Category: Museum Director
Nationality: French
Last Year: 24

Director of the Pompidou since 2000, Pacquement’s current claim to fame has a lot to do with a (comparatively) modest plan to expand and decentralise the Pompidou and its collections. With plans in the offing to partner up with the Palais de Tokyo in order to host more midcareer solo surveys and create a mobile Pompidou around France, the most concrete fruit of these intentions to date is Pompidou-Metz. The centre, which was originally meant to open in 2007 for the 30th anniversary of the Pompidou, is a bit behind schedule but should be opening next year. In the meantime, under the aegis of Pacquement, the mothership continues to host provocative and much-discussed exhibitions, from Traces du sacré last year to Voids and elles@ centrepompidou, the latter consisting of a novel rehanging of the contemporary collection, exclusively featuring work by women artists.