Thierry Zéphir (born 19??) is a French research engineer (') at the
Guimet Museum
The Guimet Museum (full name in french: Musée national des arts asiatiques-Guimet; MNAAG; ) is an art museum located at 6, place d'Iéna in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France. Literally translated into English, its full name is the Nation ...
, and a specialist in
Khmer art
The history of Cambodian art ( km, សិល្បៈខ្មែរ) stretches back centuries to ancient times, but the most famous period is undoubtedly the Khmer art of the Khmer Empire (802–1431), especially in the area around Angkor and th ...
and the
Indianized world.
Career
Thierry Zéphir is a former student of
Albert Le Bonheur (1938–1996), and a graduate of the
École du Louvre where he now teaches the
arts of India and the Indianized world. Since 1991, he has regularly participated in the training of students at the Faculty of Archaeology of the
Royal University of Fine Arts in
Phnom Penh
Phnom Penh (; km, ភ្នំពេញ, ) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia. It has been the national capital since the French protectorate of Cambodia and has grown to become the nation's primate city and its economic, indus ...
. He is also the author of numerous books and scholarly articles.
He curated several exhibitions including "" (
Grand Palais
The Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées ( en, Great Palace of the Elysian Fields), commonly known as the Grand Palais (English: Great Palace), is a historic site, exhibition hall and museum complex located at the Champs-Élysées in the 8th arro ...
, 1997), which for the first time brought together the masterpieces of
Khmer sculpture
Khmer sculpture ( km, ចម្លាក់ខ្មែរ, ) refers to the stone sculpture of the Khmer Empire, which ruled a territory based on modern Cambodia, but rather larger, from the 9th to the 13th century. The most celebrated examples a ...
from the Guimet Museum in Paris and the
National Museum of Cambodia in Phnom Penh; "" (in collaboration with
Pierre Baptiste, Guimet Museum, 2005–2006); and "" (Grand Palais, 2007).
In 2019, he conceived the illustrated catalogue for "Buddha, The Golden Legend" exhibition curated by , which took place at the Guimet Museum.
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References
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Date of birth unknown
Living people
French art curators
French art historians
École du Louvre alumni
Academic staff of the École du Louvre
20th-century French non-fiction writers
21st-century French non-fiction writers
Year of birth missing (living people)