Catherine Grenier (*1960) is the Director of the Giacometti Foundation since 2014. [1]
Grenier was working for the French Ministry of Culture before starting her tenure at the Centre Pompidou. [1]
In 2006 she organized Los Angeles 1955–1985: A Birth of an Artistic Capital , a historical exhibition detailing the emergence of Los Angeles as a post-war arts capital, for the Centre Pompidou. [2] The exhibition was thought to be a watershed for Los Angeles' reception as a serious center of contemporary art, as described by then-curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Carol S Eliel:
In 2014 Grenier was appointed director of the Annette and Alberto Giacometti Foundation, after failing to become director of the Centre Pompidou. [4] She is also credited with helping bridge the divide in Giacometti's legacy that formed following the death of his widow in 1993. [5]
As chief heritage curator of the French Ministry of Culture, Grenier curated the 2017 Picasso-Giacometti exhibition at Qatar’s Fire Station Gallery. [6] In 2018, Grenier became director of a newly opened institute researching Giacometti's work. [7]
Grenier is the Director of Concept at the Art Mill Museum in Doha. [8] [9] In 2025, she was a member of the advisory panel that chose Lina Ghotmeh as architect of the Qatari Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. [10]
Grenier has organized exhibitions such as "Abracadabra", focusing on the fantasy of art at the Tate Modern in 1999, [11] "Les années pop" (The Pop Years) in 2001, [12] "The Big Bang" in 2005 [13] and "Los Angeles 1955-1985" in 2006. [14]
Grenier wrote “The Possible Life Of Christian Boltanski” based on Interviews she had with Boltanski in 2004. [15]