PARIS.- With more than twenty years of experience in the art world behind her, Sylvie Patry has formerly held leading positions in top institutions including the Musée d’Orsay, where she has until now been the Deputy Director for Collections and Curatorial Affairs, and the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, where she acted as Gund Family Chief Curator/Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions — a rare appointment for a French curator.

She notably oversaw developing The Barnes Foundation towards its current configuration, while keeping up a close dialogue with past and present artists.

As kamel mennour’s Artistic Director, Sylvie Patry will contribute to the conception of new projects, strengthening and expanding the gallery’s development in the cultural, contemporary, and publishing spheres. With her many working partners around the world, Sylvie Patry will broaden the gallery’s global influence.

She will begin her new role at kamel mennour on December 2022.

“It is an immense honour for the gallery to welcome the international scholar and expert of exhibitions and museums that we have in Sylvie Patry. Aside from this, what touches me is her passion for art and her great visual intelligence, which empower her to step beyond the existing frameworks. Her perspective and her knowledge will help foster the dialogue between artists from different generations that has been at the heart of the gallery’s artistic project since its inception.” — Kamel Mennour

“Joining the gallery marks a new stage in an adventure that Kamel Mennour and I began together more than ten years ago. I admire the gallery’s high expectations and its audacity, a gallery whose director’s energy and tireless commitment to his artists have made it one of the most respected in the world today.” — Sylvie Patry