens, Peintre d’histoire (musée d’Orsay; Toulouse, musée des Augustins, 1997-1998),

• Edward Burne-Jones (New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Birmingham, musée d’Orsay, 1998 -1999),

• Courbet et la Commune (2000, musée d’Orsay),

• Thomas Eakins, un réaliste américain (Philadelphia Museum of Art, Paris, musée d’Orsay, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001-2002),

• Edouard Vuillard (Washington, National Gallery of Art, musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, London, Royal Academy of Art, 2003-2004),

• Gustave Courbet (Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Montpellier, musée Fabre, 2007-2008).

Her published works include Les Préraphaélites. Un modernisme à l’anglaise (Gallimard, 1999), L’art français. Le 19ème siècle (1819-1905) (Flammarion, 2006), under the direction of Henri Loyrette, chairman-director of the musée du Louvre, and in collaboration with Sebastien Allard, curator at the musée du Louvre. She teaches regularly at the Ecole du Louvre. Laurence des Cars holds the rank of chevalier in the ordre national du Mérite [Knight of the National Order of Merit of France].

Deputy Head of Curatorial Department

Emmanuel Coquery (born in 1968) is a curator. He joined Agence France-Muséums in January 2008 as Deputy Head of Curatorial Department in charge of modern and contemporary paintings and sculptures (16th to 20th centuries).
A graduate of HEC and the Ecole nationale du patrimoine and a scholarship student of the Villa Médicis, he worked as curator in the musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, in charge of ancient collections (1995-1997), and in the musée du Louvre, in its department of objets d’art, in charge of tapestries (1997-2004). He served as Director of museums in Troyes, in charge of the Musée d’Art moderne, donation Pierre et Denise Lévy (2004-2007). A specialist in French 17th century art, he publishes studies on early 20th century French art. He is also a chevalier des Arts et Lettres [Knight of the Arts and Literature order].

Curator in charge of Archaeology

Jean-François Charnier (born in 1969) is a heritage curator. He joined Agence France-Muséums in January 2008 as Curator in charge of Archaeology.
After studying pre- and protohistoric archaeology at the Ecole du Louvre, followed by studies in ethnoarchaeology at Université de Paris X-Nanterre, he entered the Ecole nationale du patrimoine, graduating in 1994. After leaving the ENP, he was put in charge of the activities linked to preventive archaeology in the Pays de la Loire region, where he developed research programmes and directed archaeological excavations in prehistoric archaeology. In 2000 he joined the Musée national des Arts and Traditions populaires (MNATP) where he took over the Department of Agriculture, Hunting and Fishing in order to adapt it to the museographic project of the Museum of the Civilisations of Europe and the Mediterranean (MUCEM). As part of this project, he organised collective research programmes around the Mediterranean and several exhibitions. In 2006 he took up the position of policy director for archaeological repositories and relations with the Direction des Musées de France (DMF) at the Direction de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (DAPA). In this context, he designed and implemented the project for networking the study and conservation centres in order to find a solution for managing archaeological objects and their relation to museums throughout France. Jean-François Charnier has published numerous articles in the field of European archaeology and Mediterranean ethnology and produced several documentary films on ethnographic themes. He lectures on general ethnology and runs seminars in preparation for the Curator examination at the Ecole du Louvre.

Curator in charge of Decorative Arts

Olivier Gabet (born in 1976) is a heritage curator. He joined Agence France-Muséums in January 2008 as Curator in charge of Decorative Arts.
An archivist-palaeographer, he obtained a post-graduate degree (DEA) in art history from the Ecole pratique des hautes études. A graduate of the Ecole nationale des chartes (Paris), his thesis examined a family of Parisian cabinetmakers in the 19th century. After entering the Ecole nationale du Patrimoine (ENP), he did his training course in the Department of Objets d’Art of the Louvre. After graduating from ENP, he was appointed curator at the Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris (2002-2004), in charge of art objects and co-organiser of the exhibition Paris Moderne. Art Deco works from the Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris (Jackson and Miami, 2004). Working on historicism and eclecticism in the 19th century, he joined the musée d’Orsay in 2005 as curator for decorative arts 1850-1890 and organised a number of exhibitions: L’Objet et son double. Dessins d’arts décoratifs des collections du musée d’Orsay (2006) and Le décorateur et l’amateur d’art. Décors intérieurs (2008), and wrote the two catalogues accompanying them. He also contributed to the catalogue Un ensemble Art Nouveau. La donation Rispal. At the same time he managed Correspondances, the contemporary art programme of the musée d’Orsay, which hosted artists such as Brice Marden, Robert Mangold, Annette Messager, Joël Shapiro, Christian Boltanski, Jannis Kounellis and Pierre et Gilles. A former Focillon Fellow (2003) at Yale University, Olivier Gabet lectures at the Ecole du Louvre on outstanding French residences of the 19eme century in the department devoted to "Architecture, decoration and furniture of outstanding residences" (2003-2006).

Curator in charge of Asian Arts

Vincent Lefèvre (born in 1974) is a heritage curator. He joined Agence France-Muséums in May 2008 as Curator in charge of Asian Arts.
A graduate of the Ecole des chartes and the Ecole nationale du Patrimoine, he is an archivist-palaeographer, with a doctorate in Indian studies, and directs research at the Université de la Sorbonne nouvelle-Paris III. He served as curator at the musée Cernuschi, the Musée des arts de l’Asie de la ville de Paris [Paris Asian Arts Museum] (2000-2002), and then at the Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet (2002-2008), in charge of the textile collections. He organised several exhibitions, notably on the Krishna Riboud collection and on Bangladesh. Author of several books and numerous articles, in parallel to his activities as curator he carries out research on the social context of artistic creation in the Indian and Indian-influenced world and on the normative literature (religious and artistic) in Sanskrit. He lectures at the Ecole du Louvre, the Université de Marne-la-Vallee and at the Institut national du Patrimoine).

Curator in charge of Medieval Art and Islamic Art

Manon Six (born in 1977) is a heritage curator. She joined Agence France-Muséums in September 2007 as Curator in charge of Medieval Art and Islamic Art.
After obtaining a post-graduate diploma (DEA) in medieval history from the universities of Caen and Paris VII (2002) and a diploma in the administration of cultural establishments (2003) focussing on the relations between heritage and performing arts, Manon Six studied art history at Paris IV-Sorbonne university. She graduated from the Institut national du Patrimoine in 2006. She wrote her doctoral thesis at the Ecole pratique des hautes études on "Rouen around 1200, from the Plantagenets to the Capetians". A specialist of the central medieval period, her parallel studies in classical Arabic and Arab-Muslim civilisation led her to work on trade in the medieval Mediterranean. Her principal work with museums involved the musée de l’Œuvre Notre-Dame in Strasbourg (2006) where she participated in the exhibition "Strasbourg 1400" (2007), the Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York, Department of Medieval Art (2007), and the musée des Beaux-Arts in Caen, for the exhibition "Splendeur de Venise" (summer 2005).

Head Registrar

Hélène Vassal (born in 1966) joined Agence France-Muséums in October 2008 as Head Registrar.
With qualifications in political science (1990), the management of cultural institutions (1993) and preventive conservation (1998), she joined the Ministry of Culture in 1989 and set up the Collections Manager department of the National Contemporary Art Fund which she ran until 1998. The following year she joined the team of the musée Guimet, during its renovation, as director of the collections (1999-2003) and then as head of the museography department (2004-2006). In 2006 she took part in the opening of the musée du quai Branly and set up the collections management and preventive conservation section in the heritage and collections department. She also founded an association of French collections managers of works of art (1997) and plays a very active role in setting up training courses in this field. In 2006 the Ecole du Louvre appointed her head of the department teaching the Mastère 2 course in Heritage Careers.

Exhibitions Representative

Catherine Gimonnet (born in 1978) joined Agence France-Muséums in October 2008 as Exhibitions Representative.
A specialist in comparative law and cultural heritage law, she has qualifications in law and political science, comparative law and art history. In 2003 she passed the entrance examination for the barristers’ training school (EFB, Ecole de Formation du Barreau) in Paris. In 2004 she was recruited for the legal affairs department of the state-run musée Guimet. In 2007 she was appointed head of the department in charge of the museum’s international action and publications where her tasks include the coordination of projects for the production and touring of exhibitions of the musée Guimet abroad.

Acquisitions Representative

Matthieu Thenoz (born in 1975) joined Agence France-Muséums in April 2008 as Acquisitions Representative.
He has a law degree (Université Jean Moulin-Lyon III) and a degree in art history (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne). He occupied different positions in the film industry until 2005 when he began professional post-graduate studies devoted to the management of cultural projects. After taking on temporary assignments in a corporate foundation, and then with the Mission des métiers d’art [Art Crafts Mission] of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, he joined the staff of the musée d’Orsay in charge of the storage and verification of works. He then became responsible for questions relating to the museum’s acquisition of works of art.

Curatorial assistant in Asian Arts

Guilhem André (born in 1973) joined Agence France-Muséums in September 2008 as Curatorial assistant in Asian Arts.
Holder of a doctorate in archaeology from Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, Guilhem André is also an art historian and graduate of the Ecole du Louvre. After obtaining a diploma from INALCO, and then a scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs (1999-2001), he studied in China at the faculties of archaeology and art history at Sichuan University and then Beijing University. In 2001 he joined the China Department of the musée des Arts asiatiques-Guimet as assistant and member of the French archaeological mission in Mongolia, for which he has worked as scientific secretary since 2002. In parallel, starting in 1999, he contributed to the organisation of international exhibitions initiated by the musée Guimet. He thus participated in the organisation of fifteen events in France and abroad: musée Olympique-Lausanne (1999), Forbidden City-Beijing (1999), Grimaldi Forum-Monaco (2001), Fundacio La Caixa-Barcelona (2001), Fundacaõ Armando Alvares Penteado-Saõ Paolo (2002), Fine Arts Museum of Ulan Bator (2003), and the museums of Poitou-Charentes - The France-China Years (2004). His research has led him to publish two books and twenty scientific articles and essays for catalogues.

Curatorial Assistant in Islamic arts

Nourane Ben Azzouna (born in 1980) joined Agence France Museums in October 2009 as a Curatorial assistant in Islamic arts.

Holder of a doctorate in history of the book and codicology from the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris, Nourane Ben Azzouna is also an art historian, graduate of the Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne (DEA, postgraduate diploma) and the Ecole du Louvre and a former student at INALCO and the International Institute of Persian Studies of the University of Teheran. She has undertaken several study trips to Iran and Turkey and has carried out research in important European collections thanks to scholarships from the French research institutes in Teheran and Istanbul (IFRI, IFEA) and from several foundations (Barakat (Oxford), Iran Heritage Foundation (London), Max Van Berchem Foundation (Geneva) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research of Tunisia). In parallel, she worked as lecturer at the Université de Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne and at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, as well as scientific collaborator in the department of Islamic arts of the Louvre. Since October 2007, she also has been an associate researcher in the department of Manuscripts of the Bibliothèque Nationale. Her work focuses principally on the history of calligraphy and the history of the techniques and arts of the book in the Arabic, Persian and Turkish cultures.

Curatorial assistant in Archaeology

Adrien Berthelot (born in 1982) joined Agence France-Muséums in August 2008 as Curatorial assistant in Archaeology.
A graduate of Université Rennes II, he then obtained a post-graduate diploma (DEA) at the Ecole doctorale de Paris I, where his studies focussed in particular on the relations between technique and iconography in stone vases from south-eastern Iran dating from the Bronze Age. He is currently preparing a doctorate in oriental archaeology. A member since 2005 of the French Archaeological Mission to the United Arab Emirates (CNRS, mixed research unit 7041), his work notably covers Bronze Age sites in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and Neolithic sites in the Emirate of Umm Al-Quwain. He has also taken part in several missions to Turkmenistan and Iran. Alongside this field work, he has studied the collections of stone vases of different sites. Mostly interested in manufacturing techniques and methods, he is preparing several publications on the production of these vases in the Gulf region and in Central Asia during the 3rd millennium BC.

Curatorial assistant in Modern and Contemporary Art

Anne Coron (born in 1972) joined Agence France-Muséums in April 2008 as Curatorial assistant in Modern and Contemporary Art.
Holder of a doctorate in the history of contemporary art on the cut-out paper shapes of Henri Matisse (2005), she has published several articles in exhibition catalogues, including those for La Donation Alice Tériade (musée Matisse Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 2008), Matisse-Rouault (Japan, 2008), Matisse une seconde vie (Paris and Copenhagen, 2005), Picasso and French Tradition (Tokyo, 2003), and in journals (Histoire de l’Art, 2007) and other works (Catalogue des dessins de Gustave Moreau and La Collection d’arts graphiques du MNAM, to be published in 2009). She has also taught 19th and 20th century art at the Ecole du Louvre (additional courses 2000-2003) and at the Université Picardie Jules Vernes (2008). After stocktaking assignments at the Musée national de Céramique (Sèvres) and the Musée national des Arts asiatiques-Guimet, she became a researcher at the musée Gustave Moreau (2000-2008) where she inventoried the documentary collections of Gustave Moreau (drawings, prints, photographs).

Curatorial assistant for Decorative Arts

Sylphide de Sonis-Daranyi (born in 1971) joined Agence France-Muséums in November 2007 as Curatorial assistant for Decorative Arts.
She holds an MA in history after studying under Jean Tulard and a post-graduate (DEA) diploma in art history from Université Paris IV-Sorbonne under the direction of Guillaume Schnapper and Daniel Alcouffe. She worked for five years in the Department of Objets d’Art of the musée du Louvre, where she carried out numerous research projects. The latter covered the history of French furniture, the history of taste and decoration in the modern period and the collections of the department and led to contributions to catalogues of exhibitions such as Les Gemmes de la Couronne (Louvre, 2001), Madame de Pompadour et les arts (Versailles, 2002) and Les Arts décoratifs au temps de Louis XIII (Grand Palais, 2002). Her personal research covers a French cabinetmaker of the 18th century, Jacques Philippe Carel. She has also published articles in l’Estampille-L’Objet d’art and the Bulletin de la Société de l’Histoire de l’Art français. For five years she held the position of public and press relations officer for temporary exhibitions at the musée du Louvre.

Curatorial assistant in Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Arts for the classical period

Jerôme Delaplanche (born in 1974), joined Agence France-Muséums in January 2008 as Curatorial assistant in Paintings, Sculptures and Graphic Arts for the classical period (16th to 18th centuries).
A former scholarship holder at the Académie de France in Rome (Villa Médicis), he is a graduate of the Ecole du Louvre and holds a PhD in art history (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne). In 2004, his monograph on Noël-Nicolas Coypel is published (Arthena). His doctoral studies under the direction of Professor Alain Merot were devoted to Joseph Parrocel and his thesis was published, also by Arthena, in 2006. He then specialised in the study of paintings of battles and wrote several articles (which appeared in Histoire de l’art, Bollettino d’Arte, etc.) and the book Peindre la guerre (2009). He organised several exhibitions (musée du Louvre, Epinal, Saint Cloud). He joined INHA [National Institute of History of Art ] as a researcher in 2007 and participate in the study dedicated to the drawings collection of musée de Grenoble. Apart from his research activity, he has taught art history since 2000 in different institutions (Ecole du Louvre, Université Aix-Marseille I, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, Institut catholique).

Curatorial assistant in the Medieval Art

Elodie Jeannest (born in 1980) joined Agence France-Muséums in March 2008 as Curatorial assistant in the Medieval Art.
She graduated in medieval history and art history (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne). After joining the team preparing the opening of the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, she worked as conservation officer in the implementation of the new scientific project of the musée des Monuments français from 2002 until it reopened to the public in September 2007. Her work involved drawing up the catalogue raisonné of the museum’s collection of wall paintings (2002-2005), and then the museographic follow-up of the casts gallery (2006-2008).

Director of Architectural and Technical Affairs

Jean-Valère Arifont (born in 1963) is an architect. He has been Director of Architectural and Technical Affairs in Agence France-Muséums since October 2007.
He received a multidisciplinary training and earned a BA in the philology and comparative study of Latin languages at Madrid University, followed by a diploma in architecture from the Marseille school of architecture.
From 1990 to 1997 he worked as an engineer with Serete in Monaco. He also worked for several years as project manager for the Bodin & Partenaires firm of architects in different building sectors including industry, health, tourism and culture. From 2000 to 2004 he held the positions of building manager and safety manager at the Centre Pompidou before becoming heritage director at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (2004-2007).

Visitor services and public programs officer

François Quéré (born in 1978) joined Agence France-Muséums in November 2007 as visitor services and public programs officer.
He graduated from the Institut d’études politiques of Strasbourg and obtained a post-graduate diploma (DESS) in multimedia communication (Université Lille I). From 2004 to 2007 he was the editorial director of the website of the Centre Pompidou, after working as marketing and communication manager for a software publisher and project manager on Internet assignments for several companies and institutions such as the Ministry of Education and the Ecole nationale de l’assurance. He also regularly gives lectures in different institutions (Institut d’études politiques de Paris, Ecole du Louvre, CELSA).

Administrative and Financial Officer

Manuel Rabaté (born in 1976) joined Agence France-Muséums in Semptember 2008 as Administrative and Financial Officer.
He is a graduate of the Institut d’études politiques de Paris and HEC (2001). Deputy Manager of the Auditorium du Louvre from 2002 to 2005, he was then appointed deputy to the manager in charge of the cultural development and visitors’ policy of the musée du quai Branly from 2005 to 2008, where he was in charge of touring exhibitions. He is president of the association Culture & Management and lectures on the management of cultural production at Université Paris-Dauphine.

Legal and Administrative Manager

Marina Brige (born in 1979) joined Agence France-Muséums in November 2008 as Legal and Administrative Manager.
She obtained a post-graduate diploma (DESS) in copyright and communication law from Université Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV (2002) and a diploma in the law and fiscality of the art market from Université Jean Moulin-Lyon III (2003). Between 2003 and 2006 she worked with Christie’s France on legal affairs and customer relationship management (CRM). From 2007 to 2008 she served as a consultant in a consultancy firm, and was notably involved in the "competitive dialogue" initiated by the Paris National Opera. She is a member of the association Art & Droit [Art & Law] and participates in work on information technology and digital creations at the Research Centre of Montesquieu-Bordeaux IV university. She has published different articles on the law of cultural property in legal and scientific journals.

Quality Manager

Axelle Moleur (born in 1979) is in charge of quality assurance and joined the Agence France-Muséums in May 2009.
She holds a D.E.A. in Hispanic and Latin American Studies from the Université de Paris III-Sorbonne nouvelle (2002) and graduated from the Institut d’études politiques de Paris (2004). Between 2005 and 2009, she worked at the Production department of the Centre Pompidou as a registrar of artwork for temporary exhibits. She was then responsible for financial and administrative affairs for the Head of the Registration department and later the Head of the Events department. Responsible for quality assurance in both departments, she contributed to the creation of a system of quality certification that allowed the coordination of exhibits, the management of artwork mobility and technical capacity to obtain an ISO 9001 (2000 version) certification in November 2008.

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