Catherine Grenier

Catherine Grenier (*1960) is the Director of the Giacometti Foundation since 2014.^[1]

Catherine Grenier

Career

Grenier was working for the French Ministry of Culture before starting her tenure at the Centre Pompidou.^[1] In 2014 she was appointed director of the Annette and Alberto Giacometti Foundation, after failing to become director of the Centre Pompidou.^[2] She is also credited with helping bridge the divide in Giacometti's legacy that formed following the death of his widow in 1993.^[3] As chief heritage curator of the French Ministry of Culture, Grenier also curated the 2017 Picasso-Giacometti exhibition at Qatar’s Fire Station Gallery.^[4] 2018, Grenier became director of a newly opened institute researching Giacometti's work.^[5]

Grenier is the Director of Concept at the Art Mill Museum in Doha.^[6][7] In 2025, she was a member of the advisory panel that chose Lina Ghotmeh as architect of the Qatari Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.^[8]

Exhibitions and publications

Grenier has organized exhibitions such as "Abracadabra", focusing on the fantasy of art at the Tate Modern in 1999,^[9] "Les années pop" (The Pop Years) in 2001,^[10] "The Big Bang" in 2005^[11] and "Los Angeles 1955-1985" in 2006.^[12]

Grenier wrote “The Possible Life Of Christian Boltanski” based on Interviews she had with Boltanski in 2004.^[13]