Xavier Franceschi is director of FRAC Île-de-France since February 2006.

Formation

Visual arts and sciences of art to the University of Paris I.

Functions

Director of the Center of art of Brétigny-sur-Orge (1991-2002)

It organized there exposures of importance in particular with Pierre Bismuth, Michel Blazy, Maurizio Cattelan, Carsten Höller, Philippe Ramette, the Workshop van Lieshout and Xavier Veilhan.

Inspector of artistic creation to the Delegation with the visual arts (2002-2006)

It led important projects of public orders as Inspecteur of artistic creation to the Delegation to the visual arts.

Director of the FRAC Ile-de-France (2006-)

Elected official in December 2005 by a jury made up of 11 people among whom representatives of the public partners, professionals and artists, it takes his functions in February 2006.

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1993

• Claude Closky, Center of contemporary art of Brétigny, Brétigny-sur-Orge.

2003

• Action , within the framework of the 20 years of the FRAC, International meetings of Photography, Arles

2006

• Sudden Impact , the Plate (center of contemporary art), Paris

Publications

It published many catalogs and books of artists of which first monographs devoted to Ghada Amer (1994), Alain Declercq (2001), Richard Fauguet (1995), Bruno Perramant (2001) and Franck Scurti (1996).

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