Alexandra Baudelot takes the helm of CCC OD in Tours

Alexandra Baudelot has been appointed director of the Centre de Création Contemporaine - Olivier Debré (CCC OD) in Tours, France. The appointment was approved by Culture Minister Catherine Pégard on April 27, 2026, following a jury proposal. Baudelot, 54, brings extensive experience as founder of the Rosascape platform in Paris, co-director of Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, artistic director of the Fondation Fiminco, and prefiguration director of the Musée d'Art et de Culture Soufis MTO. She succeeds Isabelle Reiher, who left in 2025 to lead the Institut d'art contemporain – Frac Rhône-Alpes.

The appointment matters because the CCC OD occupies a unique position in the French art landscape: it is neither a monographic museum nor a simple production center, but must balance the preservation and activation of the Olivier Debré donation with a contemporary program that connects Tours to national and international art circuits. Baudelot's project, titled "Faire mondes : le CCC-OD, un écosystème vivant," aims to deepen dialogue with Debré's work while opening the institution to themes of landscape, ecology, hospitality, and experimentation. The center, which welcomed 34,321 visitors in 2024, recently obtained the prestigious label Centre d'art contemporain d'intérêt national (CACIN).