Catherine David

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.

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

Occupation

art historian / performing artist / exhibition curator / curator

University

University of Paris

Awards & achievements

• 1997 Knight of the National Order of Merit
• 2008 Audrey Irmas Award for Curatorial Excellence

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AB%E3%83%88%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%8C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%80%E3%83%B4%E3%82%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%89

Tags

• art historian
• performing artist
• exhibition curator

Last updated

2026-06-02

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