FRench American Museum Exchange, Inc.

FRAME (FRench American Museum Exchange, Inc.) is seeking a dynamic Executive Director based in North America to co-lead the implementation of its new strategic plan and shepherd the organization through a period of growth. The next leader will work in collaboration with their French counterparts to fully implement the plan while focusing on fundraising, network governance, and expansion. Core duties will be in the following areas: -Development and Fundraising -Governance and Board Relations -External Relations and Partnerships -Conference / Event Planning -Administrative and Financial Oversight Please review the complete Post Description: >https://lnkd.in/eYejast5 FRAME is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages individuals of all backgrounds and cultures to consider this leadership position. Contact:?FRAME has retained Sally M. Sterling Executive Search to support the search for Executive Director. All applicants are asked to include a letter of interest with their resume. Please send an email with supporting materials to the confidential email address: [email protected].

Three FRAME laureates for the new edition of Museums Next Generation For its third edition, the Museums Next Gen program (Villa Albertine) will enable seven French curators to travel from Texas to the East Coast of the United States to strengthen their professional skills on American soil and meet key museum figures across the Atlantic. Museums Next Gen was initiated in 2023 by Villa Albertine. It is dedicated to new generations of museums curators. The program encourages field experience and immersion in new contexts to increase their knowledge of the contemporary museum world and nurture new transatlantic reflections essential to their careers. Museums Next Gen is held twice a year – alternately in France and the United States – each time for ten days. The current edition will start in Texas, and then will extend to New York and the East Coast, from April 7 to 17, 2025. Since 2024, FRAME has been a partner of the Villa Albertine as part of Museums Next Gen. The network is happy to encourage the careers of young curators by hosting them at some of FRAME events during their travels. Several FRAME museums are also opening their doors to them. The Villa Albertine is delighted to support young FRAME professionals on these exploratory missions. Of the seven curators selected by the jury from a total of 40 candidates, three are members of the FRAME*?network. Congratulations to all of them!: Sandra Buratti-Hasan, Curator, responsible of the 15th-18th collections, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux* Jessica Degain, Curator, in charge of the 17th-19th collections, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tours* Louise Detrez, Curator, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris Estelle Géraud, Curator in chief, Chateau-Musée de Saumur Juliette Lecorne, Curator, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art contemporain, Paris Laurence Marlin, Curator, in charge of collections of Ancient Art, Musée des Antiquités de Rouen* Grégoire Prangé, Exhibition Curator, responsible for conservation coordination at LaM,, Musée d’art moderne, contemporain et d’art brut, Lille Métropole. To know more about?Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education Olivia Bourrat ; Mohamed Bouabdallah

After eight years on the road, the exhibition “Prière de toucher, l'Art et la Matière” [Please Do Touch! Art and Matter] has just been opened at the Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes in a new version, curated by Stéphanie Bardel, Head of the Visitors Department. Organized with the support of FRench American Museum Exchange, Inc. (FRAME), this is the final stage of a long-term exhibition co-organized by seven fine arts museums in the FRAME network (Montpellier, Lyon, Rouen, Lille, Bordeaux, Nantes, Rennes). Presented until April 20, 2025, this is the major seasonal exhibition of the Museum of Fine Arts in Rennes, and the last opportunity to experiment it. Don't miss it if you visit Brittany (north-west France)! “Prière de toucher, l'Art et la matière” draws on the sensory experience of sculpture for visual impaired people to imagine new education practices for everyone. Physical touch has the power to raise awareness, to move, and therefore to touch the soul, in addition to what sight provides in terms of learning and artistic delight. With the aim to foster inclusion and a greater mix of audiences, the exhibition was initially developed by Musée Fabre in Montpellier (South of France) in partnership with the Louvre Museum. As a member of FRAME, Montpellier generously offered to tour the exhibition throughout the network, allowing it to evolve and enrich over time thanks to the cooperative and supportive work that defines FRAME's professional relationships. In Rennes, the exhibition is augmented by an education space for all and by a structure for very young child. The exhibition is a perfect example of what a welcoming museum is, as discussed during the FRAME annual conference in Nancy a month ago. Since 2019, FRAME has obtained the support of the Ministère de la Culture in France and Givaudan to promote the implementation of “Prière de toucher”. Our warmest thanks to them. delphine galloy ; Jean-Roch Bouiller ; Stéphanie Dumand ; Odile Hays ; chantal meslif ; Typhaine Rouxel ; Musée Fabre ; Musée du Louvre ; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon ; Réunion des Musées Métropolitains ; Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille ; Musée des Beaux-Arts de Bordeaux ; Musée d'Arts de Nantes ; Musée des beaux-arts de Rennes #DEIA #welcomingmuseum

Consistent with its mission of enriching museum practices through transatlantic dialogue, FRAME is delighted to partner with FAB PARIS, the international art fair, for a symposium devoted to the acquisition policies of American and French museums. The event will take place tomorrow, November 22, 2024, at the Grand Palais, from 10:00am to 6:00pm (France time), in the Auditorium. It will be introduced by Guy Boyer, Editor-in-Chief of Connaissance des Arts, and Christelle Creff, Head of the Service des Musées de France (Ministère de la Culture) and Co-President of FRAME in France. A dozen of directors and curators from the most important museums in France and the United States will take part in a series of dialogues using significant examples from their collections. They will discuss the various enrichment procedures implemented in their respective institutions (acquisition plans, means, ethical practices, etc.) from a French or American approach. The speakers are: ·????????Colin B. Bailey , Director of the Morgan Library & Museum, New-York ·????????Sylvain Cordier, Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond* ·????????Mathieu Deldicque, Director of the Musée Condé, Chantilly ·????????Anne-Lise Desmas, Senior Curator and Head of the Department of Sculpture and Decorative Arts at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles ·????????Edouard Kopp, John R. Eckel, Jr. Foundation Chief Curator at Menil Drawing Institute ·????????Annick Lemoine, Director of the Petit Palais, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris* ·????????Séverine Lepape, Director of the Musée de Cluny - musée national du Moyen ?ge, Paris ·????????Sophie Lévy, Director of the Musée d’arts de Nantes* ·????????Xavier Rey, Director of the Musée national d’art moderne , Paris ·????????George Shackelford, Deputy Director of the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth ·????????Gary Tinterow, Director of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston* ·????????Olivia Voisin, Director of the musées d’Orléans In presence of Marie-Christine Labourdette, President of Chateau de Fontainebleau; FRAME Développement and Honorary Member of FRAME. Museums with an * are members of the FRAME network. FAB Paris is the finest annual event devoted to multidisciplinary arts from Antiquity to the present day in the French capital. It brings together internationally renowned galleries, and it is intended to be a privileged meeting place for all involved in the art world. For more information, please visit: >?FRAME - https://framemuseums.org/ >?FAB Paris - https://lnkd.in/eFiCzJzZ >?Symposium - https://lnkd.in/eg3XChdt

A week ago, FRAME closed the doors on its annual conference in the city of Nancy in eastern France. The three-day event (October 23-25, 2024) brought together over 80 professionals from French and American museums, not forgetting the Philanthropic Trustees who are faithfully supporters of FRAME for many years! Newcomers took part in this major Franco-American event for the first time: the Musée de l'Hospice Comtesse in Lille (North of France) and the Musée d'Orsay and Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris. Participants gathered around two main themes: “Provenance research in French and American museums” and “Hospitality as a fundamental topic for museums on both sides of the Atlantic”. As part of its partnership with the Villa Albertine, FRAME caught up with the seven American curators from the “Museums Next Generation” program, who were just finishing their "Grand Tour" of France for 10 days. They attended, with the whole group of FRAME professionals, lectures by Catherine Chevillot, Senior Curator, Head of the Provenance Mission Project (Ministère de la Culture, France), and Lucian Simmons, Head of Provenance Research at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The two keynote speakers of the 2024 edition presented a brilliant panorama of current challenges and actions regarding this field in France and the United States. The subject was then illustrated by different case studies from the FRAME museums. Many thanks to all the speakers and participants who made this year's event such a success! Our gratitude also goes to the City of Nancy and Nancy-Musées, and their staff, without whom the magic of the moment would never have worked so well! FRAME is also grateful to the Opéra national de Lorraine for its warm welcome on the very first day of the conference in the presence of a representative of the Embassy of the United States to France and U. S. Consulate general in Strasbourg. #VilleNancy ; Bertrand Masson ; Nicole Creusot ; Fred DERYCKE-LAFOSSE ; Richard Dagorne ; Susana Gállego Cuesta ; Sophie Laroche ; Kenza-Marie SAFRAOUI ; Valérie Thomas ; Claire Berthommier ; Lucie Chappé ; Véronique BAUDOUIN ; Lucie P. ; Victoria Clemens ; Eric Maugras ; US Embassy Paris ; Bridget Nievinski ; Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education ; Christelle Creff ; William Beekman ; Stéphanie Bardel ; Mélanie Deveault ; Julian Zugazagoitia ; Sylvain Cordier ; Robert Blaizeau ; Emilie Girard ; Lori Iliff ; MacKenzie Mallon ; Nicolas Misery ; Paul Lang ; Susan Talbott ; Jillian Jones ; Yves Théoret ; Bastien Colas ; Helene Fourneaux ; Aurelie Voltz ; Stéphane Paccoud ; Florence Raymond ; marie-anne du boullay #Provenanceresearch #Welcomingmuseum #museumexchange #DEIA

As part of its partnership with Villa Albertine, the French Institute for Culture and Education, FRAME, the FRench American Museum Exchange, Inc., joined the American “Museums Next Generation” delegation this morning at the French Ministry of Culture, Paris. The group was welcomed by Yannick Faure, Head of the International Affairs Department; Christelle Creff, Head of the French Museums Department and Co-President of FRAME in France; Valérie Brisset, Deputy Director of Cultural Diplomacy (Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs). This immersion and exchange program for young promising French and American curators aims to help them gain knowledge and expand professional perspective. The American Delegation is accompanied by Olivia Bourrat, Director for Museums and Heritage (Villa Albertine). They have begun their “Grand Tour” with a presentation of France's major ongoing international cultural policy initiatives, as well as the specific features of the French museum system, by Estelle Guille des Buttes, Chief Curator and Deputy Director of the Museum Policy Office. The morning concluded with a presentation of the FRAME network by Emilie Vanhaesebroucke, Executive Director of FRAME in France. FRAME wishes a wonderful exploration stay in France to: Anita N. Bateman, Ph.D. – Associate Curator, Modern & Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston* Anabelle Gambert-Jouan – Assistant Curator, European Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas Rachel Dixon Kabukala – Associate Curator, African Art, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City* Arpad Kovacs – Associate Curator, Department of Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Julia Perratore – Associate Curator, Medieval Art, The Met Cloisters, New York Melissa Venator – Assistant Curator, Modern Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis* Aaron Wile – Associate Curator, Dept. of French Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington DC After 10 days of visits and exchanges of expertise, FRAME will meet them again for the launch of its annual conference at the Museums of the City of Nancy (October 23-25, 2024). To be continued... Mohamed Bouabdallah ; Ga?tan Bruel?; Fran?ois Bridey ; Ministère de la Culture ; Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères #MuseumExchanges #MuseumCooperation #CulturalDiplomacy

Partnership between FRAME and Villa Albertine: Four FRAME Curators among the American Laureates of the “Museum Next Generation” Program! FRAME and Villa Albertine are partnering to build bridges and increase learning opportunities between museums in France and the United States. One of the first tangible results of this exceptional partnership is the combination of “Museum Next Generation” – an immersion and acceleration program for new generations of French and American curators initiated by Villa Albertine – with the professional development activities of FRAME. Among the 7 American laureates selected for the 2024 edition, 4 are members of the FRAME network! Discover who they are!: https://lnkd.in/dNsfEWxd From October 14 to 23, 2024, these young American curators will discover the operations, challenges, and different environments of the French museum system. They will meet with French leading museum professionals at some of the most dynamic institutions in the country. Several of these museums are FRAME members. Congratulations to the laureates! We are looking forward to welcoming them in France! To learn more: https://lnkd.in/dM7ZGirF https://lnkd.in/dkabDCNK Villa Albertine ; Mohamed Bouabdallah ; Fran?ois Bridey ; Olivia Bourrat

FRAME is proud to partner with the Center for Research on the English-Speaking World (CREW) at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris for?"Contemporary Black Artists in Museums?: A French American Conversation",?taking place on Tuesday, June 18, 11am EST (5pm, France), at the Sorbonne in Paris. Registration is required for in-person attendance. To register today, please click here: https://lnkd.in/eY7SaXGu The conversation will be?streamed live via this link: https://lnkd.in/eqHHd3qf?and simultaneous translation will be provided! This inaugural discussion will be the first of three panel discussions from 2024 to 2026. This year it will bring together artists Glenn Ligon (USA) and Emo de Medeiros (France/Benin). Open to museum professionals, academics, students and the general public, the artists will delve into their individual practices, their perceptions on issues of diversity and inclusion in the United States and France, the writing of history in the visual arts, and the definition and interpretation of culture. The event will also welcome curator valerie cassel oliver (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond - a FRAME museum), university lecturer Antonia Rigaud (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris), and art historian and art critic Philippe Dagen (Institut national d'histoire de l'art, Paris). Initiated by Clémentine Tholas and Laurence Cossu-Beaumont with the support of FRench American Museum Exchange, Inc. ; Institut des Amériques ; Terra Foundation for American Art ; and the US Embassy Paris #LawrenceRandolph ; Michael Turner ; Fanny Begueria ; Bridget Nievinski ; Charlotte B. ; Sophie Nadeau ; Francesca R. ; Ewa Bobrowska

Feeling like you want to travel to the sea during this early spring? Go discover “Matisse and the Sea" at the Saint Louis Art Museum (SLAM), Missouri, which is on view through May 12th, 2024. For the very first time the exhibition examines the significance?of the sea through the art and career of the French modernist artist from early panoramic marine views on the Mediterranean to his late paper cut-outs inspired by French Polynesia in the Pacific. The exhibition explores the theme via a variety of pieces: drawings, paintings, textiles and many more! The exhibition is produced in part with the support of FRench American Museum Exchange, Inc. (FRAME): https://lnkd.in/eH4WnZEC Learn more on the exhibit and the iconic "Bathers with a Turtle" (SLAM) with to Q&A to Simon Kelly, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art: https://lnkd.in/emvBDVrg