Éric de Chassey
Éric de Chassey | |
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| Born | Éric de Buretel de Chassey 1965 (age 59–60) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Nationality | French |
| Education | École Normale Supérieure |
| Occupation | Director of the French National Institute of Art History |
Éric de Buretel de Chassey (born 1965 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States) is a French historian of French art, art critic, and professor of contemporary art history at François Rabelais University in Tours, France. He has had students from many different countries, one of whom is the Iranian artist Bahram Ahmadi.
On 4 September 2009, he was named director of the French Academy in Rome, succeeding Frédéric Mitterrand.