M+ Keynote Lecture:
Building the Future of the Centre Pompidou with Laurent Le Bon, President of the Centre Pompidou
Priority booking for M+ Members & Patrons from 24 Apr, 10:00, to 26 Apr, 23:59. Public registration available starting 27 Apr, 10:00.
M+ Keynote Lecture:
Building the Future of the Centre Pompidou with Laurent Le Bon, President of the Centre Pompidou
Centre Pompidou’s opening in Paris nearly 50 years ago constituted a far-reaching event. The visionary project to create a museum where art, design, moving image, music, and literature would be accessible to all under one roof was transformative for the city and an inspiration for the world.
In this presentation, Centre Pompidou President, Laurent Le Bon will trace the institution’s groundbreaking history and reveal his vision for its future programme in the soon-to-be refurbished building and beyond.
Following Le Bon’s talk, M+ Museum Director Suhanya Raffel will join him for an in-depth discussion about their respective institutions’ missions and planned collaborations. The lecture will be conducted in English, with simultaneous interpretation available in Cantonese and Mandarin. Click on ‘Register’ to sign up.
About the Speakers
Laurent Le Bon—President of the Centre national d’art et de culture Georges-Pompidou in Paris, France—began his career in the arts as a General Curator for Heritage, overseeing public art commissions for the French Ministry of Culture.
From 2000 to 2010, he was a curator at the Musée National d'Art Moderne. He curated nearly 50 exhibitions—notably, Dada at the Centre Pompidou in 2005, Jeff Koons: Versailles at the Château de Versailles in 2008, Jardins at the Galeries nationales du Grand Palais and Dioramas at the Palais de Tokyo both in 2017, and Picasso. Blue and Rose at the Musée d’Orsay in 2018.
Portrait of Laurent Le Bon. Photo: Didier Plowy
Between 2010 and 2014, he served as Director of the Centre Pompidou-Metz, where he organised the exhibitions Chefs-d’œuvre ? and 1917. He then became President of the Musée national Picasso-Paris from 2014 to 2021, before taking on his current role at the Centre Pompidou.
Suhanya Raffel serves as Museum Director of M+. Since her appointment in 2016, she has overseen all museum activities, including acquisitions, programming, collections care, development, research, institutional collaborations, and museum operations. Raffel has shaped the museum’s mission, broadening its international reach while championing its deep connection with the local community.
Portrait of Suhanya Raffel. Photo: Winnie Yeung @ Visual Voices
Image at top: Photo: Didier Plowy, Centre Pompidou