ABOUT

Clara Darrason is a Franco-American curator and entrepreneur.

In 2024, she founded a company specializing in curation, studio & estate management, as well as consulting services. She currently works with the estate of James HD Brown, and recently curated exhibitions at Jousse Gallery & POUSH, in Paris and Selebe Yoon, Dakar, Senegal.

Previously, she worked for seven years (2016-2024) for Almine Rech gallery (New York / Paris), her last position as global manager of operations. She founded and co-directed THE CHIMNEY (2015-2020), a gallery in Brooklyn NY where she developed a program focusing on commissioned installations, revitalizing non-traditional, historical, and industrial buildings. She collaborated with over 70 artists to create 31 exhibitions and 3 festivals.

Her exhibitions were reviewed in The New York Times, Artforum, Connaissance des Arts, The Art Newspaper, New York Magazine among others and artists she worked with went on to exhibit in renowned institutions such as Le Centre Pompidou, le Palais de Tokyo, The Hammer Museum and more.