Conference
Collectionneurs et collectionneuses des avant-gardes
Saturday, November 22, 2025Lecture presented by Léa Lefebvre
Collectors accompany the creative movements of their era. Close to artists and pioneers of the modern art market, they play an essential role in affirming and disseminating the avant-garde movements that shook the 19th and early 20th centuries. Personal manifestos and sensitive frescoes of their time, their collections have left their mark on art history. From Ghez to Guggenheim, from Caillebotte to the Steins, we look back at the visionary figures who took part in the beginnings of modernity, from their salons to their foundations.
Introduction of the speaker
Léa Lefebvre
Léa Lefebvre teaches Contemporary Art History and History of Photography at Sciences Po Aix.
With a degree in art history from Paris-Nanterre University and in cultural policy and political science from Sciences Po Aix, she has focused her studies on the concept of subversion. In her writing and research, Léa Lefebvre approaches the world through the prism of intersecting social, political, and artistic contexts.
She has worked as a studio manager in a gallery, is an editor and artistic coordinator for a digital magazine (La Zone), and co-founded a collective of artists and curators dedicated to the production of immersive works and scenographies, as well as exhibition curation. She supports young artists in their practice, notably by writing texts about their productions and approaches.
