The 2025 Museums Next Generation French Laureates
Museums & Heritage
Quintessential Kahn: The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas. ILLUSTRATION: Kimbell Art Museum/Robert LaPrelle, 2013
Meet the seven French museum professionals that will travel from Los Angeles to New York over the course of two weeks to engage with American professionals in the field, as part of the third edition of the Museums Next Generation program.
Seven French museum curators from a range of art history specialties have been selected for the third edition of Villa Albertine’s Museums Next Generation program. Launched in 2023, Museums Next Generation is a professional immersion and acceleration program for French and American curators.
As part of the program, French participants spend two weeks in the United States and American curators have the opportunity to engage in a 10-day exchange in France to meet with key museum professionals in the respective countries.
For the 2025 edition, the jury convened on December 11 and selected seven laureates from a pool of 40 candidates, representing six different French cities and a wide range of expertise, from antiquity to contemporary art.
The selected participants will travel to the United States from April 7 to 17, spending one week in Texas and another week in New York and the East Coast. Over these two weeks, they will engage in field visits to some of the most dynamic and innovative institutions in the country, meet with leaders in the field, and gain insights into the challenges and specificities of the American museum landscape. They will also participate in networking events with American professionals, fostering international collaboration and exchange.
The 2025 French Cohort
From top to bottom, left to right: Sandra Buratti-Hassan, Jessica Degain, Louise Detrez, Estelle Géraud, Juliette Lecorne, Laurence Marlin, Grégoire Prangé
- Sandra Buratti-Hassan, Heritage Curator at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux
- Jessica Degain, Heritage Curator at the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours
- Louise Detrez, Heritage Curator at the National Library of France (Bibliothèque nationale de France) in Paris
- Estelle Géraud, Chief Curator at the Château-Museum of Saumur
- Juliette Lecorne, Curator at the Cartier Foundation for Contemporary Art (Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain) in Paris
- Laurence Marlin, Heritage Curator responsible for ancient collections at the Museum of Antiquities (Musée des Antiquités) in Rouen
- Grégoire Prangé, Exhibition Curator, responsible for conservation coordination at LaM, Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary, and Outsider Art
On December 11, 2024, a jury of professionals gathered to select the latest cohort. The jury included François Bridey, Curator at the Louvre Museum; Anne-Lise Desmas, Curator and Head of the Sculpture and Decorative Arts Department at the J. Paul Getty Museum; Émilie Girard, Director of the Strasbourg Museums and President of ICOM France; Olivier Meslay, Director of the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, MA; Charles Personnaz, Director of the Institut national du patrimoine; Olivia Voisin, Director of the Musée des Beaux-Arts d’Orléans and former Villa Albertine resident; and Olivia Bourrat, Director of Museums and Cultural Heritage at Villa Albertine.
Museums Next Generation is organized in partnership with Albertine Foundation, the Institut national du patrimoine, and FRAME.
In partnership with
Albertine Foundation
Previously known as FACE Foundation, Albertine Foundation is an American nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting French-American relations through innovative cultural and educational projects. In close partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States and its arts institution Villa Albertine, Albertine Foundation promotes artistic, literary, and educational exchange and collaboration between creative professionals from both countries thanks to corporate, foundation, and individual support.
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Institut national du patrimoine
The Institut national du patrimoine is an institute of higher education under the auspices of the French Ministry of Culture. The mission of the Institute is to recruit candidates through competitive entrance examinations and provide initial training to heritage curators and conservators-restorers. Training for these two closely related and complementary professions within the same establishment is unique in Europe. The Inp also proposes a wide range of continuing education program for both French and foreign heritage professionals. It is also a place for cultural diffusion through lectures and seminars and the opportunity to work along with other French and foreign heritage institutions and universities. Lastly, the Inp places its missions and actions within a network of international cooperation by sending its students on training program abroad, welcoming other foreign trainee students and exporting its training and expertise strategies.
FRAME (FRench American Museum Exchange)
For 25 years, FRAME (FRench American Museum Exchange) has played the role of a cultural bridge between France, the United States, and, more recently, Canada. This non-profit organization (501(c)3) promotes dialogue as a principle of mutual understanding between these countries through the collaboration of around thirty major museums in France and North America. This unique international network fosters the development of exhibitions, innovative educational programs, research missions, and the exchange of professional practices on both sides of the Atlantic.