Artwork curator Sylvain Amic has been named the brand new president of the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie museums in Paris.
The 56-year-old Amic will succeed artwork historian Christophe Leribault, who was requested to steer the Chateau de Versailles. Leribault has already began his new job as president of the previous royal residence practically 12 miles west of Paris.
Pierre-Emmanuel Lecerf was the interim president of the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie after Leribault’s appointment to Versailles in February. Amic will begin his new place on April 24.
In a press assertion, French tradition minister Rachida Dati mentioned Amic distinguished himself from the opposite candidates “by the excellence of his undertaking, his consideration to the territories, his exceptional successes when he was on the head of the museums of Rouen, and a spirit of innovation that everybody acknowledges. I’m happy, together with the President of the Republic, to entrust him with the reins of one of the vital necessary cultural establishments in our nation.”
Amic was most not too long ago a museum and humanities advisor for France’s ministry of tradition, with a deal with rising entry to the humanities by touring exhibitions throughout the nation. The Dakar-born fashionable and up to date artwork specialist was a trainer earlier than switching to a profession in artwork curation in 1997.
Amic’s expertise at museums consists of Montpellier, the course of three museums within the metropolis of Rouen, in addition to the curation of exhibitions in France and overseas, together with the Normandy Impressionist Competition.
President Emmanuel Macron reportedly met with Amic final week and “most popular him to a dozen different names”, in line with the French every day newspaper Le Figaro.
The French Ministry of Tradition mentioned that final yr, the Musée d’Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie broke their historic attendance report by welcoming 5.1 million guests.