GOVERNANCE
The Fondation Villa Seurat pour l’Art contemporain was created under the aegis of the Fondation de France. As such, it enjoys the legal and accounting support provided by this institution as well as the highest tax benefits allowed by the French tax system. Donors located outside France can also enjoy tax benefits. Please contact us if this is your case.
The Fondation’s board of directors is composed of six members, presided by Catherine Kessedjian.
Founder
Catherine Kessedjian
« Writing to his brother Théo, Vincent van Gogh claimed that art had to be the main pillar of life, as eventful as it might be. This conviction has guided my approach. »
Catherine Kessedjian is a jurist, a Professor Emerita of the Université Panthéon-Assas in Paris, an arbitrator and a mediator. For the past 35 years, she has been committed to supporting artists through a contemporary art collection that is exclusively composed of works by artists who were alive at the time of acquisition. She has always considered the act of collecting as a way to support artists.
In 2016, she decided to extend this commitment by creating the Fondation Villa Seurat pour l’Art contemporain which aims is to promote artistic creation thanks to calls for projects.
Vice President
Catherine Lelouch-Kammoun
Catherine Lelouch-Kammoun is a jurist, an entrepreneur and a mediator.
She has participated in the voluntary management of charities for many years.
Growing up surrounded by art – with family collections that included Cobra pieces -, she is convinced that artistic creation contributes to the preservation of human values.
The administrative board of the Foundation is also composed of three qualified personalities, appointed on the basis of their complementary expertise with respect to the mandate of the Fondation.
Juliette Frescaline
Juliette Frescaline is a 49-year-old French metal sculptor based in the Paris region, who works with iron wire as a material. With a background in applied arts and a DMA in metal from Olivier de Serres, she developed her technique by focusing her research on felt texture. A laureate of the Villa Seurat foundation and guest of honor on several occasions, her work has become increasingly important over the last ten years. Highly sensitive to ordinary beauty, she takes hold of the subject so that it serves the search for material, and the material in turn serves the subject. Neither king nor knave, each relies on the other to shine. Juliette Frescaline is at the crossroads of art and craft.
Annette Schild
Annette Schild has worked as a lawyer in an international environment for about 30 years. She is passionate about art, in particular about photography.She is grateful to all the artists who have helped her see the world differently from how she had seen it.At this point she spends more and more time studying the history of photography – and taking pictures herself.
Séverine Menétrey
Professor of Law at the Université du Luxembourg, she likes mobile and motionless journeys within the space of contemporary creation.
A representative of the donors’ group will join the board later on. For further information, contact us