Philippe Vergne
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Education
Vergne was born in Troyes, France in 1966. He received a BA in law from Panthéon-Assas University, Paris, in 1988, a BA in archeology and the history of modern art from Paris-Sorbonne University, Paris, where he also got a MA in 1991 and a MAS in 1992.[1]
Career
He became director of the newly created Mac (Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille) in 1994 until 1997. He then was hired by the Walker Art Center as a senior curator from 1997 to 2005.
Francois Pinault then hired him to head the François Pinault Foundation for Contemporary Art. He came back to the Walker in 2005 as a deputy director and was the co-curator in 2006 of the Whitney Biennial.
He became in 2008 the director of the Dia Art Foundation, New York City, until 2014. The MOCA appointed him as a director in January 2014.[2]
Honours
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour[3] in 2014
- Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres[4] in 2004
