La Biennale de Lyon, chaired by
Laurent Bayle, and its public partners
— the Ministry of Culture (Auvergne-
Rhône -Alpes regional direc to -
rate of cultural affairs – DRAC), the
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes Regional
Council, the Lyon Métropole authority
and the Lyon City Council — are
pleased to announce the appointment
of Sabine Longin as chief executive
of La Biennale de Lyon, with
effect from 1 June 2024.
This appointment marks a fresh milestone
in the development of this institution,
which stages the Lyon Biennale
of Contemporary Art and the Lyon
Dance Biennale, two cultural events
of national and global standing.
Sabine Longin will lead La Biennale
de Lyon. Isabelle Bertolotti (also director
of Lyon’s Musée d’Art Contemporain)
is the artistic director of the
Biennale of Contemporary Art; and
Tiago Guedes (also director of Lyon’s
Maison de la Danse since 2022) is the
artistic director of the Dance Biennale.
Deeply involved in the arts and
culture field since 1994, Sabine
Longin served as cultural attaché,
then later as cooperation and cultural
action adviser to the French
Embassy in Qatar (Ministr y of
Europe and Foreign Affairs), starting
in 2013; as deputy director of
the Fondation Giacometti Paris; and
most recently, as chief executive of
the Musée National Picasso-Paris
(a public establishment overseen by
the Ministry of Culture).
The Board of Trustees of La Biennale
de Lyon, which confirmed her appointment
on 7 May 2024, is “convinced
that her vision and leadership will
be a major asset for the institution
and foster the regional, national and
international development of the two
events that it stages, which are emblematic
of new work in dance and
contemporary art”.
Under Sabine Longin’s leadership,
La Biennale de Lyon will develop its
international reach and an ambitious
partnership policy. The institution,
which is strongly committed to innovation
and cross-disciplinary work,
will extend its regional roots and
take further steps to make its events
accessible to all audiences.
