about

Trained as a historian and art historian, her joyful erudition takes her to the history of clothing — to ceramics — or to contemporary creation, which she readily invites as a counterpoint to surprise the visitor’s eye and take it where it wouldn’t go!

At the Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature in Paris, which she has been directing since 2019, Christine Germain-Donnat played a decisive role in steering a vast renovation project that led to the museum’s reopening in 2021, as well as a major overhaul of its collections. Christine Germain-Donnat has previously worked at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Lille, the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Rouen, led the redeployment of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs et de la Mode to the Château Borély in Marseille, and directed the Musée National de la Céramique at Sèvres–Cité de la Céramique.

Driven by a profound passion for the arts, Florence Reckinger Taddeï transitioned from a legal career in Luxembourg to dedicating herself entirely to cultural patronage, exhibitions, and art publishing.

In 2019, she founded the Regala gallery and residency program in Arles, notably showcasing Christian Lacroix’s first ceramics and publishing the Cahiers Regala monographs. A key figure in the cultural ecosystem, she serves as President of les Amis des Musées du Luxembourg and Lët’z Arles, which she created alongside the Luxembourg Photography Award. Her leadership extends to the boards of Mudam, the Edward Steichen Award, Les Rencontres d’Arles, and the ENSP.

Blending culture with philanthropy, she also spent 20 years chairing the Luxembourg Red Cross Ball, incorporating charity auctions and master craftspeople, an engagement that mirrors her role as a Homo Faber ambassador.

Ludovic Recchia is an art historian curator specialising in modern and contemporary ceramics. Curator of the European decorative arts collections at the Royal Museum of Mariemont from 2003 to 2022, he is presently director and curator of Keramis Museum and Art Center (FWB), an institution that he founded in 2015. Since 2016, he has been a member of the International Academy of Ceramics.

As part of exhibition offices, he publishes lots of books dedicated to contemporary ceramists including Marc Alberghina (2023), Daniel Pontoreau (2022), Charlotte Coquen (2017), Antoine de Vinck (2015), Frank Steyaert (2016), Marc Feulien (2006), Emile Desmedt (2005) and Johan Creten (2007).

Geertje Jacobs is Director of the European Ceramics Centre (EKWC) in the Netherlands, an international artists’ residency and a centre of excellence for ceramics. For 50 years now, artists, designers and architects from all over the world have been working there to experiment with clay. The EKWC is the combination of world-class facilities, the presence of consultants with internationally leading technical knowledge and the openness to freely share recipes, processes and innovation.

Geertje Jacobs studied art history in Utrecht and Florence and has worked in the museum sector for over 15 years (notably at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Textile Museum in Tilburg and the National Glassmuseum in Leerdam).

Magdalena Gerber is an artist based in Geneva. Her artistic research evolves between the fields of art and design. Alongside her sculptural projects in the studio, her work explores changes in the industrial manufacture of porcelain in Switzerland.

Since 2013, she has been the director of CERCCO, the Centre for Contemporary Ceramics at HEAD – Geneva, where she works as a lecturer in art and design. She holds a BA in Ceramic Sculpture and an MAS in Art | Design and Innovation from the University of Art and Design Basel.

Commandeur des Arts et Lettres and Chairman of Source Garouste Hermine, Henri Jobbé-Duval was initially trained in law. He began his career by opening a contemporary art gallery in Rennes, where he championed major avant-garde artists such as Soulages, Hartung, and Bram van Velde.

A pioneering force in the art market, he helped set up the FIAC organizing committee before running both the Beaubourg 2 and Travers galleries. As director of communications and partnerships at OIP, he played a decisive role in developing the FIAC, the Salon du Livre, and the Salon Nautique.

Expanding his cultural impact, he founded HJD & Cie, curated major summer exhibitions in La Rochelle, and contributed to the creation of Art Paris Abu Dhabi. He also supported Ateliers d’art de France in launching the first Biennale des Métiers d’art at the Grand Palais, and remains deeply involved in social and cultural initiatives like La Corderie Royale and La Source Hermine.