Nicolas Bourriaud

Nicolas Bourriaud (born 1965) is a French curator and art critic. Bourriaud began his career as an art critic and moved into curating in 1990. Bourriaud is best known for his desire to observe and nominate "tendencies" in visual art including Relational art, Altermodern and others. From 1999 to 2006, he served as co-founder and co-director of the Palais de Tokyo in Paris alongside Jerome Sans. He has worked as an artistic director, curator, and art critic, developing contemporary art projects in France and internationally, both independently and in collaboration with others. Provided by Wikipedia