Curatorial Talk: Lionel Bovier and Marie Muracciole

Lionel Bovier, the recently appointed director of the contemporary art Museum of Geneva, MAMCO (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Genève), will be in discussion with Marie Muracciole about the first solo exhibition by Hassan Khan in Beirut. The Portrait is an Address opens on 7th September at Beirut Art Center and is the first to take one singular aspect of Khan’s work – the portrait – and explore in such depth.

About Lionel Bovier
Lionel Bovier is the director of the MAMCO, the contemporary art museum of Geneva, since 2016. Born in Geneve in 1970, he began his career as an art critic and a curator. In 1999, he became associate curator at the Magasin, the National Center for contemporary art in Grenoble, and then associate curator for contemporary art at the Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts in 2002. In 2004, he created the publishing house JRP|Ringier dedicated to contemporary art. He organized important exhibitions, among them retrospectives of the artists Olivier Mosset and Jack Goldstein. As the director of MAMCO, he has been in charge of the revitalizing the museum’s mission and overall activities while promoting its collection and preserving its heritage and commitment towards artists.

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