The Board of directors
Les Arts Décoratifs are a French cultural institution covering museums, schools and a library, all dedicated to the art of living, the decorative arts, interior architecture, object design, textile and fashion design, advertisement and graphic design.
A national institution
In December 2004, the UCAD (Union Centrale des Arts Décoratifs – TN.) decided to become Les Arts Décoratifs. In changing its name, the institution simplified and modernised a label created under the industrial era. Originating from private initiatives, our institution today still bears a certain singularity. As a non-profit organisation promoting public interest, it is bound to the French State under a regularly updated convention.
A specific culture
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs’ collections and that of the Musée Nissim de Camondo belong to the State. 47% of our institution’s funding comes from its own resources to finance our cultural and patrimonial policy. The representatives seating on the board of directors mainly come from the private sector. Our model, whose relevance has proven its worth for over a century, results in the very specific culture, which is our own. It guarantees a tight relationship between designers and sponsors, a bit like what can be found in manufacturing.
Honorary Chairman
Hélène David-Weill
Chairman
Pierre-Alexis Dumas
Vice-Chairman, Fashion
Pierre Bergé
Vice-Chairman, School
Jacques Bungert
Vice-Chairman, International Committee
Claude Janssen
Vice-Chairman, Contemporary
Cécile Verdier
Administrators
Jean-Jacques Aillagon
Jean-Paul Claverie
Gérard Errera
François Laffanour
Susan Liautaud
Martin Roth
Bruno Roger
Patrick Sayer
Jean Solanet
Kristen Van Riel
Jean-Michel Wilmotte
Patrick Sayer
Secretary
Jean Solanet
Treasurer
Kristen Van Riel
Officio members
Marie-Christine Labourdette, Directrice, chargée des musées à la direction générale des Patrimoines
Régine Hatchondo, Directeur général de la création artistique
Michel Ramos, Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication
Daniel Ohana, Sas Experts et Commissaires