The Center Pompidou announced, on Friday, September 5, the appointment of Alexia Fabre to the delegated management of the Center Pompidou Ile -de -France – art manufacture in Massy, whose opening is scheduled in the fall of 2026.
A graduate of the Louvre school and former student of the National Heritage Institute, Alexia Fabre (58 years old) began her career in 1993 as director of the Hautes-Alpes Departmental Museum in Gap, a function that she occupied until 1998. She was then responsible for setting up the Museum of Contemporary Art in Val-de-Marne (Mac Val), inaugurated in 2005 in Vitry-sur-Seine, 2022 before being appointed director of the National School of Fine Arts in Paris. However, she had not been renewed at the end (March 1) of her mandate and has since been without assignment. Alexia Fabre also assured the police station of several exhibitions and events, including the Manif d’Art – Biennale de Québec in 2017 and the Biennale de Lyon in 2024.
In its press release, the Center Pompidou underlines: “His experience in local communities, notably in Gap and Vitry-sur-Seine, and his ability to create a link between artists and residents, will be essential assets to animate and radiate the Center Pompidou Ile-de-France. »»
The site of the new site began in 2024. This longtime project, with a planned area of 30,000 m², is to house more than 140,000 works from the Center Pompidou collections, as well as 5,000 pieces from the Picasso-Paris national museum. It will also include cultural, catering and research spaces. Located near the Massy Opera, the new site will however have to find its place. Alexia Fabre will have the mission of “Make this new equipment a major cultural pole, at the service of creation, transmission and dialogue with all audiences, in the heart of the Ile -de -France territory”according to the terms of the press release.
At the time of its opening scheduled in a year, it will take about 1 hour to reach it by public transport from center of Paris, with a RER and bus combination. This period will be shortened with the opening in 2027 of the future Massy-Opéra station. Aside from the Conservatives who will come in the reserves, the site mainly targets a local audience.
The investment cost of this new site amounts to 105 million euros, funded by local communities up to 42 million and the rest by the State. The operation is carried out within the framework of a public private partnership (PPP) 25 years or € 181 million to which are added € 74 million in charges. This makes the Court of Auditors say that this site will cost more than € 254 million over 25 years at the Center Pompidou.
