Lauren Laz Appointed to the Works Department of the Beaux-Arts de Paris

Lauren Laz, a 47-year-old art historian specializing in prints and director of the Musée Angladon in Avignon since 2015, has been appointed director of the collections department at the Beaux-Arts de Paris. She succeeds Kathy Alliou in overseeing the school's vast holdings of nearly 450,000 works and volumes, which carry the prestigious "Musée de France" designation.

This appointment is significant as it places a specialist in prints and modern art at the helm of one of France's most important institutional art collections. The Beaux-Arts de Paris collection, inherited from the Royal Academies, is a cornerstone of French artistic heritage, and Laz's leadership will influence the preservation, study, and public access to these works for years to come.