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My Take
Catherine David commands genuine admiration from me. Being the first woman and first non-German speaker to curate documenta X in 1997 was a quiet act of barrier-breaking at a moment when the front lines of contemporary art were still overwhelmingly male. To me, curating is never just arranging objects; it is proposing a way of seeing the world, and David did that on the biggest stage there is, later heading the Globalisation Department at the Pompidou and earning the National Order of Merit. I respect thinkers who spend a lifetime sharpening a singular vision, and she is unmistakably one of them.
Overview
Catherine David (born 19 September 1954) is a French art historian, curator and museum director. David was the first woman and the first non-German speaker to curate documenta X in Kassel, Germany (21 June – 28 September 1997). David was deputy director and head of the Globalisation Department at the National Museum of Modern Art (Musée National d'Art Moderne) at the Centre Georges Pompidou.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Catherine David
- Name (Japanese)
- カトリーヌ・ダヴィッド
- Reading
- かとりーぬ・だゔぃっど
- Born
- September 19, 1954 (age 71)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Horse
- Origin
- Paris, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- art historian / performing artist / exhibition curator / curator
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Paris
Awards & achievements
- 1997 Knight of the National Order of Merit
- 2008 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.