About
An art historian, he was Director of the Musée National Picasso-Paris until 2005. A member of the Académie française since 2008, he has devoted numerous studies to contemporary art, notably Marcel Duchamp and Alberto Giacometti.
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Surrealism: Between Spiritism and Totalitarianism. Contribution to a History of the Insane
- By Jean Clair
In Mil neuf cent (2003/1 No 21)
Innovatio and Renovatio
From the Avant-Garde to Post-Modernism
- By Jean Clair
In Le Débat (1982/4 No 21)
The Time of Distaste
On End-of-This-Century Art
- By Jean Clair
In Les cahiers de médiologie (2001/1 No 11)
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Surrealism: Between Spiritism and Totalitarianism. Contribution to a History of the Insane
In Mil neuf cent (2003/1 No 21)
Self-Portrait in an Absent Mirror
In Les cahiers de médiologie (2003/1 No 15)
The Time of Distaste
On End-of-This-Century Art
In Les cahiers de médiologie (2001/1 No 11)
Philippe Dagen and Yves Michaud
In Le Débat (1998/1 No 98)
From Art in France to Made in France
In Les cahiers de médiologie (1997/1 No 3)
The Pit and the Pendulum
In Le Débat (1987/2 No 44)
Innovatio and Renovatio
From the Avant-Garde to Post-Modernism
In Le Débat (1982/4 No 21)